Urology Education

Are you a 2025 Urology Match applicant or a residency program faculty member? In this week’s episode of the BackTable Urology podcast, guests Dr. Mihir Shah, Dr. Gina Badalato, and Dr. Lindsay Hampson provide guidance on navigating urology residency interviews. Their discussion offers insights from a residency leadership, department faculty, and medical student’s point of view with host Yash Shah.

Hot off the press! The results of the 2023 American Urological Association Census findings will likely surprise listeners. In this episode of the BackTable Urology Podcast, host Dr. Suzette Sutherland is joined by Dr. Amanda North (The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore) and Dr. Matt Nielsen (University of North Carolina) to dive deep into the census data and offer a call to action for all urologists.

Empathy, social awareness, and servant leadership are important qualities for all physicians to possess. This week on the BackTable Urology Podcast, Houston Methodist urologists Dr. Raj Satkunasivam and Dr. Rose Khavari sit down with Dr. Timothy Boone to discuss developing humanistic skills in medicine.

Beyond patient morbidity, complications can have a significant impact on surgeon health and relationships outside of medicine. In this episode of the PGY Pearls Series of BackTable Urology, hosts Dr. Lindsay Hampson (UCSF) and Dr. Gina Badalato (Columbia University) discuss the “second victim phenomenon” with special guest Dr. Chloe Peters, a fifth-year urology resident at the University of Washington

Attention residents and fellows! In this episode of the BackTable Urology podcast, Dr. Jay Shah hosts Dr. Eugene Shkolyar, a recent SUO fellowship graduate and new faculty member at Stanford, to discuss the process of securing a first job out of training.

How can residents maximize their surgical skills development and personal growth during the grueling years of urology residency? In the second edition of the BackTable Urology podcast’s PGY Playlist series, host Dr. Gina Badalato interviews Dr. George Moran, a chief resident from Columbia University, about his recommended strategies.

Marking the first episode in our PGY playlist, guest hosts Lindsay Hampson (UCSF) and Gina Badalato (Columbia) speak with Onyi Ibeziako, a third-year resident at UT Southwestern, about effectively handling challenges during the early years of urology residency.

In this episode, Dr. Aditya Bagrodia (UC San Diego), Dr. Lindsay Hampson (UC San Francisco) and Dr. Gina Badalato (Columbia University) discuss the lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on urology education.

This week on BackTable Urology, Dr. Hooman Djaladat (USC Keck School of Medicine), ​​Dr. Sanam Ladi Seyedian (Vanderbilt University Medical Center), and Dr. Alireza Ghoreifi (USC Keck School of Medicine) explore the different pathways to higher education in urology in the US for international medical graduates.

In this episode of BackTable Urology, Dr. Bagrodia, program director Dr. Steve Hudak (UTSW) and resident doctor Dr. Theresa Olmstead (UC San Diego) discuss the tangible advice for having successful urology away rotations and crafting an outstanding urology residency application.

We talk with UTSW Program Director Dr. Steve Hudak and UTSW Urology Resident Dr. Blake Johnson about what it takes to get into Urology Residency these days, and pearls for a successful Urology rotation.