PediatricUnited States
Children's National Hospital
Washington, DC
Two-year A. Barry Belman pediatric urology fellowship at Children's National: a dedicated research year with coursework and mentoring, then a clinical year running the inpatient and consult service, overseeing residents and operating on index cases under attending supervision.
Length2 years
SalaryPay scale based on ACGME compensation standards; varies by PGY level
SPU accredited program listing
What stands out
- Research ColLABorative shared with fellows from other surgical subspecialties, plus a summer research bootcamp
- Multidisciplinary clinics for spina bifida, DSD and prenatally diagnosed anomalies; division takes part in the PROUD clinic
- Monthly all-city grand rounds, September to April, with Georgetown, GW and Walter Reed urology residents (2020)
- Outpatient clinics at 9 locations across D.C., Northern Virginia and Southern Maryland on a rotating basis
- Program lead
- Daniel Casella
- Apply through
- AUA / SPU Match
- Timeline
- Registration opens middle of November; registration deadline beginning of May; interviews beginning of February to end of April; rank list due beginning of June; results middle of June.
- Focus
- A. Barry Belman fellowship: one year of clinical training and one year of dedicated research
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE: not statedVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- Year 1 dedicated research; year 2 clinical (OR, clinics, inpatient service and consults) with graduated responsibility
- Research
- Funded research year: own projects, research design coursework, coordinator and biostatistician support; basic, translational or clinical work
- Case numbers
- Division: over 10,000 new clinic patients and over 2,000 operations per year (2020)
- Hospitals
- Children's National Hospital, Sheikh Zayed main campus · Georgetown University Hospital · Inova Fairfax Hospital · Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (ASC) · Montgomery County Regional Outpatient Center
- Faculty
- Harry Gil Rushton, Tanya Davis, Aaron Krill, Briony Varda, Christina Ho
Requirements (4)
- SPU universal application form
- Headshot photo in the body of the application
- Three letters of recommendation
- Mail or email application as PDFs to the fellowship coordinator