The department also has an accredited three-year fellowship in maternal fetal medicine. This fellowship program accepts one new fellow annually. Basic science research fellowships are also available. In addition, by being based in the hospitals of three different major health systems, this obstetrics and gynecology program is not vulnerable to the volume decreases seen in many other programs. The curriculum design also offers the unique opportunity to care for patients in community hospital settings as well as those with more difficult problems referred to tertiary care centers.
Residents have their own continuity clinics throughout each year of training.
The primary care experience is enhanced by three months of ambulatory community medicine, one month of ambulatory geriatrics, one month in the emergency department and one month of inpatient medicine. In addition, emphasis is placed on developing skills in specialty areas including gynecologic oncology, urogynecology, pelviscopy with laser, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, high-risk obstetrics and both obstetric and gynecologic ultrasonography. Research For residents who are interested in research, opportunities are abundant. The faculty in the department have obtained significant funding through the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, The Gynecologic Oncology Group, the World Health Organization, and private industry. The maternal fetal medicine network is one of 13 units in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Networks.