ReconstructionInternational
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
One-year beca de perfeccionamiento (fellowship) in urethral and genital reconstructive surgery within the Urology Service, training flap and graft urethroplasty, posterior urethral repair, hypospadias and epispadias surgery, penile curvature correction and genital skin reconstruction.
Length1 year
Spots1 position (2026 intake)
StartsSeptember 1 (2026 local intake)
GURS Global Training TrackAccredited by the Hospital Italiano medical school; Universidad Hospital Italiano certificate on completion
What stands out
- Curriculum covers buccal and lingual mucosa graft harvest and penile skin flaps for one- and two-stage urethroplasty
- Posterior urethral reconstruction after pelvic fracture, plus laser and cold-knife internal urethrotomy
- Section procedures include phalloplasty for trauma, cancer or gender affirmation
- Local and international urologists visit the section each year
- Program lead
- Gabriel Andres Favre
- Apply through
- Direct application through the Universidad Hospital Italiano fellowship (beca de perfeccionamiento) selection
- Timeline
- AUA GURS Match (2027 appointment cycle): registration Nov 6, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026; rank list deadline Jun 5, 2026; results Jun 29, 2026. Next-cycle dates not yet posted as of Oct 1, 2026.
- Focus
- Urethral stricture (non-complex and complex), genital reconstruction
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Training
- Structure
- 1,600 h over 12 months (40 h/week): central OR Tue and Thu, ambulatory surgery Wed, clinic and preop studies Mon/Wed/Fri, ward follow-up
- Research
- Scientific activity afternoons each week and a monthly journal club; a monograph on a chosen topic is required to pass; fellow joins reports and publications
- Case numbers
- Average of 4 reconstructive procedures per week open to the fellow
- 2024-25 GURS case log, one fellow: 172 cases incl. 65 anterior and 9 posterior urethroplasties, 18 Peyronie's repairs
- Hospital
- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Almagro
- Faculty
- Matías González, Omar Layus, Federico Tirapegui, Gastón Rey Valzacchi, Marcos Dalvit
Requirements (2)
- Meet all local hospital requirements
- Spanish speaking