In plain English
Urology is a surgical specialty with a large office-based component: catheter and scope procedures, stone management, cancer surgery of the prostate, bladder and kidney, and continence and fertility work. Robotic surgery is used heavily in the field.
The kidney is shared ground with nephrology, and this is the distinction that catches list builders out. Nephrologists manage kidney function medically and supervise dialysis; urologists operate on the urinary tract. Separate specialties, separate training, separate codes.
Urology is an ageing and undersupplied specialty concentrated in metropolitan areas, and much of it has consolidated into large single-specialty groups that run their own imaging, pathology and radiation services.
Training and credentials
Medical school, a urology residency of about five years, then board certification; oncology and other fellowships follow.
Where they practise
Large single-specialty groups, hospitals and ambulatory surgery centres, academic departments, cancer centres.
Urologists on the public record
Counted from what providers file about themselves, with suppression applied before anything is counted, refreshed 2026-10-05. Names, specialties and practice locations are public; work email and phone are for signed-in customers.
| State | On record | With work email | With practice phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2,070 | 1,517 73% | 2,070 |
| Florida | 1,642 | 1,029 63% | 1,642 |
| New York | 1,541 | 1,092 71% | 1,541 |
| Texas | 1,286 | 996 77% | 1,286 |
| Pennsylvania | 920 | 641 70% | 919 |
| Illinois | 819 | 616 75% | 819 |
| North Carolina | 777 | 512 66% | 777 |
| Ohio | 740 | 544 74% | 740 |
Closely related, and where to find them.
Closely related
- Nephrologist Kidney medicine and dialysis - and not to be confused with urology.
- General surgeon The broad abdominal and trauma specialty, and the classification other surgery is filed against.
- Medical oncologist The systemic therapy arm of cancer care - one of three distinct oncology professions.
Find them
- Urologists list counts by state, the fields a record carries, a sample record.
- Physicians physician data by specialty, state and employer.
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