ReconstructionUnited States
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Two-year GURS-verified fellowship in genitourinary injury and reconstruction covering urethroplasty, urinary diversion, ureteral repair, trauma, prosthetics, gender-affirming surgery and robotics, with a structured academic first year and a mainly clinical second year.
Length2 years
Spots1 fellow per year (first- and second-year fellows overlap)
StartsVariable; most fellows start August 1
SalaryYear 1 pay based on University of Utah PGY-6 or PGY-7 salary, plus 14.2% retirement contribution; 5 weeks vacation
GURS verified
What stands out
- Optional 1 to 2 week international reconstructive experience, currently with the University of Rwanda in Kigali
- Master's options during fellowship: MSCI, Executive MBA or MEd
- Research access to the Utah Population Database and 10 years of MarketScan data through SPARC
- Lead site for two AAST multi-institutional trauma studies, with a database of over 1,100 high-grade renal injuries from 21 centres
- Program leads
- Jeremy B. Myers, Benjamin McCormick
- 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
- Genitourinary injury, urethral reconstruction, urinary diversion, abdominal reconstruction, gender-affirming surgery, neurogenic bladder
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE: not statedVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- Year 1: about 2.5 clinical and 2.5 academic days a week; year 2: 3 to 4 clinical days (1 clinic, 2 to 3 OR) and 1 to 2 academic days
- Research
- Scholar tracks: outcomes research, healthcare leadership, education or global health; biostatistics and grant writing courses
- Case numbers
- Reconstruction faculty per year: about 80 to 100 urethroplasties, over 50 abdominal reconstructions, over 50 gender affirmation surgeries
- 2025-26 GURS first-year fellow log: 246 total cases, including 60 anterior urethroplasties and 49 ureteral reconstructions
- 2022-23 fellow log: 330 total cases, including 53 anterior and 13 posterior urethroplasties, 35 conduit and 33 continent diversion cases (per fellow)
- Hospitals
- University of Utah Hospital · George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Faculty
- James Hotaling, Sara Lenherr