AndrologyCanada
University of British Columbia (Sexual and Reproductive Medicine)
Vancouver, BC
Clinical, surgical and academic fellowship in sexual and reproductive medicine covering Peyronie's disease, erectile dysfunction and implants, infertility microsurgery, low testosterone, chronic scrotal pain and sexual rehabilitation after cancer, paired with an assigned lab research project.
Length1 or 2 years
What stands out
- Penile vibratory stimulation and electroejaculation sperm retrieval for spinal cord injured men through the Vancouver Sperm Retrieval Clinic
- Sexual rehabilitation with the Prostate Cancer Supportive Care Program, which oversees 5 clinical sites across BC
- Lab research using single-cell and multi-omics methods, tissue organoids, 3-D bioprinting and machine learning
- Fellows join the director at Vancouver IVF centres and can attend group CBT sessions for psychogenic ED
- Program lead
- Ryan Flannigan
- Apply through
- AUA / SSMR Match
- Focus
- Male infertility microsurgery, Peyronie's disease, erectile dysfunction and penile prosthesis, spinal cord injury fertility; clinical, translational and basic research
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsNo USMLE neededCanadian program (no US visa needed)
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Training
- Structure
- Typical week: 2 clinic days, 1 OR day, 2 research days; call 1 weekend a month at UBC Hospital, no overnight emergency department
- Research
- A primary project in the Flannigan Lab is assigned before the fellowship starts; fellows apply for trainee awards and seek career development funding in the final year
- Case numbers
- Typically hundreds of Peyronie's disease patients evaluated and treated (period not stated)
- Hospitals
- Diamond Health Care Centre (main clinic) · UBC Hospital (most surgery) · Vancouver General Hospital · Olive Fertility · Pacific Centre for Reproductive Medicine · Robert Ho Research building (research)
- Faculty
- Mark Nigro, Daniel Rapoport, Nathan Hoag, Victor Chow, Ken Poon, Chris Wu, Stacy Elliott
Requirements (2)
- US, Canadian and international applicants
- Contact fellowship director and administrator