The ACGME accredited Fellowship in Complex Family Planning at Stanford University maximizes the resources of one the world’s premier universities. The program blends clinical training, with public health education, and offers opportunities for experience in international settings, policymaking, advocacy and clinical or basic science research. In addition to focused training in complex family planning (complex family planning (including abortion, contraception and early pregnancy management), fellows are also members of the Gynecology Service in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford. The concomitant existence of a Ryan Training Program offers the fellow potential for a significant teaching and supervisory role between Family Planning Fellows and Ob/Gyn Residents.

See the Society of Family Planning's Fellowship in Family Planning website.

Fellowship interview dates

• Tuesday, August 26, 2025
• Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Please contact the CFP Fellowship Program Manager with any questions.

The Stanford Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery (URPS) urology fellowship is a 2 year ACGME ABU/ABOG accredited program, which prepares the fellow for a career in academic medicine by providing training in complex reconstructive urological care, as well as a solid foundation in basic science or clinical research. The training combines clinical experience at the Stanford University Medical Center and basic science or clinical health sciences research. The fellowship is a joint endeavor with Stanford Urology and Urogynecology faculty training providing a full experience of pelvic reconstruction. The program is currently accepting a urology trained fellow every even year, and a gynecology trained fellow every odd year.

The fellow is directly supervised by 4 faculty members at Stanford University Medical Center. Fellows graduate with an operative experience of 600+ procedures, including vaginal pelvic organ prolapse repair, vaginal hysterectomy, midurethral slings, bladder neck slings, male incontinence slings, artificial urinary sphincter placement, collagen injections, botulinum toxin injections, laparoscopic/robotic and open sacrocolpopexy, bladder augmentation, creation of catheterizable stomas and repair of vesicovaginal fistula.  All aspects of open, endoscopic, laparoscopic, and robotic pelvic and reconstructive urology are taught. One to two days per week are spent in the operating room, with graduated responsibility for resident teaching as the year progresses. The fellow is responsible for supervising the Stanford urology residents on the service for inpatient care and consultations. Two to three days per week is spent in clinic, rotating with each faculty member. Supervising and interpreting videourodynamic studies are emphasized during portions of training.

How to Apply

We are a combined fellowship program with a unique structure for recruiting candidates: In 2025, we will be interviewing for a Gynecology fellow and in 2026, we will be interviewing for a Urology fellow. The next interview date for the program is scheduled for: April 18, 2025.

Applications are accepted through ERAS.

Fellowship Director

Craig Comiter, MD
URPS Fellowship Director

Taranjit Bains
Associate Director of Education
E-mail: bainstj@stanford.edu

The Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Fellowship at Stanford is an outstanding two-year program that provides both clinical training and unique opportunities to collaborate and engage in original research. Approximately 70% of the fellow’s time will involve clinical activities; protected times will be available to the fellow for research as the remaining 30% of the time will be spent dedicated to research, scholarly activities, and advocacy. Fellows will be expected to design and implement a research project that leads to a presentation (poster, oral) and/or publication prior to completion of the fellowship. Our program will prepare the individual to join an academic Ob/Gyn department as a faculty member and consultant. 

Fellows will participate in PAG clinics, as well a variety of subspecialty and multidisciplinary clinics staffed by the PAG faculty. These include clinics for individuals with hematologic disorders, differences of sex development, and complex ano-rectal anomalies. The PAG service at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital sees patients for both medical and surgical consultations and follows patients with PAG problems from infancy through adolescence and young adulthood. Fellows will also have the opportunity to rotate to a variety of other clinics staffed by faculty in Adolescent Medicine, such as those serving patients with eating disorders and gender dysphoria. Our clinic is in the same clinical space as the Adolescent Medicine Clinic at the Stanford Children’s Health Specialty Services site in Sunnyvale, CA. 

The PAG fellowship at LPCH offers a number of unique opportunities for collaboration with other internationally and nationally recognized subspecialty services in both pediatrics and gynecology, including

• Complex family planning
• General gynecology and obstetric services
• Gender care clinic
• Robotic surgery for gynecologic conditions
• Fertility preservation in collaboration with REI and AYA specialists
• Stem cell transplant programs

Program Director:  
Stephanie Cizek, MD
Email: scizek@stanford.edu

Program Coordinator:
Victoria Contreras
Email: vcontrer@stanford.edu

Deadline for application submission

Stanford is a 2-year program that currently accepts one PAG fellow every year, with our next fellow starting in August 2026. We will be accepting applications in the 2027 interview cycle.

Please submit your application materials to Victoria. Fellowship application materials can be found here.

Please contact Victoria and Dr. Cizek with any questions.
Click here to learn more about our PAG specialty. 
Find more information about North American PAG Fellowships at NASPAG.