PediatricUnited States
UC Irvine / Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)
Orange, CA
Two-year UCI and CHOC fellowship: an ACGME-accredited clinical year with 3 to 4 operating days a week in robotic, laparoscopic and complex reconstructive surgery, then a fully funded clinical or basic science research year with continued complex reconstruction.
Length2 years
SalaryPGY-6 $101,151.33 and PGY-7 $104,164.11 per year including benefits; $1,500 education stipend
ACGME (clinical year)SPU accredited programs list
What stands out
- Optional year 2 global health trip with IVUmed, joining the program director on twice-yearly mission trips
- Basic science work with a UCI Urology lab developing silk biomaterials for hollow organ repair
- Residents take all primary call, with the year 1 fellow as backup
- Program lead
- Heidi Stephany
- Apply through
- AUA / SPU Match
- Timeline
- Program page lists the 2027 Pediatric Urology Fellowship Match: registration opens Nov 13, 2025; registration deadline May 6, 2026; rank list begins May 8, 2026; rank list deadline June 8, 2026, 4:30pm ET; results June 26, 2026
- Focus
- ACGME-accredited clinical year (robotic, laparoscopic, reconstructive) followed by a funded research year; optional IVUmed global health experience
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE: not statedVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- Year 1: 80% operative, 20% non-operative, with a 1-month paediatric surgery block at CHOC; year 2: 80% research, 10% operative, 10% non-operative
- Research
- Funded research year; CHOC clinical research team led by a full-time clinical epidemiologist
- Case numbers
- About 1,200 surgical cases per year (group practice)
- About 900 clinic visits per month (group practice)
- About 900 cases in year 1 (per fellow)
- Case minimums: 30 endoscopic, 80 scrotal/inguinal, 50 penile, 25 upper tract, 25 lower tract, 10 major abdominal, 30 miscellaneous
- Hospitals
- Rady Children's Hospital Orange (formerly CHOC) · UCI Medical Center · UCI School of Medicine
- Faculty
- Antoine E. Khoury, Elias Wehbi, Kai-Wen Chuang, Alireza Alam
Requirements (4)
- Completed requirements of the American Board of Urology by the time of appointment
- California medical licence at time of appointment
- ATLS certification
- Apply through the AUA match