Student News RESULTS OF 2021 SIDNEY KIMMEL MEDICAL COLLEGE UROLOGY MATCH
SKMC UROLOGY MATCH 2021 According to Dr. Charles A. Pohl, Vice Dean of Student Affairs and SKMC Professor of Pediatrics “Congratulations to the Department of Urology on another great urology match. This is one of the more competitive specialties with most SKMC students getting one of their top choices and all of them entering great programs. I am very pleased that 90% (9/10) of SKMC students matched when compared to an 80% match rate nationally for US seniors and a 74% match rate overall.” Urology programs are in an early match to allow individuals to be assigned in general surgery intern positions when the general match takes place in March each year.
SKMC CLASS OF 2021
UROLOGY PROGRAM
Emily Bochner
University of Texas-Southwestern University
Nicholas Bowler
George Washington University
Jessica Clark
Temple University
Ryan Fogg
Virginia Commonwealth University
Ernest Gillan
Rutgers New Jersey
Yitzchak Katlowitz
Maimonides Medical Center
Brent Perry
Geisinger Medical Center
Sage Vincent
Thomas Jefferson University
Kevin Xie
State University of New York - Buffalo
JEFFERSON UROLOGY RESEARCH SCHOLARS The Jefferson Urology Research Scholar program was established in 2017 to prepare medical students for a urology residency and to encourage careers as a physician/ scientist. Intended as a “gap year” before Year 4 of medical school, the one-year, full-time program provides students with opportunities to work alongside clinical leaders in the field, garnering invaluable insight while obtaining a career-changing experience. In addition to their research programs, they have the opportunity to participate in all Department of Urology grand rounds and lectures.
fulfill his dream of becoming a physician. He was particularly drawn to Urology because of the wide scope of urologic practice as well as the cutting-edge techniques employed, and is excited to contribute to the field as a research fellow. Some of his current projects include a prostate cancer staging database, a prospective study on advanced ultrasound techniques, and a retrospective study of transgender patients and their experiences with urologic care. Outside of medicine, his hobbies include reading, writing, cycling, exploring music, and playing chess.
Jefferson urologists have a long history of moving the field forward through contributions, such as inventing the first uroflowmeter, pioneering the earliest uses of laparoscopy and minimally invasive surgery in urologic practice, performing the first research in detecting circulating micrometastasis in prostate cancer using molecular techniques, establishing multidisciplinary clinics to care for GU malignancies and performing the first adult bladder augmentations in the world using bladder tissue engineering. The Scholars program is coordinated by Dr. Costas Lallas, Vice Chair for Education. For information on our Jefferson Urology Scholars Program, please contact Dr. Lallas (costas.lallas@ jefferson.edu). Andrew Denisenko and Andrew Shumaker are our 2021-2022 scholars.
ANDREW SHUMAKER Andrew “S” is originally from Boca Raton, Florida and currently studies medicine at Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine’s New York/American program. His
ANDREW DENISENKO Andrew “D” graduated from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania with a double major in Biology and Russian, and a minor in chemistry. After working as an emergency room scribe for a year, he was accepted to Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine to
undergraduate education was at the University of Florida with a focus in Middle Eastern studies. He then went on to receive a master’s degree in Physiology and Biophysics from Georgetown University. Andrew has loved the field of urology since the beginning of his medical education. He particularly enjoys reconstructive urology but also has done previous research in pediatric urology. He is grateful for the opportunity to continue his research efforts as a Jefferson Urology Research Scholar and is eager to continue collaborating with the department faculty and working alongside his two new friends, Andrew “D” and 2021-2022 research fellow Dr. Cass Clark. When not in the department, Andrew enjoys listening to jazz, learning history and wood carving.
Andrew Denisenko and Andrew Shumaker are our 2021-2022 Jefferson Urology Research Scholars. Jefferson Urology
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