A two-year urology fellowship training program focused on women’s urologic health and reconstruction, known as Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS), is celebrating its 20th anniversary and graduating its 20th fellow in June at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. FPMRS fellows, selected one per year after completing a urology residency, spend two years learning to manage adult patients with urinary and pelvic conditions including urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, voiding dysfunction and neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction. Additional aspects of pelvic and urinary reconstruction include surgical repair of urinary fistulas, diverticular disease, urinary diversion and cancer survivorship. FPMRS is a multidisciplinary subspecialty that includes both urologists and gynecologists, all of whom complete the same fellowship-level training regardless of background. Read more.
Source: VUMC Reporter, March 30, 2023