AndrologyUnited States
Baylor College of Medicine (Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery)
Houston, TX
One-year clinical fellowship in male reproductive and sexual medicine covering infertility, erectile dysfunction, Peyronie's disease and low testosterone, with microsurgery (vasectomy reversal, varicocele repair, microTESE, MESA) plus penile prosthesis and Peyronie's surgery.
Length1 year
Spots3 fellows per year
StartsJuly 1
Listed in SSMR male infertility fellowship directory
What stands out
- Microsurgery course through the Scott Department of Urology is part of training
- Sperm retrieval plans made together with the female partner's reproductive endocrinologists
- Fellows can mentor junior Baylor urology residents in clinic and the operating room
- Program leads
- Larry I. Lipshultz, Mohit Khera
- Apply through
- AUA / SSMR Match
- Timeline
- Deadline 18 months before the July 1 start; applicants register with the Andrology Match
- Focus
- Male infertility microsurgery (vasovasostomy, epididymovasostomy, MESA, TESE, varicocele), sexual and reproductive medicine; clinical research
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsUSMLE: not statedVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- Four half-day clinics a week, seeing patients before the director; fellows join all operative cases, often alongside a urology resident
- Research
- Mainly clinical projects, some with basic science colleagues; abstracts to ASRM and AUA expected; at least one paper, often a review or chapter
- Hospitals
- Baylor St. Luke's McNair Campus (clinics) · Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center · O'Quinn Medical Tower
Requirements (3)
- ACGME-accredited urology residency (or Canadian equivalent)
- Eligible for Texas Physician-in-Training permit
- CV, 3 letters of reference from residency faculty, BCM fellowship application, headshot