Introduction to the Residency Training Program
The Obstetrics and Gynecology Program at the New York University Hospitals Center is a four year training program consisting of twenty-nine residents. Appointments for the seven first year positions are made through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) and the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). An additional preliminary first year position is filled outside and after the match.
Residents who join the program receive a broad education covering obstetrics, gynecology, the subspecialties and primary women's health care. The housestaff is under the supervision of faculty renowned for their clinical care and basic scientific research. The component hospitals of Bellevue and Tisch each have distinct characteristics. Bellevue is a large of a large municipal hospital with a diverse patient population; Tisch is a large private university referral center drawing patients from a wide geographic area for all of the divisions in our department and the medical center. The combination provides an enviable mix of medical, surgical, sociological, obstetrical, and gynecological problems that cannot be found under the roof of any single institution.
Education of the house staff is accomplished via a combination of didactic lectures, conferences, journal clubs and direct hands-on experience, always under the direction of an attending physician. The unique patient population, derived from the Bellevue Hospital Center and Tisch University Hospital, provides for a broad spectrum of experiences that enable these educational goals to be met. The residency program in obstetrics and gynecology at the New York University Medical Center has four distinct components:
- A diverse experience in obstetrics and gynecology, and all of its subspecialties, resulting
in physicians capable of dealing with any and all clinical situations;
- A comprehensive didactic education, accomplished via weekly
lectures during protected time, as well as frequent conferences
covering the broad spectrum of material in the field;
- A dedication toward academic medicine, with two months of available
elective time; mentorship in a research project; and training in
statistics, research design and critical reading of the literature;
- A primary healthcare focus, provided via an exposure to internal, geriatric and emergency medicine and supplemented with one half-day per week of continuity clinics
The residency program at the New York University Medical Center is rewarding in the breadth of the academic and clinical experience it offers. House officers are selected because of their energy, enthusiasm, diligence and, ultimately, their dedication toward providing unparalleled patient care and their commitment to academic medicine. It is expected that the physicians selected will complement our group of outstanding residents.
