Pediatric Urology Fellowship

V. Rama Jayanthi, MD
Program Director
E-Mail: Rama.Jayanthi@NationwideChildrens.org

Monika Gaa
Fellowship Program Coordinator
E-Mail: Monika.Gaa@NationwideChildrens.org

Office Phone: (614) 722-6634
Office Fax: (614) 722-6627

Mission

To provide the best clinical and research experience in pediatric urology, while individualizing each fellow's education.

Goals

• Ensure the fellow develops the cognitive and technical skills necessary to assess children suspected of having a pediatric urological disease.
• Accurately, and with the least invasion, diagnose and develop a treatment plan for children with urological disease.
• Implement diagnostic studies and operative or non-operative therapy using the most contemporary radiological and technical tools.

History

The pediatric urology fellowship program was first approved in 2004 by the ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education). The first year consists of clinical pediatric urology; the second year is dedicated to clinical and basic research. The last ACGME Site Visit was held  September 2011, and awarded full accreditation for five years. Upon successful completion of the program, the fellow has met the training requirements for Pediatric Urology certification by the American Board of Urology. 

Program Description

The pediatric urology fellow works directly with three fellowship trained, full time, Nationwide Children’s Hospital based academic pediatric urologists as well as a cadre of specialized, board eligible and certified health care providers and researchers in pediatric medical and surgical fields.

Surgical education includes all aspects of inpatient and outpatient pediatric urology, including laparoscopic, ESWL and endourologic techniques under the direct supervision of the pediatric urology faculty. The ambulatory care experience is office based, directly supervised by faculty and allows for instruction and interpretation of contemporaneously performed radiologic and urodynamic studies. Prior to the research year, the fellow is encouraged to research in greater detail aspects of pediatric urological diseases, including processes, pathophysiology and/or treatment which are of special interest to them. The fellow will then develop a plan to pursue these special interests in greater clinical or laboratory detail during the research year with the assistance of a member of the faculty who will provide supervision and guidance. The research year is conducted under the supervision of faculty within the Nephrology Urology Affinity Group (NURAG), all members of the Research Institute.

You can review an outline of our pediatric urology fellows' week here.

Operative Procedures 

The fellow will receive broad surgical experience in all aspects of Pediatric Urology such as: 

Awards

U.S.News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals 2012-13
Nationwide Children’s Hospital made the Honor Roll List of U.S.News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals 2012-13. We are proud to announce that Nationwide Children's Hospital ranks 11th in the specialty ranking of Urology in this year's report.

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