ReconstructionUnited States
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
One-year mentored fellowship in male and female genitourinary reconstruction and GU trauma, including gender-affirming surgery, using open, robotic and transvaginal approaches, with graduated autonomy and expected scholarly work.
Length1 year
GURS fellowship program
What stands out
- Level I trauma center and quaternary referral center
- Rectourethral fistula repair using gracilis or other muscle flaps
- Gender-affirming vaginoplasty, metoidioplasty and phalloplasty with plastic surgery
- Female pelvic health training continues the Vanderbilt Female Pelvic Medicine fellowship, founded in 2003
- Program lead
- Niels V. Johnsen
- Apply through
- AUA / GURS Match
- Timeline
- Interviews held March 31 or April 1, 2026. 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 reconstruction and trauma
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE requiredVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- Graduated autonomy; fellows direct GU trauma care alongside general surgery and orthopaedic trauma teams; departmental conferences and didactics
- Research
- Mentored scholarly work covering protocol development, study design, statistics and dissemination; presentation at society and national meetings expected
- Case numbers
- GURS case log filed for initial certification, Jul 2022 to Jun 2023: 559 cases in total
- Same log: 75 anterior and 14 posterior urethroplasties
- Same log: 89 penile prosthesis and 60 artificial urinary sphincter cases
- Hospital
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Faculty
- Melissa Kaufman, Elisabeth Sebesta, Roger Dmochowski
Requirements (6)
- Eligible for Tennessee medical licensure
- All 3 steps of USMLE
- Cover letter
- Current headshot
- Current CV
- Three reference letters (one from residency program director and/or chair)