Residency Training Program in Obstetrics and Gynecology - Medical Education Medical Education at Rochester General Hospital Medical education has been a proud part of Rochester General's history for more than 100 years. More than 150 physicians in 17 residency and fellowship programs train at Rochester General for all or part of each year, in specialties ranging from pediatrics to cardiothoracic surgery.
Important research is conducted in our laboratories.
Rochester General Hospital is an institution firmly committed to the discovery of medical knowledge and the development of tomorrow's physicians. Rochester General's Surgical Skills Laboratory is the site where hundreds of physicians from throughout the world have gained proficiency in the use of emerging technologies including surgical lasers, laparoscopy and pelviscopy. Our nationally recognized Lillie B. Werner Health Sciences Library is a premier resource for medical information, with a collection of 420 medical journals and access to more than 100 on-line databases. Rochester General also serves as a clinical training center for students in more than 20 health care fields, including nursing, physical therapy, social work, biomedical engineering, and nuclear medicine. In addition, the Hospital is a successful site for nurse midwifery education and for the training of physician assistants in obstetrics and gynecology.