University of Arizona College of Medicine- Tucson Program

Program Identity & Fit

This academic urology program, based at Banner University Medical Center-Tucson with additional training at Banner South, Banner North, the Southern Arizona VA, and satellite sites extending to the Phoenix metro area, offers high surgical volume across robotic, endourologic, oncologic, and male/female reconstructive subspecialties within an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center referral network. Protected research time is built into the schedule, with departmental funding for residents presenting accepted work at national meetings, and faculty run active clinical trials and basic science programs in prostate cancer disparities (notably in Mexican American men), stone disease, and pelvic reconstruction. Career outcomes show a mix of fellowship placement (FPMRS, urologic oncology/robotics, trauma/reconstruction, andrology) and direct entry into community and academic practice, indicating the program produces both subspecialists and general urologists comfortable with complex open and robotic surgery. The program's location near the U.S.-Mexico border and its Hispanic-serving institutional context expose residents to a distinct binational, multicultural, and underserved patient population not typical of other academic urology programs.