Female & FunctionalUnited States
Northwestern University / McGaw Medical Center (URPS)
Chicago, IL
Integrated URPS fellowship backed by the Northwestern OB/GYN and Urology departments that trains surgeon-scientists to manage complex female pelvic floor disorders by vaginal, laparoscopic and robotic routes and to run clinical and translational research.
Length2 years
Spots1 fellow per year, from OB/GYN or urology residencies
StartsEarly July
ACGME
What stands out
- PEAPOD Clinic: peripartum program for prevention and early care of obstetric pelvic floor injuries
- CARE Clinic with Lurie Children's for congenital genitourinary anomalies such as vaginal atresia, cloaca and exstrophy
- Integrated Pelvic Health Program joins urogynecology, urology and colorectal surgery, with anorectal manometry and 3-D pelvic floor ultrasound
- URPS faculty are the primary consult service for lower urinary tract injury at Prentice; fellows place stents and do ureteral reimplantation
- Program leads
- Julia Geynisman-Tan, Oluwateniola Brown
- Apply through
- NRMP (Urogynecology)
- Timeline
- Applications through ERAS with signaling; next cycle interview dates not yet posted (2026 cycle interview day was May 8, 2026)
- Focus
- Female pelvic medicine, urodynamics, neurourology, pelvic organ prolapse, incontinence, pelvic reconstruction
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE requiredVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- 3 years for OB/GYN graduates, 2 years for urology graduates; 2 years clinical-surgical plus the equivalent of 1 year of research
- Research
- 12 one-month research blocks across 3 years (4 per year); clinical trials, outcomes, microbiome and estrogen work; optional basic science lab time
- Case numbers
- Over 11,000 deliveries a year at Prentice Women's Hospital (hospital figure)
- Hospitals
- Prentice Women's Hospital · Northwestern Memorial Hospital · Lake Forest Hospital · Central DuPage Hospital · Northwestern Medicine Mokena · Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
- Faculty
- Emi Bretschneider, Douglas Luchristt, Vi Duong
Requirements (7)
- Completed primary training in urology or gynecology
- ERAS documents
- Personal statement
- CV
- USMLE transcript
- Three to four letters of recommendation
- Recent photograph