Overview
With a long history of multidisciplinary collaboration in the field of men’s genitourinary health, Cleveland Clinic’s Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute has trained non-surgeon physicians to manage urologic disease for over 30 years. The clinical Fellowship in Genitourinary Medicine and Men’s Health is a one-year non-ACGME accredited fellowship for graduates of Family Medicine or Internal Medicine residencies who are interested in developing sub-specialty expertise in the office-based management of genitourinary men’s health conditions.
This one-year program provides trainees with the opportunity to develop clinical excellence in office-based urology with a focus on men’s health. The clinical fellow will participate in outpatient clinics and in-office procedures with designated fellowship faculty. They will also spend one-half day per week rotating on the inpatient service, and one-half day per week of independent clinic.
The fellowship provides a well-rounded experience in men’s health including diagnosis and management of the following conditions: voiding dysfunction, sexual dysfunction (including erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory dysfunction and Peyronie’s disease), infertility, testosterone deficiency, prostatitis, chronic pelvic pain, and scrotal pain.
The fellow will gain familiarity and learn to independently perform office-based procedure such as cystoscopy, transrectal ultrasonography with or without prostate biopsy, testosterone pellet implantation, intralesional penile injection for Peyronie’s disease, penile Doppler ultrasonography, spermatic cord injection, genital lesion excision/ablation, shockwave therapy and vasectomy. As part of general urology practice, fellows will also gain familiarity with basic female urology including performing an exam and cystoscopy on a female patient. They will also take primary in-house call twice per month to gain familiarity with urologic inpatient and ER-based care.
Fellows are expected to participate in education and didactic opportunities during their time at CCF. These include monthly men’s health conference, quarterly men’s health journal clubs with staff (usually held at a local restaurant), and Urology Department weekly conference.
Research also plays an integral role in the fellowship. The fellow has opportunities to conduct clinical research on a variety of topics and is expected to publish original manuscripts during the fellowship.
At the conclusion of the program, graduates will have the expertise needed to investigate and treat all common office-based genitourinary medicine and men’s health issues.
Fellowship Faculty
How to Apply
Application must include a curriculum vitae along with three letters of reference (preferably one from the residency program director) and a personal statement. The application can be sent by email or mailed to:
Urology Fellowship Coordinator – please email UrologyFellowship@ccf.org with the subject line Re:Fellowship in Genitourinary Medicine and Men's Health Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Avenue, Q10-1
Cleveland, OH 44195 USA
For any further questions or details, please email the Urology Fellowship Coordinator at UrologyFellowship@ccf.org.
