Residency Training Program

Maurice Druzin, M.D. Program Director
Mary Jacobson, M.D. Assoc. 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, 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 and GYN Oncology. Other rotations include Medicine Clinics and Emergency Medicine. The PGY-2 year includes extensive rotations in Obstetrics, Gynecology and GYN Oncology. During the PGY-3 year, extramural rotations are conducted at El Camino Hospital (a private community hospital) and Menlo Park Surgical Hospital (a private surgery center). These extramural rotations are 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 the respective clinical services.

PGY-1

 PGY-2 PGY-3 PGY-4

OB (3 mo)

 OB (3 mo)

PRIVATE GYN (3 mo)

OB (3 mo)

GYN ONC

(2 mo)

GYN ONC

(3 mo)

GYN at El Camino

(3 mo)

GYN

(3 mo)

Ultrasound

(1 mo)

GYN

(3 mo)

Night Float

(3 mo)

GYN Clinics

(1 mo)

Night Float

(3 mo)

Night Float

(2 mo)

GYN ONC

(1mo)

Women’s Health

(1 mo)

GYN Clinics

(1 mo)

REI

(1 mo)

Outpatient

Medicine

(1 mo)

GYN ONC

(2 mo)

Medicine

Clinics

(1 mo)

 

Call-Free

Elective

(1 mo)

Elective

(1 mo)

Emergency Room

(1 mo)

   

Night Float

(1 mo)

Call Schedule - 80 hr. Work Week

Residents create and administer their own call schedule. 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 all their residency. Residents perform about 80% of their continuity clinic deliveries themselves. 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 Gynecolgy provides a rigorous educational program for the residents, students, and faculty. The residents are provided with three hours of protected teaching time every Monday from 7:30AM to 10:30AM. 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. Every Wednesday, all residents meet with the Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist for fetal strip review and labor and management conference.

Regularly scheduled collaborative conferences include: a perinatal conference, held jointly with the neonatologists, and, a weekly Gynecologic Oncology Tumor Board, held jointly with the Divisions of Radiation Therapy and Medical Oncology. The Division of Gynecology holds weekly preoperative teaching conferences for all surgeries. The REI Division has a 2-hour, 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 uterine vessel embolization for intrapartum hemorrhage.

International Health

Faculty have developed programs in fistula surgery in Eritrea to decrease maternal mortality and morbidity in developing countries.

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, and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. These fellowships are viewed as enhancement to resident education.

Teaching Faculty

Gynecologic Specialties

Gynecologic Oncology

Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics

General Obstetrics

Reproductive Biology

Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

Adjunct Clinical Faculty

  • John S. Wachtel, MD, Deputy Chief

MFM Fellows

  • Yair Blumenfeld, M.D.
  • Bonnie Dwyer, M.D.
  • Justin Collingham, M.D.
  • Joyce Sung, M.D.

REI Fellows

  • Lora Shahine, M.D
  • Sunny Jun, M.D.
  • Lynn Davis, M.D.
  • Sacha Krieg, M.D., Ph.D.

Gyn-Onc Fellows

  • Mallory Zhang, M.D.
  • Valerie Sugiyama, M.D.
  • Kathleen Yang, M.D.

Application and Interview

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology accepts four 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
650-498-7570

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 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.