Residency Training Program
Maurice Druzin, M.D. Program Director
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The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford University School of Medicine offers a four-year residency training program designed to provide a broad exposure to all aspects of health care for women. The goal of the program is to aid resident physicians in acquiring the knowledge and clinical acumen required to provide outstanding care in gynecologic and obstetrical practice in a collegial environment. The four-year program offers an intense exposure to General Obstetrics and Gynecology, as well as the subspecialties of Gynecologic Oncology, Family Planning, Urogynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. Residents also gain exposure to the role of the OB/GYN as a provider of primary care for women.
Rotation Schedule
The sequence of assignments has been planned to ensure that residents have increasing responsibility and autonomy in patient management. The PGY-1 year includes rotations in Obstetrics, Ultrasound/REI, Gynecology Clinics and Gynecologic Oncology and Emergency Medicine. The PGY-2 year includes extensive rotations in Obstetrics, Gynecology, GYN Oncology and REI. During the PGY-3 year satellite rotations are conducted at El Camino Hospital (a private community hospital) and San Mateo County Hospital, both designed to complement the extensive experience in benign gynecologic surgery at Stanford. The PGY-3 year also features a call-free elective where residents are encouraged to be creative and develop electives to meet their individual goals as physicians. The PGY-4 year is spent entirely at Stanford, with the resident functioning as the chief of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Gyn Oncology. In addition, PGY 4 residents have an additional elective month and 2 outpatient ambulatory clinic months focusing on benign gynecology and primary/preventative care. Family Planning training occurs throughout the residency.
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PGY-1 |
PGY-2 |
PGY-3 |
PGY-4 |
| OB (2-3 mo) | OB (2-3 mo) | PRIVATE GYN (3 mo) | OB (3 mo) |
| GYN ONC (2-3 mo) |
GYN ONC (2-3 mo) |
GYN at El Camino (3 mo) |
GYN (3 mo) |
| Ultrasound/REI (1 mo) |
GYN (2-3 mo) |
Night Float (3 mo) |
GYN Clinics (1 mo) |
| Night Float (1-2 mo) |
Night Float (1-2 mo) |
GYN ONC (1mo) |
Women’s Health/Family Planning (1 mo) |
| GYN (1-2 mo) |
REI (1 mo) |
Outpatient Medicine/Family Planning (1 mo) |
GYN ONC (2 mo) |
| Emergency Room (1 mo) |
MFM Clinics and OB Float (1-2 mo) |
Call-Free Elective (1 mo) |
Elective (1 mo) |
| Night Float (1 mo) |
Call Schedule - 80 hr. Work Week
Residents create and administer their own call schedule with approval of the Program Director. On average, residents take three calls each month and have one call-free weekend to enjoy the S.F. Bay Area. There is a 3-person night float team.
Continuity Clinic
Stanford offers a true continuity clinic experience where residents are identified as the primary care giver for the same group of patients for their entire residency. Residents perform about 80% of their continuity clinic deliveries. Residents are encouraged to manage their own clinics as if they were in their own practice.
Conferences, Lectures and Seminars
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology provides a rigorous educational program for the residents, students, and faculty. The residents are provided with four hours of protected teaching time every Monday from 7:30AM to 11:30AM. This includes Grand Rounds, which is conducted by a wide range of speakers, including national leaders in Obstetrics and Gynecology. During the first five weeks of the academic year, all residents participate in a hands-on, comprehensive surgical training course, to prepare them for the procedures they will be performing in the coming year. The balance of the time is used for resident presentations at the M&M conference and to cover the comprehensive resident education curriculum. On Wednesday's, all residents and medical students meet with the Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist team for fetal strip review and labor management conference. Every third and fourth Wednesday, journal clubs are held with Obstetrics and Gynecologic Oncology faculty or fellows. A Gynecology journal club is soon to be added to the weekly protected teaching time.
Regularly scheduled collaborative conferences include:
- Weekly Perinatal/Neonatal conference: held jointly with the neonatologists
- Weekly Gynecologic Oncology Tumor Board: held jointly with the Divisions of Radiation Therapy and Medical Oncology.
- Weekly Gynecology preoperative teaching conference.
- Monthly REI Division didactic conference, including a journal club and IVF conference.
Research Projects
Residents are required to complete a project with one of the departmental faculty members, or to initiate an independent project under the guidance of an affiliated department within the School of Medicine. Each project is expected to be summarized in a report suitable for publication. Current research interests include: gene expression in human granulosa cells, tubal epithelium and endometrium, auto immunity and endometriosis, growth factors and their role in maternal physiology and fetal development, menopausal disorders, preterm labor, pregnancies complicated by SLE and immunologic disorders, recurrent pregnancy loss, antenatal fetal testing, pregnancies complicated by hypertension and preeclampsia, tumorigenesis and the immune system, and management of placental implantation abnormalities.
