New Hires

The Department of Urology is growing!

We continue our pursuit of bringing outstanding talent into our field.
In 2025, we’ve welcomed two new physicians.

Dr. Kim Maciolek is our 21st faculty member and a former resident of UVA Urology. She recently finished her fellowship at Vanderbilt University in Endourology and Minimally Invasive Surgery. Originally from
Wisconsin, Dr. Maciolek earned both an undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering and a medical degree from the University of Wisconsin – Go Badgers! She also completed a research year at the University of Wisconsin studying metabolic management of stone disease. Following medical school, she completed her urology residency at the University of Virginia, where she honed her passion for stone disease and endoscopic surgery. She is honored to again call Charlottesville home and looks forward to reconnecting with the best urology colleagues and family. She is excited to work together to serve our community, especially through the treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy including holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) and complex kidney stone disease.

Dr. Vijaya Vemulakonda is the incoming Chief of Pediatric Urology and Vice Chair of Research and Faculty Development for the Department of Urology at the University of Virginia. She is a Professor of Pediatric Urology, Director of Research, and the former Residency Program Director for the Division of Urology at the University of Colorado. She is a graduate of the George Washington University, Harvard Law School, and the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. She completed her urology residency at Baylor College of Medicine and her pediatric fellowship at Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine. She currently serves on the AUA Updates Editorial Committee, the AUA DEI committee, the ABU Exam Committee, and as President-Elect of the SFU. Her clinical interests include the management of antenatally detected congenital urologic anomalies, including UPJ obstruction, vesicoureteral reflux, posterior urethral valves, and cloacal and bladder exstrophy variants. Her research focuses on the development of evidence-based guidelines to optimize surgical outcomes in children with congenital urologic anomalies and the use of the electronic health record to facilitate prospective multi-center collaborative surgical research. Recent funding includes an AHRQ K08 Career Development Award and the AUA Rising Star in Urologic Research Award for her work on demographic variations in the care for infants with suspected UPJ obstruction.

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