Research & MoreGender-affirming surgeryUnited States
NYU Langone Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship (gender-affirming surgery)
New York, New York
One-year GURS fellowship in adult gender-affirming and genitourinary reconstructive surgery (urethroplasty, prosthetics, robotic upper tract and abdominal reconstruction, trauma, Peyronie's disease) across three New York City hospitals, with the fellow working as junior faculty.
Length1 year
Spots1 fellow per year
StartsAugust 1 (year runs August 1 to July 31)
SalaryPGY-6 level at NYU, with benefits
GURS
What stands out
- Robotic work on multi-port and single-port platforms runs on most operating days rather than as a separate rotation
- GU trauma through Bellevue, a New York State designated Level I Adult Trauma Center
- Robotic intracorporeal urinary diversion and robotic upper tract reconstruction are part of the case mix
- Autonomy is tracked by operative step, with separate ladders for open, multi-port robotic and single-port robotic work
- Program lead
- Lee C. Zhao
- Apply through
- AUA / GURS Match
- Timeline
- Applications accepted November through February
- Focus
- Adult gender-affirming and reconstructive surgery, urethroplasty, prosthetics, robotic upper tract reconstruction across three sites
- Eligibility
- Not statedUSMLE: not statedVisa: not stated
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- 4 operating days and 1 clinic day per week; fellow books own cases and takes attending call at about the director's frequency
- Research
- Each fellow completes at least one original research project, published or presented at a national or international meeting
- Case numbers
- 750 operative cases across the three sites in 2025-26 (service), including 430 robotic and about 250 gender-affirming (groups overlap)
- 2025-26 fellow case log: 460 cases, including 191 vaginoplasty/vulvoplasty and 63 ureteral reconstructions
- Hospitals
- NYU Langone Tisch Hospital and Kimmel Pavilion · NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue · VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Manhattan campus
Requirements (1)
- Completion of an ACGME-accredited urology residency