Pediatric Urology Fellowship

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

Phone: 614-722-6625
Fax: 614-722-6627

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 June 2006, and awarded full accreditation for five years.

Program Description

The pediatric urology fellow works directly with four 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. 

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: 

View the Operative Procedure PDF files for July - September, 2008 and October - December, 2008

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