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OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2019 Residency Prospectus 1
A Message from the Chair
Welcome to Columbia which allows us to offer world-class, comprehensive
University Department of care to virtually any patient admitted to our service.
Obstetrics and Gynecology!
The Obstetrics and Gynecology We care for a broad range of publicly and privately
residency program at insured patients from around the world as well
Sloane Hospital for Women as those from the surrounding neighborhood of
at NewYork-Presbyterian/ Washington Heights. We are located in one of the
Columbia University Irving largest, most diverse cities in the world and serve
Medical Center is an exciting, a patient population that presents us with genetic,
fast-paced program which provides trainees with medical, and surgical challenges of incredible
a wealth of clinical experience and exposure to all complexity on a daily basis. We proudly serve our
facets of our wide-ranging and rewarding specialty. community and enjoy training the next generation
of leaders in the field.
Our residency program is filled with bright,
energetic physicians who are not only stellar Our program is a rigorous but rewarding endeavor,
clinicians, but are also extremely well-versed in the which culminates with the graduation of physicians
literature of our field. During the course of their who have superb clinical skills and the academic
training, our house officers gain experience in foundation to prepare them for any fellowship or
managing virtually all of the problems that could practice opportunity.
confront a practitioner in our discipline.
We invite you to come and meet with us. We are
Our department is home to one of the largest and proud of who we are and what we do, and we
most respected faculties of any department in are always looking for more bright and talented
the nation. Within the Morgan Stanley Children’s people to join our team!
Hospital, we have facilities like the Center for
Prenatal Pediatrics and the Mothers Center, along
with a state-of-the-art Labor and Delivery Unit and
Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit that is second
to none.
We also have the privilege of being surrounded
Mary E. D’Alton, MD
by extraordinarily talented colleagues in every
Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
specialty at the Vagelos College of Physicians and
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital,
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Fast Facts About Our Department Residency Duration
• Ranked #4 for Gynecology nationwide by U.S. The Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program
News and World Report. NewYork-Presbyterian is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council
is ranked #1 in the State of New York and #5 in for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for six
the nation by U.S. News residents per year in the four-year program.
• Ranked #5 in U.S. News and World Report Prerequisite Training and Selection Criteria
for women’s health programs at top medical
schools Our selection criteria are consistent with the
ACGME General Requirements and Columbia
• Ranked #1 in New York State by Doximity’s University Irving Medical Center’s Equal
Residency Navigator and #5 in the nation Employment Opportunity and Hiring Guidelines.
Columbia University residency programs do not
• Received more than 90 applications for the discriminate with regard to race, color, religion,
Class of 2023 for three fellowship openings national origin, handicap, veteran status, sexual
orientation or preference, sex, or age.
• 13 fellow publications in 2018-2019 academic
year
• 16 Best Doctors in national and regional
rankings
• 101 full-time faculty
• 46,029 unique patients served in FY2019
• 6,377 deliveries in FY2018
• Performed the first laser photocoagulation
surgery to treat twin-to-twin transfusion
syndrome in New York City
• 73 active funded research projects
• Ranked #9 in National Institutes of Health
funding
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HISTORY The Sloane Maternity Hospital opened in 1887 as New York City’s first medical facility dedicated to women’s health. It was established with a benefaction from William D. Sloane and his wife, Emily Thorn Sloane, the granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt. The goal was to endow a modern institution to treat women and educate midwives and obstetricians. In 1928, the Sloane Hospital for Women moved to its present site and became the obstetric and gynecologic service for Columbia-Presbyterian. Today, The Sloane Hospital for Women continues to lead the way in advancing women’s health, and is now one of the preeminent obstetric and gynecologic programs in the world. OUR MISSION As major institutions of higher learning, NewYork- House officers hold academic appointments as Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Postdoctoral Residency Fellows of Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons are University Vagelos College of Physicians & deeply committed to residency training. Education Surgeons. As an important part of their learning is an integral part of the tripartite mission of the experience, residents are expected to teach, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, along supervise, and evaluate medical students on all with patient care and research. As a world leader services. in women’s health care, our goal is to provide the finest comprehensive training for our future practitioners in our specialty by using the latest knowledge and innovative research to provide the community at large the highest quality patient care. Our program benefits from being affiliated with both an Ivy League institution and a world renowned hospital. All of our clinical services are based at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, one of the most comprehensive university hospitals in the world, with leading specialists in every field of medicine. With our dedicated staff, modern facilities, state-of-the-art technology, commitment to quality care, and our role in educating future physicians, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center has earned a reputation as a world class teaching hospital. 3
RESIDENCY PROGRAM LEADERSHIP
Rini Banerjee Ratan, MD Richard L. Berkowitz, MD
Program Director, Ob/Gyn Residency Associate Program Director,
Vice Chair of Education Ob/Gyn Residency
Associate Professor of Obstetrics Professor of Obstetrics &
& Gynecology at CUMC Gynecology at CUMC
OB/GYN DIVISIONS AT COLUMBIA
Family Planning and Preventative Services Gynecologic Specialty Surgery
Division Chief: Carolyn Westhoff, MD Division Chief: Arnold P. Advincula, MD
Our specialists in Family Planning bring expertise Our Division of Gynecologic Specialty Surgery
in assisting women with chronic and complex offers comprehensive gynecologic surgical care
health conditions to make informed choices about for women of all ages. Our surgeons are leader in
contraceptive options. Our faculty members minimally invasive gynecologic surgery and employ
are involved in the development of novel the latest technologies to treat various female
contraceptives and work to increase access to reproductive tract disorders. They strive to take
contraception and women’s health services. The the least invasive approach to surgery whenever
division also trains residents to perform minimally possible, regularly using laparoscopic and robotic
invasive surgery and conduct clinical research. techniques to minimize patients’ recovery times.
