Female & FunctionalUnited States
Massachusetts General Hospital / Mass General Brigham (URPS)
Boston, MA
Three-year ACGME urogynecology fellowship in the MGH OB/GYN department, started in 2012 and open to OB/GYN and urology graduates. It pairs two clinical years with one research year and trains fellows in complex pelvic floor surgery across four sites.
Length3 years
Spots1 fellow per year
ACGME
What stands out
- Exposure to gender-affirming surgery in collaboration with the transgender health program
- Twice-monthly Pelvic Floor Disorders Center conference with urology, colorectal, GI, radiology and pelvic PT
- Basic science option in the Mitchell lab (vaginal microbiome) at the Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology
- Office training in pelvic floor ultrasound, urodynamics, bladder Botox, bulking and sacral neuromodulation
- Program leads
- Emily Von Bargen, Youngwu Kim
- Apply through
- NRMP (Urogynecology)
- Focus
- Female pelvic medicine, urodynamics, neurourology, pelvic organ prolapse, incontinence, pelvic reconstruction
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsUSMLE / ECFMG only for international graduatesVisa sponsorship per institutional policy
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Training
- Structure
- 3 years: 2 clinical years plus 12 consecutive months of protected research in year 2, with more research time inside clinical rotations
- Research
- Mentored thesis defended in year 3; clinical or basic science track; support from the MGH Clinical and Translational Research Institute
- Case numbers
- Over 450 surgical cases a year: vaginal, laparoscopic, robotic and select open (scope not specified)
- Hospitals
- Massachusetts General Hospital · Newton-Wellesley Hospital · MGH North (Danvers) · MGH West (Waltham)
- Faculty
- Lori Berkowitz, Kristin Hung, Sarah Napoé, Marcus Ortega, Milena Weinstein, Caroline Mitchell, Lori Jones
Requirements (4)
- ACGME-accredited OB/GYN or urology residency, or RCPSC-accredited OB/GYN or urology residency
- Eligible for Massachusetts licensure at matriculation
- IMGs: valid ECFMG certificate at application
- Visa sponsorship per institutional policy