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Appointment evidence
Published role and affiliation
The official evidence identifies the leadership and affiliation listed below for Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship (Adult Gender-Affirming and Reconstructive Surgery).
- Leadership as published
- Lee C. Zhao, MD (fellowship director)
- Evidence reviewed
- 28 Oct 2026
- Affiliated training host
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine / NYU Langone Health — Department of Urology
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Training context
Published programme focus
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Associated training route
Clinical fellowship
Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship (Adult Gender-Affirming and Reconstructive Surgery)
NYU Grossman School of Medicine offers a one-year fellowship in adult gender-affirming and reconstructive surgery, with experience in prosthetics and reconstructive surgery (open, robotic and laparoscopic) at NYU Langone's Tisch Hospital and Kimmel Pavilion, NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue and the Manhattan campus of the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System. In the 2025–26 fellowship year the operative volume was 750 cases, of which approximately 250 were gender-affirming.
- Location
- New York, New York, United States
- Duration
- One year
- Clinical participation
- Fellows are actively involved in performing urethroplasty and placing implants, as well as gender-affirming surgery and robotics; fellows are expected to work independently and act as a junior member of the faculty, taking attending call and booking their own cases
- International applicants
- Eligibility must be confirmed with the programme; applicants must have completed an ACGME-accredited urology residency
- Funding
- Not stated on the cited programme page
- Application timing
- Applications accepted November through February (GURS match); exact closing date not stated
Upcoming application cycle
Applications are accepted from November through February via the Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons (GURS) fellowship match
Eligibility, training and application
Eligibility
To be eligible, applicants must have successfully completed an ACGME-accredited urology residency program.
Published training
- Gender-affirming surgery
- Urethroplasty
- Genital plastic surgery, including buried penis repair and scrotoplasty
- Prosthetics, including inflatable penile prostheses and artificial urinary sphincters
- Robotic and laparoscopic reconstructive surgery
Application route
Applications are accepted from November through February via the Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons (GURS) fellowship match, administered by the American Urological Association. Send a CV and three letters of recommendation to the fellowship director.
Published application documents
- CV
- Three letters of recommendation
Published contact note: Lee.Zhao@NYULangone.org
Direct programme page · Source reviewed 28 Oct 2026
Official sources
Source review: 28 Oct 2026. Education history, additional appointments, publications and personal contact details are not added without separate official evidence.
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