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when I was in Dallas doing some research on renal cancer. Once at Washington University, we decided that for that year he would be working with me in Endourology. We just offhand, in retrospect, labeled it a fellowship. Working with Howard was so enjoyable and productive, that I decided a fellowship was such a mutually beneficial opportunity. At the same time, at Washington University, we were getting one of the HM3 lithotriptors and through the organization running the lithotripter, Midwest Stone Institute, we hired Dr. Peter Bub from Germany to come and work with us for 6 months. That experience was similarly excellent and thus the people at Midwest Stone Institute accepted to fund a fellow in Endourology and ESWL going forward. The fellowship was initially a six-month fellowship then grew to a year and then to its present format of 2 years, with one year dedicated to research and one year dedicated to clinical work. Over the years, the fellows have brought much joy and accomplishments; I must admit I am so proud of them and many, many have been or are among today’s leaders in Urology: Elspeth McDougall, Peggy Pearle, Steve Nakada, Stuart Wolf, Jaime Landman, David Lee, and Isaac Kim to name just a few.
T.S.: If you could give a single advice to young residents, what would that be?
Prof. Ralph V. Clayman: There is no secret formula to success in Urology. It's all about hard work and caring for other people. There are no shortcuts, there's no magic formula, there are no hidden secrets. It's all about how dedicated you are to basically helping other people. Many years ago, Marshall Stoller at UCSF and I had a discussion. I mentioned to him, that my key traits for any resident coming into our program was honesty and a strong work ethic, or hard-work. Those are the only two things I care about. If you're willing to work hard and you're absolutely honest, then you're on the team. Marshall then said: "You need to expand that" and he included two other H's, which I agree with wholeheartedly. One was humility, because without humility you're not going to learn or discover anything since you believe you already know everything. The other was humor, the ability to laugh, and at times the ability to laugh at yourself, which means that you have the ability to accept criticism, learn from your mistakes, and grow. Several years after that, I was speaking about these 4 H’s at a meeting in Detroit, and one of the Professors
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