Burnout in urology isn’t a talking point anymore — it’s the dominant lived experience. In 2022, a study by the Department of Labor ranked urologist as the most stressful of the 873 jobs they evaluated.

For years, urologists have carried the weight of impossible clinic schedules, full OR days, countless phone calls from the ER, RVU quotas, inbox overload, and administrative bloat. Even the “solutions” offered by large systems — more scribes, more APP supervision, more meetings — somehow make life worse.

But something profound has shifted.