Howard B. Goldman is Vice Chairman and Professor on the faculty of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and has a joint appointment in the departments of urology and obstetrics and gynaecology and is actively involved in the training of fellows and residents, including serving as the Fellowship director for Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery in the Department of Urology at the Cleveland Clinic. He has directly trained over 35 fellows and residents who are specialized FPMRS practitioners. Many of these fellows have assumed leadership roles in academic urology and many have also become quality and patient safety experts at their local institutions.