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department of urology

 

Jack Mydlo, MDA Message from Jack Mydlo, MD

Chairperson, Department of Urology

Program Director, Urology Residency Program

Professor, Urology

 

The Department of Urology at Temple University School of Medicine consists of four full time faculty members who specialize in all areas of urology and urological surgery. In addition, we have four pediatric urologists on our faculty who work at Temple Children's Medical Center.

 

The Urology Residency Program consists of eight residents, in a 2+4 residency program. After their two years of general surgery, they rotate through four institutions: Temple University Hospital, Temple Children’s Medical Center, Abington Memorial Hospital, and the Fox Chase Cancer Center.

 

Our resident evaluation system is through the ERAS system. We generally receive 250 applications each year which are screened to about 50 interviews. Over the last five years we have always obtained our two new urology residents from the top ten from a rank list of 44. All of our residents come from American medical schools, some of who are AOA.

 

We continue to stress research, presentations, and publications, as well as excellent clinical and surgical skills. Our last three graduating residents are doing fellowships at Long Island Jewish Hospital in NY, Jefferson Medical College, and City of Hope Medical Center in California. We have increased our laparoscopic nephrectomy procedures and are now attempting laparoscopic prostatectomy.

 

We continue to be investigators and co-investigators in several NIH-funded research studies and are applying for other grants. We continue to be a research site for several pharmaceutical industry-sponsored clinical trials. The total direct cost research dollars expended in FY05 was $706,765 which is similar to the previous year.

 

The number of surgeries continues to increase. We are increasing the number of laparoscopically performed surgeries. We are increasing the number of prostate cancers diagnosed and treated. In parallel with this, there has been an increase in the number of clinic visits. The number of outpatient visits has remained stable. For FY2005, we expect that the volume of urological cases will remain stable, with a projected increase in the proportion of male and female stress incontinence cases coinciding with Dr. Jaffe's recent arrrival.

 

We continue to be recognized for our expertise in trauma urologic surgery, radical urologic oncologic surgery, and pediatric urology.

 

Highlights of the Department of Urology include:

 

  1. Three consecutive graduating chiefs obtained fellowships
  2. One of the smallest clinical departments with large research funding
  3. Increased use of laparoscopic treatment of prostate and kidney cancers
  4. Addition of a new faculty member, William Jaffe, MD

Our residency program boasts the following statistics:

For radical prostatectomies, our national percentile was 70%
For radical cystectomies, our national percentile was 80%
For nephrectomy, it was over 90%
For pediatric urologic surgery, it was over 80%

Our goal is to be a leader in our community, city and region in urologic clinical care, teaching and research.

 

Sincerely,
Jack Mydlo, MD