PediatricUnited States
UT Southwestern / Children's Health Dallas
Dallas, TX
Two-year fellowship with UT Southwestern and Children's Medical Center Dallas: a first year protected for research and coursework, then an ACGME-accredited clinical year spanning reconstruction, robotics, stones, hypospadias, DSD and vaginal reconstruction.
Length2 years
ACGME (clinical year 2)
What stands out
- John Duckett Pediatric Urology Laboratory: human genetic studies and engineered mouse models of urologic birth defects
- Weekly Tuesday spina bifida and neurogenic bladder clinic at Scottish Rite for Children
- Courses for credit toward a certificate or master's degree via the Center for Translational Medicine
- Dedicated centers for exstrophy/cloaca, DSD, vaginal reconstruction and prenatal care
- Program leads
- Micah Jacobs, Shane Batie
- Apply through
- AUA / SPU Match
- Timeline
- SPU/AUA 2027 match (society timeline, not program-specific): registration deadline May 6, 2026; rank list deadline June 8, 2026; results June 26, 2026
- Focus
- Year 1 protected research (Duckett lab genetics, clinical research, optional coursework); year 2 ACGME clinical year incl. reconstruction, robotics, stones, DSD, spina bifida clinic at Scottish Rite
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE: not statedVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- Year 1 research and education, no clinical duties or call; year 2 clinical, heading a resident team, backup call one weekday a week and one weekend a month
- Research
- 40+ IRB-approved research protocols; fellows need not find salary funding for the research year
- Case numbers
- More than 9,500 outpatient clinic visits per year (pediatric urology group)
- About 1,825 operations per year (pediatric urology group)
- More than 700 spina bifida or spinal cord injury urology patients per year at Scottish Rite for Children
- Hospitals
- Children's Medical Center Dallas · Children's Legacy Plano · Scottish Rite for Children
- Faculty
- Craig Peters, Alexandra Carolan, Bruce Schlomer, Irina Stanasel