PediatricUnited States
Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital
Nashville, TN
Two-year ACGME-accredited pediatric urology fellowship at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital: a first year of mentored, mainly clinical research, then a second year running the hospital-based clinical service, aimed at academic careers.
Length2 years
Spots1 fellow per year
ACGME
What stands out
- Optional basic science work in Maria Hadjifrangiskou's lab on the mechanisms of urinary tract infection
- Multidisciplinary spina bifida, DSD, stone and reconstruction clinics open to the fellow
- Global health: the pediatric urology team has operated at the Moore Pediatric Surgery Center in Guatemala City, on average every 2 years
- Sacral neuromodulation for children with refractory voiding dysfunction
- Program lead
- Abby Taylor
- 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. Program interviews (2027-2029 position): April 6-7, 2026
- Focus
- Year 1 mentored clinical (option of basic science UTI) research; year 2 leads hospital clinical service with spina bifida, DSD and stone clinics
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsUSMLE: not statedVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- Year 1 research; year 2 clinical, running the hospital service with a PGY-4 and PGY-2, backup call 1 weeknight a week and 2 weekends a month
- Research
- Year 1 clinical research with weekly faculty mentoring and a full-time research assistant
- Case numbers
- More than 15,000 outpatient visits per year (pediatric urology program)
- More than 2,500 cases per year (pediatric urology program)
- More than 100 laparoscopic or robot-assisted cases (pediatric urology program)
- Hospitals
- Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt (main campus) · Vanderbilt Urology Clinic (main clinic) · Pediatric outpatient surgery center, Murfreesboro (optional)
- Faculty
- Cyrus Adams, Mark C. Adams, John W. Brock III, Douglass Clayton, Brendan Frainey, Lauren Corona, John C. Pope IV, John Thomas
Requirements (6)
- Completed accredited urology residency in the United States or Canada
- Register for SPU match
- SPU Universal Application
- Three letters of recommendation incl. one from program director or urologist who knows applicant well
- Personal statement
- Current CV