Scott Department of Urology
Please visit our website at: http://www.bcm.edu/urology/
Chair
Timothy B. Boone, M.D., Ph.D.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Scott Department of Urology is to serve society as a preeminent academic urology department by providing compassionate, state-of-the-art patient care, comprehensive medical education, and an outstanding program of biomedical research.
We have 28 full-time faculty members working to fulfill this mission.
Education & Training Programs
Academic activity in the Scott Department of Urology is oriented around three separate but interrelated groups: medical students, urology residents, and postgraduate fellows. The teaching program is a complementary process combining clinical hands-on experience with an active, in-depth, and varied program of conferences and teaching rounds.
Medical students form an integral part of the teaching activities and can be found on the urology services of both our public and private hospitals and in preceptor electives in our clinical offices.
The Scott Department of Urology offers a six-year residency program specifically tailored for urological training that integrates general surgery, surgical subspecialties, general urology, and urological subspecialties with an academic year of focused laboratory investigations. The surgical subspecialties include plastic, pediatric, and gynecologic surgery, while the urological subspecialties include infertility, neurourology, and endourology.
The department also offers funded fellowships in the areas of gene therapy, male reproductive medicine and surgery, bladder cancer, ultrasound, and pediatrics.
Current Research
In 1992, the National Cancer Institute recognized The Scott Department of Urology (current research) and Baylor College of Medicine for excellence in prostate cancer research with the designation, Matsunaga-Conte Prostate Cancer Research Center. The department also received a Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) prostate cancer grant from the National Cancer Institute-one of only three grants of this type in the United States. The program has been awarded continued NCI support since that time. At that time, another important research program, the Program Project for the Study of Genetics and Male Infertility, received a grant of more than five million dollars to examine the genetic basis for male infertility. It is the only such center in the country.
Physicians in the department are also conducting numerous clinical trials.
Centers & Clinics
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Contact Us
Scott Department of Urology
Baylor College of Medicine
Scurlock Tower
6560 Fannin, Suite 2100
Houston, Texas 77030
- Adult Urology: 713-798-4001
- Fax: 713-798-5553
- Pediatric Urology: 832-822-3160
- E-mail: baylorurology@bcm.edu