The Fellowship in Reconstructive Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai offers an intensive one-year education focused on reconstructive urology, gender affirmation surgery, and prosthetics. The fellowship is offered through the Society of Genitourinary Surgeons (GURS) match and is directed by Rajveer Purohit, MD, MPH. Miroslav Djordjevic, MD, Gregory Amend, MD, and Robert Valenzuela, MD, serve as core faculty for the fellowship.
We combine academic and clinical excellence, and our graduates are prepared to provide comprehensive, individualized diagnosis and treatment for a variety of reconstructive urology conditions. The heart of the fellowship is training in gender affirmation surgeries including metoidioplasty, penile inversion, peritoneal flap, and sigmoid vaginoplasty, phalloplasty, and revision operations but there will be a high volume of training in complex lower urinary surgery and robotic surgery. In addition, our fellows also gain experience in treating conditions such as:
- Complex urethral strictures
- Robotic bladder neck reconstruction
- Robotic upper tract reconstruction
- Erectile dysfunction with prosthetic surgery
- Complications of radiation therapy
- Peyronies Disease
- Urinary incontinence
Current Fellow
Camille Torres, MD
Past Fellows
Michaela Slijivich, MD
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Miami, Florida
Kenan Celtik, MD
Crane Center for Transgender Surgery
San Francisco, California
Ariel Zisman, MD
Rambam Medical Center
Haifa, Israel
Marissa Kent, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Joel Hillelsohn, MD
New York University
New York, New York
Why the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai?
At the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, our fellows learn from some of the nation’s most highly trained and well-regarded specialists. Our Director of Reconstructive Urology, Rajveer Purohit, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor in the Icahn School of Medicine and specializes in gender affirmation surgery, urethral strictures treatment, and complex urinary and sexual problems. He has performed over 1,000 complex reconstructive and gender affirming surgeries. With Dr. Djordjevic, he has co-edited the forthcoming textbook Atlas of Operative Techniques in Gender Affirmation Surgery.
Miroslav Djordjevic, MD, PhD, Clinical Professor, is a renowned surgeon specializing in gender affirmation surgery, transitional urology, and pediatric urology, and was past president of the Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons.
Gregory Amend, MD, Assistant Professor, is a reconstructive urologist with a large volume practice specializing in bladder neck and upper tract robotic surgery and lower urinary and genital reconstruction including urethroplasty, buried penis repair, penile prosthesis and artificial urinary sphincter. He has been awarded the Teacher of the Year Award by Mount Sinai residents for his dedication to teaching.
Robert Valenzuela, MD, Assistant Professor, is one of the most prolific implanters of penile prostheses, artificial urinary sphincters and male slings in the United States. He has developed and published on unique techniques to maximize penile length preservation and correction of severe penile angulation at the time of prosthesis insertion.
The fellows also have an opportunity to work with other faculty at Mount Sinai including Michael Palese, MD, Peter Wiklund, MD, and Jerry Blaivas, MD.