Residency Program Overview
We are an ACGME accredited program at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Our residents train in a world-class academic medical center environment, with clinics operated by our partner, The University of Kansas Health System. We invite you to find out more about us!
Highlights
- Robust surgical experience with progressive autonomy resulting in our residents graduating above the 90th percentile for major gynecologic surgery cases
- Yearly Ambulatory rotations focusing on outpatient clinical management and aspects of business of medicine
- One month of ultrasound training in the Center for Advanced Fetal Care
- Structured laparoscopic and robotic curriculum and complete EMIGS training
- Residents experience dedicated rotations in all ACGME fellowship subspecialties
- Dedicated resident research supervisors to assist in all steps of research
- Residents gain experience in specialty clinics, including our innovative Adult Transgender Care Clinic, the Early Pregnancy Clinic and a Colposcopy clinic
Rotation Highlights
- The Benign Gynecology team consists of residents of varying levels, medical students and the gynecology staff physician
- Daily rounding with discussion of patient service and medical topics
- Coverage of all surgical cases as well as Emergency Room and inpatient consults
- Opportunities to participate in robotic, laparoscopic, abdominal and vaginal surgical cases
- The Obstetrics team consists of residents of varying levels, medical students, Ob/Gyn faculty, and Maternal-Fetal Medicine staff of the week
- Approximately 3,000 deliveries per year
- Referral center for high risk obstetrics
- Management of labor and delivery triage
- Management of all laboring patients, vaginal deliveries, and cesarean sections
- Daily rounds with Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist
- Management of antepartum patients and high risk laboring patients
- The Gyn Oncology team consists of a fellow, senior and junior resident, medical students and APPs
- Management of the inpatient service along with participation in operative cases
- Opportunities to participate in robotic, laparoscopic, abdominal and vaginal surgical cases
- The Urogynecology rotation occurs during the 2nd and 4th year of residency
- Management of the inpatient service along with participation in operative cases most days of the week
- Opporutnities to work with Urogyn staff in their clinic including observing office procedures and urodynamic studies
- Opportunities to participate in robotic, laparoscopic, and vaginal surgical cases
- REI rotation occurs in the second year of residency
- Residents work closely with REI faculty seeing patients and performing ultrasound, hysteroscopy, and ferility procedures
- Opportunity to work with embryologist in REI lab
- Ultrasoud rotation occurs in the first year of residency
- Abdominal and transvaginal ultrasound at the Center for Advanced Fetal Care (CAFC), a regional referral center that performs 10,000 ultrasounds annually
- Online learning modules to compliment the hands-on experience
- Residents have an ambulatory medicine rotation during each year of training
- Clinics that residents cover include:
- High-Risk Obstetrics
- Dysplasia
- Early Pregnancy Loss
- Complex Contraception
- Leavenworth and Johnson County Health Departments
- Maternal Mental Health
- Vulvar Pain
- Menopause
- Opporunity to spend time in faculty private clinics, ultrasound, pelvic floor PT
- The Night Float team consists of three residents of varying levels, medical students, and the inpatient staff physician
- Two rotations of Nights during first and second years of residency, one rotation of Nights during third and fourth years of residency
- Coverage of all inpatient services - Labor and Delivery, High Risk Obstetrics, Benign Gynecology, and Gynecologic Oncology as well as Emergency Room and inpatient consults
- Busy rotation with lots of learning opportunities!
- Organized by class, with each class having a clinic one-half day a week
- Continuity stressed to maximize patient care and procedures