Maine Medical Center
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Scholarly Activity

Laboratory-based and clinical research in urology are integral activities to the residency. Urology faculty have a competitive process for securing protected research time for scholarly activity of many scopes; medical students and residents participate in many of these projects and routinely meet with Dr. Jesse Sammon, Division Research Director. The MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR) provides the organizational framework for both laboratory-based and clinical research in urology. MHIR is housed in a free-standing research facility in Scarborough, Maine and is part of a 50-acre academic medical campus that includes the MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR) and an ambulatory surgery center.

Residents have annual goals of completing a quality improvement project and submitting abstracts to local and national conferences. These include the Maine Urological Association winter retreat, the MMC Costas Lambrew Research Retreat, the New England AUA, the annual AUA Conference, and a variety of other AUA subspecialty organizations.

Recent areas of scholarly activity:

  • Genetics and prostate cancer
  • Genetics and renal cell carcinoma
  • Complex renal masses and partial nephrectomy
  • Barriers to care in bladder cancer
  • Surgical and medical management of kidney stones and BPH