PediatricUnited States
St. Louis Children's Hospital / Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Two-year ACGME-accredited pediatric urology fellowship at St. Louis Children's Hospital covering the full range of clinical pediatric urology plus a research year; graduates are eligible for ABU pediatric urology subspecialty certification.
Length2 years
SpotsOne two-year position
ACGMESPU accredited programs list
What stands out
- Supervised fellow clinic during the research year to prepare for independent practice
- Research collaborations include the NIH PUSH trial, PKIDS (PCORI) and a CDC NSBPR spina bifida outcomes study
- Prospective study of outcomes after prenatal closure of spinal dysraphism
- Dedicated fetal care and DSD conferences in the didactic program
- Program lead
- Douglas Coplen
- Apply through
- AUA / SPU Match
- Timeline
- Virtual interviews in the spring, arranged once the application is complete.
- Focus
- Year 1 leads clinical service at St. Louis Children's (clinics, complex inpatient and ambulatory surgery, urodynamics, spina bifida, stones, transitional urology, DSD, fetal, transplantation reconstruction, oncology); year 2 research with one clinic day per week and QI project
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsUSMLE requiredVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- Year 1: fellow leads the St. Louis Children's clinical service with a PGY-4 and a PGY-2 resident; year 2: research with one clinical day per week
- Research
- Year 2 scholarly project (basic, translational, clinical or QI) and a QI project; supported by a research coordinator, statistician and data extractor
- Hospital
- St. Louis Children's Hospital
- Faculty
- Erica J. Traxel, Hubert Swana, Charles P. Jones, Gregory P. Murphy
Requirements (7)
- Completion of ACGME- or RCPSC-accredited urology residency
- Eligible for Missouri medical licensure before starting
- Completed all 3 steps of USMLE
- Register for SPU match
- SPU Universal Application
- CV
- Three letters of recommendation