Female & FunctionalUnited States
USC / Los Angeles General Medical Center (URPS)
Los Angeles, CA
Combined urology and OB/GYN URPS fellowship at USC and Los Angeles General, training urology fellows over two years at six hospitals in prolapse, incontinence, pelvic pain, robotic and vaginal surgery, neuro-urology and urodynamics, with a research thesis.
Length2 years
Spots1 urology fellow (2-year) and 1 OB/GYN fellow (3-year) accepted for 2027
StartsAugust 1
SalaryAppointed at Resident Physician level V, VI or VII
ACGME (program number 4860548003)
What stands out
- Training sites include Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, which cares for patients with spinal cord injury and neurologic disease
- Urology and OB/GYN fellows train together in one combined program
- Faculty includes colorectal surgeons and a pelvic floor physical therapist
- Program leads
- David A. Ginsberg, Christine Horton
- Apply through
- NRMP (Urogynecology)
- Timeline
- Complete application by March 1 of the current cycle (penultimate year of residency)
- Focus
- Female pelvic medicine, neurourology (including spinal cord injury at Rancho Los Amigos), urodynamics, pelvic reconstruction
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsUSMLE requiredVisa: not stated
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Training
- Structure
- Urology fellows 2 years, OB/GYN fellows 3 years; progressive clinical responsibility across six sites with structured teaching and research
- Research
- Graduate-level biostatistics coursework, an independent research project and a thesis; each fellow paired with a URPS faculty mentor
- Hospitals
- Keck Hospital of USC · Los Angeles General Medical Center · Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center · USC Verdugo Hills Hospital · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles
- Faculty
- Elodi Dielubanza, Mitchell G. Goldenberg, Evgeniy Kreydin, Karyn Eilber, Polina Reyblat, Lauren A. Cadish, Christina E. Dancz, Kyle G. Cologne
Requirements (7)
- Completed residency accredited in the United States or Canada
- ERAS December cycle and NRMP registration
- CV
- Personal statement
- 3 letters of recommendation (one from residency program director or chair)
- USMLE transcripts (Steps 1, 2 and 3)
- CREOG scores (OB/GYN applicants)