Yale Urology Professor and Chair Isaac Y. Kim, MD, PhD, MBA has announced several leadership changes, including a restructuring of the department’s education arm.
Piruz Motamedinia, MD, has been named the department’s new residency program director. He has served as associate director under Adam Hittelman, MD, PhD, who has been a leader within the residency program for the past 10 years. “Dr. Hittelman has been an amazing mentor,” says Motamedinia. “Under his guidance we have recruited the best and brightest residents, worked to expand their clinical footprint, and created a curriculum that promotes excellent surgical education and personal wellbeing—all elements I hope to continue.”
Hittelman will focus on continuing his roles as division chief of pediatric urology and vice chair of education.
Thomas Martin, MD, will now serve as vice chair of clinical affairs, taking over for Motamedinia as he transitions to his new role. Martin has been an attending physician at Yale since 1996 and has operated in various leadership capacities, including chair of the department’s clinical operations committee, which he has held since 2019. “I hope to bring my experience to bear so the wealth of clinical expertise already contained in our department is delivered in a way which serves our patients most effectively, efficiently, and compassionately,” says Martin.
Kim recently thanked Hittelman for his years of dedication to the residents and Motamedinia for being at the helm of clinical affairs during some of the most uncertain times in the pandemic. He also congratulated the new appointees and sees the restructuring as an important step toward his vision. “I am grateful to our leaders for their continued service and sacrifice and I look forward to working together with faculty and staff to make our department a destination urology program.”