AndrologyUnited States
University of Illinois Chicago (Andrology Fellowship)
Chicago, IL
A 13-month fellowship meant for future academic faculty, covering male infertility workup and microsurgery, ejaculatory and hormonal disorders and erectile dysfunction, run alongside a structured medical device innovation curriculum at the UIC Innovation Center.
Length13 months
Listed by SSMR among male infertility fellowship programsAUA Andrology Fellowship Match participant
What stands out
- Innovation curriculum in the UR*Lab at the UIC Innovation Center, from problem finding to an invention disclosure
- Device prototyping with 3D printing, embedded microcontrollers and materials
- Optional time in the Prins andrology laboratory to learn testing and sperm processing
- 13-month length gives incoming and outgoing fellows a one-month overlap
- Program lead
- Samuel Ohlander
- Apply through
- AUA / SSMR Match
- Timeline
- Applications for the 2028 Andrology Fellowship Match being accepted; formal interviews from January 1, 2027
- Focus
- Male reproductive microsurgery, medicine and device innovation curriculum; erectile dysfunction
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsUSMLE / ECFMG only for international graduatesVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- The fellow joins all male reproductive surgical cases and most andrology clinics; about 40% of time is available for research and the innovation curriculum
- Research
- Clinical and basic research projects; the fellow leads journal club and the monthly andrology meeting
- Hospitals
- Specialty Care Building (urology clinics, outpatient surgicenter, andrology lab), Chicago · UIC Innovation Center (UR*Lab), Chicago
- Faculty
- Craig Niederberger, Mahmoud Mima
Requirements (4)
- Graduate of approved urology residency
- Register for AUA Andrology Fellowship Match
- CV, headshot, personal statement, 3 letters, UIC GME form
- International applicants: ECFMG certification, USMLE Step 1 and 2