PediatricUnited States
Cohen Children's Medical Center (Northwell Health / Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell)
New Hyde Park, NY
Two-year ACGME-accredited fellowship preparing fellows for ABU pediatric urology subspecialty certification: a clinical year of operative, inpatient, clinic and consult work with conferences, then a year that combines protected research with clinical work as junior staff.
Length2 years
SalaryNorthwell GME 2026-27 scale: $90,106 (PGY-1) to $113,205 (PGY-9); PGY level for this fellowship not stated
ACGMESPU accredited program listing
What stands out
- Secondary rotation at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Westchester, for additional index cases
- Second year spent as junior staff alongside protected research time
- Objectives include a multidisciplinary approach to myelodysplasia, ambiguous genitalia, urologic malignancy and renal disease
- Program lead
- Lane S. Palmer
- Apply through
- AUA / SPU Match
- Timeline
- SPU/AUA 2027 match: registration deadline May 6, 2026; rank list deadline June 8, 2026; results June 26, 2026. Program page: interviews in winter to early spring; match run by AUA in spring.
- Focus
- Two-year pediatric urology fellowship: ACGME clinical year (open, robotic/laparoscopic and reconstructive surgery, clinics, consults) at Cohen Children's with secondary site at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, plus a combined clinical and protected research year
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsUSMLE requiredH-1 and J-1 considered per Northwell policy
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Training
- Structure
- Year 1 clinical; year 2 combines protected academic time with clinical time as junior staff
- Research
- Protected academic time in year 2; objectives include learning to write manuscripts and build an academic career
- Case numbers
- Over 1,700 operative cases per year, including robotic, laparoscopic and reconstructive cases (scope not specified)
- Hospitals
- Cohen Children's Medical Center (210-bed teaching hospital) · Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center
Requirements (9)
- Letter of intent to Dr. Palmer
- SPU universal application form
- Curriculum vitae
- Medical school transcript
- Personal statement
- Three letters of recommendation from faculty
- Photograph
- ECFMG status report if applicable
- Northwell may consider H-1 and J-1 visas per its policy