The Alan B. Retik Fellowship Program in Pediatric Urology is a two-year ACGME-accredited fellowship (with an optional third research year). The first year is a busy clinical year, during which fellows are exposed to the full spectrum of pediatric urological care. During the second year, fellows can choose from a multitude of research options, including clinical/health services research, basic research, and translational research. We fully support our fellows getting various advanced degrees through Harvard University. Fellows can elect to extend their research fellowship by one year, which some advanced degree programs require. Our faculty includes sixteen pediatric urologists, three pediatricians, four research faculty, a clinical psychologist, and a jointly appointed nephrologist and radiologist.  

We have switched back to offering two fellow positions per year. In order to implement these changes to our fellowship structure we will be interviewing for one fellow position for the next interview cycle (2024) and two fellow positions in 2025 with the goal of having two clinical fellows at a time.

Inpatient clinical volume

• 500 admissions per year
• 1,200 consults per year
• 2,800 surgical cases per year

Clinical facilities

• Inpatient services: Boston Children’s Hospital, Longwood (Boston); Boston Children’s at Waltham
• Outpatient locations: Boston Children’s Hospital, Longwood; Boston Children’s at Waltham; Boston Children’s at Lexington

Clinical faculty

• Carlos R. Estrada, Jr, MD, MBA – Urologist-in-Chief
• Erin R. McNamara, MD, MPH –Program Director
• Shima Anwar, MD, PhD
• Stuart B. Bauer, MD
• Joseph G. Borer, MD
• Bartley G. Cilento, Jr, MD, MPH – Vice Chair, Clinical Operations
• Julia B. Finkelstein, MD, MPH
• Christine FitzGerald, MD, PhD
• Lillian Hayes, PhD
• Mélise A. Keays, MD, MSc
• Michael P. Kurtz, MD, MPH
• Richard S. Lee, MD – Vice Chair, Research
• Ted Lee, MD, MSc
• Siam Oottamasathien, MD
• Caleb P. Nelson, MD, MPH- Director, Clinical and Health Services Research
• Hatim Thaker, MD
• Hsin-Hsiao Scott Wang, MD, MPH, MBAn
• Margaret Werner, MD
• Vivian Williams, MSN, RN, CPNP
• Rena Xu, MD, MBA
• Richard N. Yu, MD, PhD
• Jeanne S. Chow, MD – Radiology
• Deborah R. Stein, MD – Nephrology

Research faculty

• Rosalyn M. Adam, PhD: Director, Basic Research
• Min Dong, PhD
• John Froehlich, PhD
• Zohreh Izadifar, PhD

Conferences

• Pediatric Urology/Radiology Conference: weekly
• Pediatric Urology Indications Conference: weekly
• Pediatric Urology Grand Rounds: weekly
  • Journal Club: monthly
  • Department Research Meeting: monthly
  • M&M: monthly
• Endocrine/Pediatric Urology joint conference: bi-annually
• Clinical Research Work-in-Progress meeting: weekly
• Laboratory Work-in-Progress meeting: weekly
• Laboratory Journal Club: bi-weekly

Residency Training Programs (4-6 residents on service each month)

• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Urology Residency
• Brigham & Women’s Urology Residency
• Lahey Hospital & Medical Center Residency
• Boston Medical Center Urology Residency (Boston University)
• Harvard Urologic Surgery Residency (Mass General)

Contact information

Jill Harris Tucker, Program Manager
Boston Children’s Hospital
Department of Urology
300 Longwood Ave., HU-390
Boston, MA 02115

Phone: 617-355-3341
Fax: 617-730-0474
Email: jill.tucker@childrens.harvard.edu