Holtgrewe Legislative Fellowship Program

This unique fellowship prepares and educates urology residents and fellows in the legislative aspect of health policy. Holtgrewe Fellows will complete a spend a minimum of eight weeks with a legislative office in Washington, D.C. and participate in major AUA advocacy initiatives, including the Annual Urology Advocacy Summit and meetings of the AUA's Public Policy Council and Legislative Affairs Committee. They will also attend the Brandeis University Executive Leadership Program in Health Policy & Management.

The 2026 application cycle has closed. We hope you will consider applying when the next application cycle opens in spring 2027.

Program Eligibility

Open to all AUA residents in their research year, fellows, and first year post-graduates
Applicants must be a member of the AUA
Applicants will demonstrate a strong interest or aptitude for health policy issues and legislation
If a resident, the Fellow's Resident Director must sign-off on and verify that the Fellow will be available for the travel and time allotted for the program

About H. Logan Holtgrewe

H. Logan Holtgrewe, MD, FACS, has held many leadership positions within urology including the Presidency of the AUA in 1992 and 1993 and President of the American Board of Urology in 1998 and 1999. He served on the AUA Advisory Committee on Urology to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD and as Chairman on the Economics of the World Health Organization's Consultations on Prostatic Diseases. In addition to his clinical activities within urology, he was instrumental in the creation of the AUA clinical practice guidelines program. Dr. Holtgrewe maintains a special interest in socioeconomic issues of urological health care delivery and served as Chairman of the AUA's Health Policy Council from 1992 – 2001.

2026 Holtgrewe Fellow

Emily Clennon, MD, MPH

Fellow, Pediatric Urology
Children's Hospital Colorado

Dr. Clennon is a pediatric urology fellow at Children's Hospital Colorado and the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She completed her urology residency at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), where she also earned her medical degree and Master of Public Health degree. A longtime advocate at the local, state, and national levels, Dr. Clennon has served as chair of the AUA Policy & Advocacy Resident/Recruitment Workgroup, a member of the AUA Public Policy Council and a member of the AUA Advocacy Summit Planning Committee. Her professional interests include health policy, patient access to care and healthcare system improvement.

2025 Holtgrewe Fellow

Christine Van Horn, MD, MS

California

Dr. Van Horn is a fellowship-trained endourologist who recently completed her Endourology and Laparoscopic Robotic Surgery Fellowship at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. Dr. Van Horn completed her urology residency at UMass Chan Medical School and earned her medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine of USC. She is deeply engaged in health policy and advocacy through her work with the AUA. She previously served on the AUA Policy and Advocacy Recruitment Work Group Executive Committee for the Trainee Workforce Support Subgroup and is an active member of the AUAPAC Champions Program. She also mentors through the AUA FUTURE Program and is a member of the Urology Care Foundation’s Kidney and Adrenal Health Committee. She is also actively engaged in research on gender equity and the urology workforce.

Past Holtgrewe Fellows

2024	Jacob Thatcher, DO
2023	Logan Galansky, MD
2022	Ruchika Talwar, MD
2019	Daniel Frendl, MD, PhD
2018	Kevin Koo, MD, MPH, MPhil
2017	Joshua Langston, MD, PhD
2016	Hans C. Arora, MD, PhD
2015	Cary W. "CJ" Stimson Jr., MD

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