Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chairperson:
Jonathan Berek, MD, MMS
Department web site:
http://obgyn.stanford.edu/
Faculty of Obstetrics and Gynecology:
http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/obgyn
Preclinical Instruction includes all aspects of human reproduction as well as preventive and corrective care of diseases and conditions, benign and malignant, of the female reproductive organs. Preparation for participation in clinical activities within the specialty and the subspecialty areas of reproductive endocrinology-infertility, maternal-fetal medicine, and gynecologic oncology may be acquired through directed reading and scheduled discussions with faculty members. Opportunities for clinical research exist in areas as diverse as childbirth education, prepartum evaluation of fetal well-being, monitoring results of tumor therapy, benchwork in the clinical testing procedures of the reproductive endocrinology-infertility laboratory, fetal diagnosis and therapy, ultrasound imaging, genetic counseling, community-oriented perinatal education, and maternal transport programs.
Clinical Instruction exposes students to basic skills in the diagnosis and management of pregnancy and common gynecologic problems through three basic and several elective clinical clerkships.
The basic clerkships are full-time, six-week clerkships offered at SUMC (OBGYN 300A), SCVMC (OBGYN 300C), and KPMC, Santa Clara (OBGYN 300D). These clerkships are considered equivalent. During the basic clerkship at SUMC, students receive experience in the outpatient clinic, labor and delivery rooms, inpatient obstetric service, operating rooms, and at several community satellite clinics. During the basic clerkship at KPMC, students receive six weeks of mixed experience in the outpatient clinic, labor and delivery rooms, and gynecologic operating rooms. The basic clerkship at each institution includes regularly scheduled night-long duty in the delivery suite.
The outpatient clinics at SUMC, SCVMC, and KPMC provide students with opportunities to participate fully in general as well as in sub-specialized gynecologic and prenatal care. Contacts with patients are supervised by full-time and voluntary clinical faculty.
Students who have completed a basic clerkship and wish to have additional experience in one of the subspecialty areas should consider taking Inpatient Gynecology (OBGYN 304A), Reproductive Endocrinology-Infertility (OBGYN 306A), Maternal-Fetal Medicine (OBGYN 307A), or Gynecologic Oncology (OBGYN 308A). Also there is an elective clerkship offered at SCVMC (OBGYN 309C). Coordinator: Theodore Feinstadt, MD, PhD.
Residency Program provides a diversified experience in three hospitals. The training is supervised by the faculty of the department including voluntary clinical faculty at all sites. The goal of the program is to develop within residents the knowledge, skills, maturity, and judgment required to provide excellent patient care in both the physical and emotional aspects of gynecologic and obstetric practice. Assignments to the various services and hospitals are designed to ensure that residents have increasing responsibility and opportunity for progressively independent patient management as training proceeds.
Students are interviewed and selected during their final clinical year and begin their residency immediately thereafter in July.
This program fulfills the requirements for certification by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Postdoctoral Training opportunities are available. For information, refer to the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs home page at http://postdocs.stanford.edu/ or the departmental home page.
