ReconstructionUnited States
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
One-year GURS match fellowship in robotic and open repair of strictures and fistulas of the ureter, bladder neck and urethra, and of genital skin loss after trauma, infection or cancer; faculty span reconstructive urology, urologic oncology and plastic surgery.
Length1 year
GURS fellowship program (GURS Match)
What stands out
- Faculty includes a plastic and microvascular surgeon whose team performs free flap phalloplasty
- About half of reconstruction is gender-affirming and half cisgender
- Fellow runs an independent virtual attending clinic one day a week
- Fellows collaborate with Mohs surgery and dermatology colleagues
- Program lead
- Brad Figler
- Apply through
- AUA / GURS Match
- 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
- Open and robotic repair of ureteral, bladder neck and urethral stenosis and fistula; genital skin deficiency reconstruction
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE: not statedNo visa sponsorship (valid employment visa accepted)
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Training
- Structure
- Weekly: Monday reconstruction clinic, OR Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, Thursday independent fellow virtual clinic; about 3 weeks of faculty call a year
- Research
- Mentored career development in health services and clinical outcomes research
- Case numbers
- More than 250 reconstructive procedures per year (centre)
- 2024-25 GURS fellow log: 210 total cases, including 56 anterior urethroplasties, 59 vaginoplasty or vulvoplasty, 7 phalloplasty (per fellow)
- Faculty
- Marc Bjurlin, Mathew Raynor, Kristy Borawski, Adeyemi Ogunleye, Richard Natale
Requirements (1)
- US citizen or valid US immigration visa permitting employment; no visa sponsorship