The four year residency training program in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Saint Vincent's is the University program for New York Medical College. This residency has a long tradition of clinical excellence and provides an exceptional opportunity for all aspects of clinical training and academics. There is a wide variety of formal instructional experiences available for the residents with protected time reserved for education. The clinical experience thus far has been exceptional. The program is designed to provide excellent supervision, while at the same time providing progressively increased responsibility for residents in decision making and surgical procedures.
Residents serve as the primary surgeon or the primary assistant surgeon on all gynecological cases.
The obstetrical aspects have been wonderful. Since there are midwives in the hospital, we are exposed to conservative, as well as active, management of women in labor. The management of high risk pregnancies takes place in at the Antepartum Unit where we work directly with the perinatologist and perform sonograms as well as amniocentesis. In addition, the residents have the opportunity to rotate on the medicine service where we interpret invasive hemodynamic monitoring and are directly involved in Primary Care as well as Critical Care Medicine. Finally, what really made me decide to do my residency at Saint Vincents Hospital is the friendly environment.