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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 4-6 week fellowship 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.

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

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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.

2025 Holtgrewe Fellow

Christine Van Horn, MD, MS

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.

2024 Holtgrewe Fellow

Jacob Thatcher, DO

Jacob Thatcher, DO

Urologist, Private Practice
Rexburg, ID

Dr. Thatcher will complete his urologic surgery residency at Jefferson Health in New Jersey in July 2024. He is excited to return to his hometown in rural Southeastern Idaho to practice urology. Jacob’s passion is enhancing access to medicine in our rural communities. Dr. Thatcher currently serves as a member of the Urology Workforce Task Force. Previously, he was named National Rural Student Doctor of the Year in medical school. He is a prior Fellow of the National Rural Health Association and was previously recognized as a Paul Ambrose Scholar for his work addressing chronic pain in our rural communities.


 

Past Holtgrewe Fellows

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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