International Health
Residents are supported to create elective experiences abroad during their call free elective. This is facilitated through the department of Global Health supported by the GME. Recently residents have travelled to Thailand, Guatemala and Mexico.
Fellowship Training
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology encourages residents to pursue additional subspecialty training. The Department currently offers subspecialty fellowships in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Oncology, Family Planning, Urogynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. These fellowships are viewed as an enhancement to resident education.
Teaching Faculty
Department Chair
Jonathan Berek, M.D., M.M.S.
Residency Program Director
Maurice Druzin, M.D., Professor
Gynecologic Specialties
Paul Blumenthal, M.D., MPH Division Chief
Gerald Shefren, M.D.
Bertha Chen, M.D.
Mary Jacobson, M.D.
Leah Millheiser, M.D.
Eric Sokol, M.D.
Paula Hillard, M.D.
Antonia Nicosia, M.D.
Jessica Kassis, M.D.
Amy Voedisch, M.D.
Harise Stein, M.D.
Urogynecology Fellows:
Chris Elliot, M.D.
Monica Richardson, M.D.
Family Planning Fellows:
Carrie Frederick, M.D
Kate Shaw, M.D.
Gynecologic Oncology
Nelson N.H. Teng, M.D., Ph.D., Division Chief
Jonathan Berek, M.D., M.M.S., Department Chair
Shannon MacLaughlan, M.D.
Lisa Lee, M.D.
Jing Wang-Chiang, M.D.
Fellows:
Katherine Fuh, M.D.
Aya Sultan, M.D., Ph.D.
Elise Jensen Simons, M.D.
Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics
Maurice Druzin, M.D., Section Chief
Yasser El-Sayed, M.D.
M. Mark Taslimi, M.D.
Jane Chueh, M.D.
Deirdre Lyell, M.D.
Natali Aziz, M.D.
Nihar Nayak, D.V.M., Ph.D
Amen Ness, M.D.
Mary Norton, M.D.
Marcy Rode, M.D.
Yair Blumenfeld, M.D.
Fellows:
Elizabeth Langen, M.D.
Shilpa Chetty, M.D.
Sarah Osmondsun, M.D.
General Obstetrics
Laura Brodzinsky, M.D., Medical Director
Caroline Bowker, M.D.
Kay Daniels, M.D.
Kimberly Harney, M.D.
Jeff Faig, M.D.
Cynthia Detata, M.D.
Susan Crowe, M.D.
Jessica Kassis, M.D.
Reproductive Biology and Stem Cell Program
Renee Reijo Pera, Ph.D, Director
Barry Behr, Ph.D., H.C.L.D.
Jonathan Berek, M.D., M.M.S. Department Chair
Bertha Chen, M.D.
Aaron Hsueh, Ph.D.
Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Valerie Baker, M.D., Acting Section Chief
Barry Behr, Ph.D, H.C.L.D.
Ruth Lathi, M.D.
Amin Milki, M.D.
Lynn Westphal, M.D.
Renee Reijo Pera, Ph.D.
Vittorio Sebastiano, Ph.D.
Fellows:
Jamie Massie, M.D.
Brooke Friedman, M.D.
Candice Perfetto, M.D.
Adjunct Clinical Faculty
Jagdip Powar, M.D., Deputy Chief
Application and Interview
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology accepts five residents at the PGY-1 level, and participates in the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP). All applications from individuals who have completed or are completing requirements at an accredited medical school will be considered. A limited number of outstanding individuals will be granted personal interviews at Stanford. Although senior electives in the department are not required for application, interested students should direct their inquires to the Director of the Medical Student Clerkship, in care of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Medical Clerkship Administrator
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stanford University School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive, Rm HH333
Stanford, CA 94305-5317
650-721-1036
The department participates in the Electronic Residency Application System (ERAS). To apply for Residency, contact your Dean’s Office. Paper applications will not be accepted. The applicants are expected to submit at least three letters of recommendation with their ERAS application. The deadline for submission of electronic applications is November 1st of each year. Our web address is: http://obgyn.stanford.edu
For further questions, call Jackie Signor at (650) 498-7570.
Foreign medical school graduates should write to:
ERAS Program
ECFMG
P.O. Box 13467
Philadelphia, PA 19101-3467
USA
Stanford Hospital and Clinics believes that a residency and fellowship program that is composed of individuals who are both highly qualified and diverse in terms of culture, class, gender, race, ethnicity, background, work and life experiences, skills, and interests is essential to the postgraduate education of physicians. Because of its strong belief in the value of diversity, SHC especially encourages applications from women and from African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, and mainland Puerto Ricans, as well as from others whose backgrounds and experience provide additional dimensions that will enhance the postgraduate education program.
