University of California San Diego Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

UC San Diego's five-year, ACGME-accredited urology residency is an academic, research-intensive program embedded in a tertiary/quaternary university medical center, requiring a preliminary general surgery year before urology training begins. The department maintains active laboratory and clinical research infrastructure, including dedicated endourology research (kidney stone disease, device innovation, the ReSKU registry) and translational cancer biology work (the Jamieson Lab studying bone metastatic urologic cancers), alongside four subspecialty fellowships in pediatric urology, urologic oncology, endourology, and reconstructive urology. Clinical training spans the full spectrum of urologic surgery, from robotic prostatectomy and MRI-guided prostate biopsy to complex reconstructive and oncologic procedures, reflecting a tertiary referral practice. The program explicitly accommodates residents' specialized clinical or research interests and prepares graduates for either fellowship subspecialization or academic/private practice, indicating a structure built around individualized scholarly and clinical development.