The Mayo Clinic Model of Care is defined by high-quality, compassionate health care delivered in a multispecialty, academic institution. The Urology Department’s vision is to provide the best uro-surgical care in the Southeast. Our values are teamwork, respect, innovation, quality, and scholarship.

The five-year Urology Residency at Mayo Clinic's campus in Jacksonville, Florida, offers a clinical learning environment with high case volumes and comprehensive preparation for surgical practice.

Highlights of the program include:

• Mentor-based training with two-month rotations
• Chief Resident transition to practice rotation with three half-days of clinic (visits, cystoscopy, prostate biopsies) and seven half-days of surgery each week
• Access to the Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver Simulation Center
• A growing department with state-of-the-art resources such as da Vinci Robotics, single-port robotics, MRI-ultrasound fusion biopsies, Holmium Laser Enucleation for BPH, MRI-guided focal HIFU for prostate cancer
• A cutting-edge electronic medical record with integrated telemedicine
• "EverybodyIN," Mayo Clinic’s 10-year, $100 million commitment to increasing diversity among leadership, eliminating racism within the enterprise, and improving health equity
• Team-based care with monthly Commitment to Surgical Quality and Safety meetings

The dynamic, metropolitan city of Jacksonville, Florida, offers amenities ranging from seasonal festivals, family activities, and a healthcare hub of top-rated medical facilities.

Vision and mission

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is transforming health care for both patients and society through excellence in education, discovery, innovation, teamwork, and leadership.

The college's mission is to:

• Educate and inspire a diverse workforce of health care providers, physicians, and scientists through excellence in medical education, research, and clinical care
• Alleviate human suffering by providing compassionate and culturally sensitive care
• Enhance the biomedical sciences through discovery and innovation, and advance the national health care system through population science and leadership

Accreditation

The program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

Certification

After successfully completing the program, you will be eligible to take Boards Part I Examination offered by the American Board of Urology. 

Program history

The Urology Residency at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, was established in 2000 and fully accredited by the ACGME in 2002. We have been commended for ‘substantial compliance’ by the ACGME each year since 2014. Three positions are available at the PGY-1 level each year. 

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