Resident Experience

Some of the resident traditions at Stony Brook Urology:

• Welcome Party: Every year, one of our attendings graciously hosts a welcome barbecue at their home.
• Summer Beach Outings: We have access to both south and north shore beaches as well as hidden gems out east. Regular outings take place during the summer months.
• Journal Club: Once a month we host a journal club where residents present recent journal articles and discuss with our attendings over dinner. Each journal club is themed with a different specialty and hosted by the attendings of the specialty chosen.

• Pre-Interview Dinners: Residents enjoy a night out with prospective residency candidates at some of the finest restaurants in Suffolk County.
• Friendsgiving: After the in-service exam and one week before Thanksgiving, we celebrate our unofficial “Friendsgiving” potluck.

• Department Christmas/Holiday Party: Food, drinks, dancing, and holiday cheer. Surprise performances by residents and attendings are welcome.

• Holidays for “the strays”: Not all of our residents are from the area and not everybody travels home for the holidays. Local residents have made it a tradition to host a holiday gathering for the “the strays”.
• Annual Ski Trip: An annual tradition every winter to escape to Vermont for the weekend to snowboard or ski during the day and relax in the hot tub by night.

• Academic Conferences: All residents are encouraged to submit abstracts and manuscripts to the major urological conferences. Each year our residents with accepted presentations enjoy meetings at:
  • American Urological Association annual meeting
  • Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction annual meeting
     
  • Ferdinand C. Valentine Medal & Resident Essay Contest
  • Michael J. Droller Chief Resident Debate
    
    
• Educational Conferences: Residents are given the opportunity to attend educational conferences
  • American Urological Association Fundamentals in Urology Course
    • Entire Uro-1 class attends
  • Society of Urologic Prosthetic Surgeons Cadaver Lab
  • Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction resident preceptorship meeting
  • National Urology Resident Preceptorship (NURP) in Adult and Pediatric Reconstructive and Prosthetic Surgery at Cleveland Clinic
  • American Urological Association annual review course
    • Chief residents attend prior to graduation and written board exam
• Happy Hours: Usually to celebrate the last week for our student rotators or any excuse we can find.

• Chief’s Graduation: Each year we sing praises to our outgoing chiefs in the annual roast. Video skits and music videos have become an annual tradition.