This one-year fellowship includes patient care as well as clinical research projects. The fellow sees clinic patients, performs physical examinations, plans treatment, and reviews cases with Dr. Lipshultz before participating in patient consultations. From 75 to 100 outpatients are seen weekly, allowing the fellow to treat a wide range of infertility problems with ample opportunity for patient follow-up. The Laboratory for Male Reproductive Research and Testing in the Scott Department of Urology offers a fellowship program in basic science for both M.D.'s and Ph.D's. The molecular biology of male infertility is the main focus of research.
Additional studies focus on the role of the androgen receptor in the regulation of cell growth.
The fellowships are for 1 to 2 years. Dr. Dolores J. Lamb supervises the fellowship. The fellow will participate in urodynamic and electrophysiologic studies in patients with neurologic disease while under the supervision of Dr. Timothy Boone. While gaining surgical experience in reconstruction and prosthetics, the fellow will have an opportunity to act as a teacher and as a consultant to the residents both on the private service and in the Spinal Cord Injury Unit. In Outcomes Research for both M.D.'s and Ph.D's.