Fellowships

Satyendra Tewari Fellowship Program

The Indian American Urological Association (IAUA) provides outstanding and promising junior faculty members in India with an opportunity to interact with colleagues in North America.

Medical advances are often the result of collaboration, and this program has the potential to directly impact the educational opportunities for young urologists while improving the delivery of quality care to patients in India. This level of collaboration also allows for the sharing of knowledge and experience, but also enhances the global perspectives while fostering a closer alliance between the IAUA and USI.

Program Details

This program allows one Indian scholar to visit U.S. host institutions for a 3-week period and attend the IAUA and AUA Annual Meeting. The selected scholar will observe urologic surgeries/procedures, attend clinics and staff activities, but will not perform surgery or hands-on patient care. This fellow program is fully funded by IAUA through a generous grant from Dr Ash Tewari. The scholar will be provided a stipend to support his/her expenses towards this fellowship program.

Selected scholar agrees to begin working on securing their visas promptly. Additionally, selected scholar must be able to present English-translated, up-to-date immunization records. Commonly required immunizations by U.S. hospitals include, but are not limited to:

• Hepatitis B
• Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR)
• Tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap)
• Varicella
• Influenza
• FDA approved COVID-19 vaccines, and
• Tuberculosis (TB)

The selected scholar may be in any urology subspecialty area; and host institution will be determined at a later date with mutual interest.

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for the program, the candidate must be:

• a urologist in India and be a member of the local or national urological organization in India
• 42 years old or younger (at time of application)
• MD or MBBS degree and rank of instructor or higher
• a certified practicing urologist (within first 10 years of practice)
• a member of the AUA
• able to demonstrate competent command of the English language
• able to proactively assist in obtaining visa (as needed)
• able to travel for up to 4 weeks with necessary approval from Head of the department.

Application Process

The candidate must fill out an online application and submit electronic versions of the following documents:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Personal statement (300 words or less) describing how participation in the program will benefit him/her both personally and professionally
• A letter of support from department chair (must be signed and on letterhead)

Application Deadline

Applications for the 2026 program will be accepted in Fall 2025.
To obtain more information, please contact Francis Ramirez at [email protected].