Female & FunctionalUnited States
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine (URPS)
Los Angeles, CA
Integrated URPS fellowship at UCLA covering vaginal, laparoscopic, robotic and open reconstruction, neurogenic and non-neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction, and videourodynamics.
Length2 years
SpotsApproved for 6 fellows: each year one 3-year OB/GYN position and one or two 2-year urology positions
ACGME
What stands out
- Global health elective at an affiliated training program in Uganda led by Christopher Tarnay with Medicine for Humanity
- Urology and gynecology fellows share the same rotations and faculty in one program
- Training includes Olive View-UCLA, a Los Angeles County safety net hospital
- Joint conferences with GI, colorectal surgery, radiology and physical therapy colleagues
- Program leads
- Victor W. Nitti, Tamara Grisales
- Apply through
- NRMP (Urogynecology)
- 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
- 2 years for urology graduates, 3 years for OB/GYN graduates; clinical, research and scholarly time; OB/GYN track has 12 research months in 1-month blocks
- Research
- Clinical or translational projects; weekly mentoring by Lenore Ackerman, who runs a basic science lab; K30 clinical and translational science certificate
- Hospitals
- Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Westwood) · UCLA Santa Monica · Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
- Faculty
- Michele Torosis, Christopher Tarnay, Lynn Stothers, Ja-Hong Kim, Lenore Ackerman, Cecilia Wieslander, Amy Rosenman
Requirements (6)
- ERAS application (ACGME program number 4860548002)
- Medical school transcripts
- MSPE
- USMLE scores
- Letters of recommendation
- No paper applications