AndrologyUnited States
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Andrology Fellowship)
Chicago, IL
One-year andrology fellowship within the Harold and Janice Binstein Fellowships in Urology, covering the medical and surgical care of male sexual, endocrine and reproductive health, with graded operative autonomy.
Length1 year
What stands out
- Quarterly combined andrology and reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) conferences, plus clinic work with reproductive endocrinologists
- Office procedures include seminal vesicle aspiration, biothesiometry, testosterone pellet insertion and duplex Doppler penile ultrasound
- Formalized fertility preservation care program at Northwestern; the Brannigan lab studies fertility preservation (oncofertility) in adolescent and adult male cancer patients
- Program leads
- Robert Brannigan, Nelson E. Bennett Jr.
- Apply through
- AUA / SSMR Match
- Timeline
- Applications accepted from January 1; interviews February through April
- Focus
- Medical and surgical management of male sexual, endocrine and reproductive health; office sperm retrieval procedures; clinical and laboratory research
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsUSMLE requiredVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- Clinics and OR with graded autonomy; weekly andrology conference, grand rounds and pre-op conference; quarterly joint andrology and REI conference
- Research
- Research is strongly encouraged; andrology labs: Bennett (sexual health outcomes), Brannigan (infertility, oncofertility)
Requirements (3)
- Completed US or Canadian 5- or 6-year accredited urology residency
- Application, CV, personal statement, USMLE transcripts
- 3 letters of recommendation