Residency Training Program
Our Vision
Our vision is to train and mentor the future local and global leaders, advancing and transforming women’s health across the lifespan.
Our Residency Mission
The mission of the Stanford ObGyn Residency Program is to train competent, compassionate and inquisitive obstetrician-gynecologists that will become leaders in clinical care, education and research in Ob/Gyn and its subspecialties.
Letter from Residency Team
The Stanford Ob/Gyn residency program is an academically driven community characterized by clinical excellence, intellectual curiosity, and collegial resilience. Our residency program supports and affirms the identities, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of all our residents to promote equity, strengthen relationships, and cultivate community. Our clinical training is founded on the care of a diverse patient population and includes immersion in the traditional subspecialties of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Gynecology Oncology, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Urogynecology, Family Planning, and Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology. Training is further enhanced by a robust, longitudinal simulation experience as well as participation in our gender and LGBTQ+ programs. We complement our clinical training with access to a wealth of academic opportunities on the Stanford campus. Research and mentorship are available in all sub-specialties as well as collaboratively with departments across Stanford. We offer protected research time and multiple selectives that you can tailor to your career interests, as well as access to unique opportunities like the longitudinal Stanford Medicine LEAD program. After residency, about half of our residents pursue subspecialty training, both in traditional fellowships as well as less common pathways such as Clinical Informatics. The other half of our graduates pursue generalist practice and are well prepared for the full range of practice opportunities including private, community, and academic settings. We are vested in the wellness and growth of our trainees. We emphasize compassionate care and resilience in medicine, have protected time for teaching and wellness, and nurture our trainees to thrive as leaders. You will find our residents advocating for policy changes at the state and national level while embodying those values locally in the care of our patients. While our residents come from diverse backgrounds and experiences, we continually seek to grow the breadth of our community through the inclusion of members from wide ranging backgrounds, experiences, and with broad reaching career aspirations. We seek residents passionate about providing impeccable patient care and possessing an intellectual drive for the advancement of women’s health. We look forward to meeting you and learning how you will complement our program! Amy Judy |
Department Chair and Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor
Associate Chair of Education
Program Director
Teaching Faculty
Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Urology
Bio
Dr. Subak is a board-certified gynecologist in the Gynecology Clinic at Stanford Health Care. She is fellowship trained in urogynecology and pelvic surgery. Dr. Subak is chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is also a Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and, by courtesy, of urology.
Her clinical interests include female pelvic medicine, general gynecology, and LGBTQ+ health. Dr. Subak is the founding director of the LGBTQ+ Health Program at Stanford Health Care. She is committed to providing compassionate and affirming care to people of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
Dr. Subak is an award-winning researcher who has conducted extensive studies on female reproductive health and urologic function. Her primary research focus is identifying interventions to reduce urinary incontinence in females. Her research group pioneered studies of weight loss as a treatment for incontinence. The research group also investigates novel interventions for female incontinence, such as slow-paced breathing, yoga, and mobile health apps.
Dr. Subak has published more than 100 articles in prestigious peer-reviewed journals. Most of these articles focus on urinary incontinence, the association between weight and urinary incontinence, and new treatments for urinary incontinence. Her research has appeared in journals such as the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, JAMA Internal Medicine, The Journal of Urology, and The New England Journal of Medicine. She also wrote book chapters on several topics, including the economics of urinary incontinence.
She is a member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the Association of Professors of Gynecology & Obstetrics (APGO), the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS), the Council of University Chairs of Obstetrics and Gynecology (CUCOG), and the International Continence Society (ICS). Dr. Subak has served on many committees focused on incontinence at AUGS, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the International Consultation on Incontinence (ICI), which is sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the ICS.
Division of Gynecology & Gynecologic Specialties
Gynecology
Complex Family Planning Specialty
Family Planning Fellows
- Sarah Gross, MD, MPH
- Kimberly Schaefer, MD, M.Sc, MPP
Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery/Urogynecology
Urogyn Fellows
- Rachel Hannah Kopkin, MD
- Sandy Hoang, MD
Division of Gynecologic Oncology
GynOnc Fellows
- Simone Sasse, MD, MPhil
- Lindsey Finch, MD
- Abdelrahman AlAshqar, MD
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
REI Fellows
- Anthony Bui, MD, MSCR
- Mackenzie Naert, MD, MSCR
- Emily Frisch, MD, MA
- Wendy Y. Zhang, MD
- Caroline Cherston, MD
- Thammatat Vorawandthanachai, MD
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics
- Natali Aziz, MD
- Katherine Bianco, MD
- Yair Blumenfeld, MD
- Mark Boddy, MD
- Jane Chueh, MD
- Charlotte Conturie, MD
- *Deirdre Lyell, MD - Associate Chief
- Yasser El-Sayed, MD - Chief and Vice Chair of Ob/Gyn
- Luis Garcia, MD
- Ilona Goldfarb, MD, MPH
- Tiffany Herrero, MD - Fellowship Associate Director
- Iro Igbinosa, MD
- Amy Judy, MD, MPH
- Scarlett Karakash, MD
- Elliot Main, MD
- Jenny Mei, MD
- Kathleen Minor, MD
- Danielle Panelli, MD
- Christina Pinnock, MD
- Xixi Du Plummer, MD, PhD
- Martha Rode, MD
- Meryl Sperling, MD
- Sanaa Suharwardy, MD
- Anne Waldrop, MD
- Erica Wu, MD - Fellowship Director
MFM Fellows
- Kelly Darmawan, MD
- Alexandra Gallagher, MD
- Rachel Madding, MD
- Emi Komatsu, MD
- Sandhya Chandrasekaran, MD, PhD
- Emma Swayze, MD, MMS
General Obstetrics
Midwifery Care
Division of Reproductive, Stem Cell and Perinatal Biology
Why Stanford?
Jaclyn Estes, MD, explains "for me it was all about the people. I wanted to train at a program where I felt supported and could build life long relationships."