Female & FunctionalUnited States
Case Western Reserve University / University Hospitals Cleveland / MetroHealth (URPS)
Cleveland, OH
ACGME-accredited URPS fellowship run through the UH Urology Institute with Case Western Reserve University and MetroHealth. It takes urology and OB/GYN graduates and trains vaginal, laparoscopic, robotic and open pelvic surgery alongside research.
Length2 years
Spots1 to 2 fellows per year, 4 in training at any time
ACGME (program 2213822002)
What stands out
- Faculty expertise covers defecography, anorectal manometry, MRI and ultrasound as well as urodynamics
- Systematic review collaboration with Yonsei University School of Medicine, Korea
- Elective time can include a global health experience
- Fellow travel to AUGS and SGS meetings is funded
- Program leads
- Anne Sammarco, Sangeeta Mahajan
- Apply through
- NRMP (Urogynecology)
- Timeline
- Deadline changes each year; applications through ERAS
- Focus
- Female pelvic medicine, urodynamics, neurourology, pelvic organ prolapse, incontinence, pelvic reconstruction
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsUSMLE: not statedVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- 36 months for OB/GYN graduates (24 clinical and 12 research months, 4 research months per year) and 2 years for urologists; monthly rotations at UH and MetroHealth, plus elective time
- Research
- 12 research months with a mentor the fellow chooses, thesis completed in year 3; resources include national databases, an AI lab, a microbiome centre and bench lab space
- Hospitals
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center · MetroHealth Medical Center
- Faculty
- Daisy Hassani, Joseph Henderson, Adonis Hijaz, Rachel Pope, David Sheyn, Jeffrey Mangel, Robert Pollard, Sarah Sears
Requirements (2)
- Completion of an ACGME-accredited urology residency
- ERAS application; NRMP match