For applicants
Research expectations
Each fellow completes original research leading to at least one peer-reviewed publication or published national or international meeting abstract. Qualifying meetings include the AUA, AUA Section meetings, Canadian Urological Association, SIU, and EAU.
The GURS website excludes book chapters and review articles from the requirement. Its 2026-2027 re-verification checklist allows peer-reviewed chapters and reviews to be considered case by case. The fellow should plan an original research project rather than rely on an exception.
Choose the project early enough to complete regulatory review, data access, analysis, authorship decisions, drafting, and submission during the year.
Recent fellow research output
The 2025-2026 fellow, Aleksandra Walasek, published one peer-reviewed article and presented two abstracts at the 2026 AUA annual meeting during the fellowship year.
- Ratanapornsompong W, Sarawong S, Walasek A, Lin JS, Elbakry A, Zhao LC. Single-port robotic non-transecting Y-V flap pyeloplasty with stricturoplasty for ureteropelvic junction obstruction: a case series. World J Urol. 2026;44(1):433. doi:10.1007/s00345-026-06551-6. PMID 42303909.
- Walasek A, Ratanapornsompong W, Sarawong S, Elbakry A, Zhao L. Single-port robotic-assisted transvaginal retroperitoneal ureteral reimplantation: early experience. J Urol. 2026;215(5S):e19. doi:10.1097/01.JU.0001191264.83903.71.05. Presented at the 2026 AUA annual meeting.
- Casanova-Martin C, Walasek A, Gomez-Villanueva A, Martinez-Pineiro L, Zhao LC. Single port robotic non-transecting pyeloplasty in renal transplant. J Urol. 2026;215(5S):e20. doi:10.1097/01.JU.0001191264.83903.71.09. Presented at the 2026 AUA annual meeting.