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Gynecology and Obstetrics

Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Fellowship

The Johns Hopkins Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics offers a highly competitive, two-year fellowship in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery (MIGS). Our primary goal is to train excellent MIGS surgeons, clinicians and academicians who will become leaders in our field.

Program Highlights

Fellows will work with a high volume of complex gynecologic patients with benign disease who would benefit from a minimally invasive approach.  Fellows will rotate at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center. Each fellow will have exposure to a variety of minimally invasive surgical approaches including operative hysteroscopy, advanced laparoscopy and robotic surgery — to manage complex benign gynecologic disorders, fibroids, abnormal uterine bleeding and endometriosis.

Surgeons Kristin Patzkowsky, Khara Simpson and Karen Wang

Application Requirements

Requirements

  • Applicants must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents.
  • Applicants must have completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology that is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or equivalent international residency program. All applicants must be eligible for medical licensure in Maryland.

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How to Apply

To apply, please visit the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) website: www.aagl.org/service/fellowships/apply-to-the-program/.

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Deadlines for 2022

FELLOW CANDIDATE APPLICATION

We are no longer accepting applications for the Fellowship cycle starting July 2023. Applications for the 2024-2026 cycle will be available December 1, 2022.

NOTE: FMIGS fellow training is to start no earlier than July 7th or no later than August 1st.

NRMP DATES

  • June 29, 2022: Match Opens
  • July 20, 2022: Ranking Opens
  • August 24, 2022: Quota Deadline
  • September 14, 2022: Ranking Closes
  • September 28, 2022: Match Day

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Our fellowship program seeks to create amazing surgeons and gynecologic experts through exposure to a wide variety of complex minimally invasive surgery. By training the next generation of minimally invasive gynecologic surgeons, we elevate patient care at Johns Hopkins, in the community, the nation and beyond.”

- Kristin Patzkowsky, M.D., Fellowship Director

Curriculum Details

Number of Fellows

  • One fellow every year.

Duration of Training Program

  • Two year training program

Other Degrees of Curricula Offered

  • Graduate level courses in epidemiology, biostatistics, and research ethics are available through the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  • Partial tuition funding is available.

Additional Program Details

  • Fellows will also have access to a wide range of education and research activities, and opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaborations both nationally and internationally.
  • This experience includes exposure to gynecologic oncology procedures, urogynecologic procedures and reproductive endocrinology and infertility.

Fellowship Administration and Faculty

Director - Dr. Kristin Patzkowsky, Associate Directors - Dr. Karen Wang and Dr. Khara Simpson, Administrator - Mindy Hollifield, Research Advisor - Dr. Mostafa Borahay, Core Faculty - Dr. Harold Wu 

  • Mostafa Borahay, M.B.B.Ch., M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., M.Sc.

    • Director, Division of General Gynecology & Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    • Director, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    • Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

  • Kristin Elizabeth Patzkowsky, M.D.

    • Fellowship Director, AAGL Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
    • Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

  • Khara Michelle Simpson, M.D.

    • Vice Chair Quality and Safety, Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • Associate Fellowship Director, AAGL Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
    • Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

  • Karen C Wang, M.D.

    • Associate Fellowship Director, AAGL Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
    • Director, Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

  • Harold Yihao Wu, M.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Mindy Hollifield

Fellowship administrator

Ashley Shaffer

Minimally Invasive and Gynecologic Surgery at Hopkins

Learn more about the Johns Hopkins Fertility Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery department, including our treatments and services, care locations, and our team.

Visit the MIGS page
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