Female & FunctionalUnited States
Kaiser Permanente Northern California (URPS)
Oakland, CA
Three-year ACGME URPS fellowship run jointly by Kaiser Permanente East Bay and UCSF, open to OB/GYN or urology graduates. It aims to train surgeon-scientists in complex pelvic floor care, with two clinical years and the equivalent of one research year.
Length3 years
Spots1 fellow per year
StartsEarly July (2027-28 year)
SalaryKPNC 2026-27: Fellow I $125,271, Fellow II $128,571, Fellow III $131,872 per year
ACGME
What stands out
- Global health work in Rwanda treating obstetric fistula, incontinence and advanced prolapse
- Transgender care rotation in the KP San Francisco Gender Pathways Clinic
- Training in ureteral stenting and reimplantation, with exposure to urinary diversion
- Weekly fellow conference includes simulation training and cadaver dissection
- Program leads
- Caitlyn Painter, Amy Alagh
- Apply through
- NRMP (Urogynecology)
- Focus
- Female pelvic medicine, urodynamics, neurourology, pelvic organ prolapse, incontinence, pelvic reconstruction
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE: not statedJ-1 accepted but not sponsored
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Training
- Structure
- 3 years: 2 clinical years plus 12 non-consecutive research months; rotations in pelvic pain, pediatric gynecology, colorectal, PT and transgender care
- Research
- 6-week UCSF Training in Clinical Research course in first summer; mentored thesis; support from UCSF and the KP Division of Research
- Hospitals
- Kaiser Permanente East Bay · UCSF Medical Center · Kaiser Permanente San Francisco · Kaiser Permanente Sacramento
- Faculty
- Rebecca Margulies, Donna Deng, Abigail Shatkin-Margolis, Abner Korn, Anne M. Suskind, Michelle E. Van Kuiken, Salim Wehbe, Andrew Walter
Requirements (2)
- Completed residency in OB/GYN or urology
- Applications through ERAS