University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Program

Program Identity & Fit

The University of Wisconsin Urology program is an academic, university-based five-year training pathway (one year of general surgery/urology followed by four years of categorical urology) with high NIH funding (#6 nationally per Blue Ridge rankings) and dedicated research infrastructure including a Prostate Cancer SPORE, a K12 career development program, and an O'Brien Center for Benign Urology Research. Clinical training spans UW Hospital, the William S. Middleton VA, UnityPoint Health-Meriter (managed-care/private practice exposure), and American Family Children's Hospital, giving residents graded operative responsibility across oncology, endourology, pediatric urology, female urology, neurourology, stone disease, and male infertility. The program explicitly prepares residents for both academic and private practice urology careers, emphasizing scholarly activity, clinical volume, and progressive autonomy (residents perform over two-thirds of UW Hospital's urologic operations), and it values a strong work ethic, collegiality, and multi-year commitment within a close-knit resident group.