For applicants

Career development

Career planning starts early because hiring, licensure, credentialing, and contract review can outlast the fellowship year.

• Define the intended practice mix, geography, academic role, and protected-time needs early in the year.
• Build a list of target programs and contacts before interview travel compresses the clinical schedule.
• Ask for letters with enough time for the writer to assess the year’s work rather than only the application deadline.
• Compare contracts on role, resources, call, clinical scope, research support, intellectual property, restrictive terms, and the conditions required to build the intended practice.
• Begin licensure and credentialing after the position and state are known.
• Preserve relationships through GURS, TURNS, AUA, SIU, EAU, and other groups that match the fellow’s actual work.

The public reconstructive urology fellowship tree shows where reconstructive fellows have trained and practiced. It is a network map, not an employment ranking.