Fourth Year of Residency

Chief of Obstetrics

The Chief Resident manages the total obstetrical service with final authority and decision-making capability under the ultimate supervision of the attending faculty. She/he supervises and teaches the junior residents and medical students. The resident continues to have a continuity clinic but the patients are mostly complicated or term resident obstetric patients. The Chief Resident oversees the management of all the resident service obstetrical patients. The Chief Resident has a weekly ultrasound clinic at our Fetal Diagnostic Unit where they perform routine ultrasounds under the supervision of the US attending. The Chief Resident is responsible for a monthly fetal heart tracing conference and quarterly OB quality assurance presentations.

Chief of Gynecology

The resident is responsible for the preoperative evaluation of all benign gynecologic cases, assignment of surgical duties, and postoperative management. The residents have a dedicated monthly OR day for their clinic patients which is supervised by a GYN attending. The chief resident oversees the junior residents on service and acts as the attending for all resident service GYN cases. The resident gains skills and competency in hysterectomies by all routes, including robotic-assisted. The resident operates in all difficult abdominal and endoscopic cases.

Chief of Oncology

The resident assists in all oncology surgery cases and acts as primary surgeon when appropriate under the supervision of our gynecologic oncologists. She/he is responsible for the management of all gynecologic oncology patients, under the guidance of the attending staff. Extensive experience in preoperative preparation and management of post-operative complications is acquired. The resident sees patients in oncology clinic as well as her/his own continuity clinic. The chief resident is responsible for preparing and presenting the multidisciplinary tumor board conference on a twice monthly basis.