General Obstetrics & Gynecology Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Division Chief: Katarina Eisinger, MD Division Chief: Lynn Simpson, MD
The Division of General Ob/Gyn offers patients Columbia’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists
comprehensive obstetric and gynecologic care, are leaders in caring for expectant mothers with
including a wide range of consultation and high-risk health conditions, fetal abnormalities,
treatment options, from routine well-woman care or obstetric complications. The division contains
to the most advanced diagnosis and treatment of multiple centers dedicated to high-risk obstetrics,
obstetric and gynecologic problems for women including the Center for Prenatal Pediatrics, the
of all ages. Our physicians deliver approximately Mothers Center, and the Preterm Birth Prevention
4,800 babies each year. Center. Faculty train residents to manage high-risk
pregnancies within a supervised environment.
Gynecologic Oncology
Division Chief: Jason Wright, MD Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
The Division of Gynecologic Oncology participates Division Chief: Zev Williams, MD, PhD
in nationally-recognized, interdisciplinary programs The Division of Reproductive Endocrinology &
supported by the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Infertility at Columbia sees patients in a brand-new
Cancer Center to advance research and training fertility center with a state-of-the-art IVF laboratory.
and discover the best approaches for cancer Led by international pioneers in reproductive
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Research medicine, our fertility team focuses both on
includes ovarian cancer, chemotherapy resistance, cutting-edge innovation and patient experience.
clinical trials for all types of gynecologic cancer, Our physicians have successfully treated many
and investigating the development of cervical patients who have struggled for years with issues
dysplasia. related to infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss.
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APPLICATION, INTERVIEW, AND BENEFITS
We will be accepting applications via the Electronic Salary and Benefits
Residency Application Service (ERAS) through Salary stipend for the 2019-2020 academic year is
November 1, 2019. All applications MUST be as follows:
complete for an applicant to be considered for our
Resident Level Salary
program. This includes the following:
PGY-1 $73,489
• A completed AAMC-NRMP application for PGY-2 $77,048
residency PGY-3 $83,363
• An official copy of your USMLE scores PGY-4 $85,706
• An official medical school transcript PGY-5 $88,617
• A minimum of three recommendations
PGY-6 $90,209
from faculty members familiar with your
PGY-7 $92,925
performance
• Dean’s Letter A meal card is provided for on-call meal expenses.
A carefully selected pool of applicants will Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
be offered interviews on campus. Invitations We recognize the vital need for diversity and
to interview will be sent in mid-October, and inclusion at all levels of our organization. In order
interviews will be held on the following dates: to continue and expand upon our tradition of
excellence in clinical care, research, and education,
• Thursday, November 14, 2019 it is essential that our faculty, fellows, and residents
• Thursday, November 21, 2019 represent a range of perspectives, backgrounds,
• Thursday, December 5, 2019 and life experiences, and reflect the diversity of
• Thursday, December 12, 2019 patients we serve. We recognize that working
toward inclusivity and against inequality, inequity,
Sample Interview Day and implicit bias is an ongoing process, and we are
committed to engaging fully in it. To learn more,
7:00am Coat Check, Materials Distribution and visit columbiaobgyn.org/diversity.
Breakfast
7:15am Meet the Program Directors Vacation
Residents receive four weeks of vacation each year,
7:30am Morbidity & Mortality Conference
which are generally taken one week at a time.
Grand Rounds
9:00am Program Overview Educational Benefits
Each resident is sponsored to attend one national
10:00am Faculty Interview #1
conference during the course of their training.
10:30am Faculty Interview #2
11:00am Resident Interview Medical Benefits
Residents participate in NewYork-Presbyterian
11:20am Program Director Interview Hospital’s Flexibility Benefits Program, which allows
12:00pm Lunch at Faculty Club residents to choose from a variety of benefit plans
covering healthcare, dental care, life insurance, and
1:00pm Hospital Tour
disability protection to customize their personal
2:00pm Departure benefits. Professional liability coverage is provided
by the hospital.
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MEET OUR RESIDENTS
PGY-1
Brittany Ryan Laura Austin Melanie Anna
Arditi, MD Boone, MD Gemmell, MD Oberlin, MD Polin, MD Staniczenko, MD
PGY-2
Clara Bertozzi- Anne Nicole Elizabeth Vanessa Alexis
Villa, MD Knisely, MD Krenitsky, MD Ludwig, MD Nieto, MD Panzer, MD
PGY-3
Nigel Aaron Tiffany Emily Conrad Stern- Sbaa
Madden, MD Praiss, MD Sia, MD Spurlin, MD Ascher, MD Syeda, MD
PGY-4
Eve Sierra Jessica Claire Sally Timothy
Overton, MD Seaman, MD Selter, MD Tobias, MD Vitez, MD Wen, MD
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CLINICAL CURRICULUM
First Year Clinical Rotations Second Year Clinical Rotations
The rotational assignments in the PGY-1 are Residents in the PGY-2 are given increased
designed to develop a strong foundation clinical responsibilities and exercise a
in the fundamental concepts of obstetrics greater role in the management of patients
and gynecology. Residents receive training on all services. Residents are able to solidify
in basic ultrasound techniques by spending their understanding of the basic concepts in
time in our state-of-the-art obstetrics and obstetrics and gynecology and participate in
gynecology ultrasound units during the more advanced procedures.
REI/Ultrasound block. A rotation in primary
• Obstetrics
and preventive ambulatory care provides
• Benign Gynecology
residents with a firm clinical base on which
• Gynecologic Oncology
to build their skills in patient care.
• Family Planning
• Obstetrics • REI/Ultrasound
• Benign Gynecology • Maternal Fetal Medicine
• Gynecologic Oncology • Night float
• Family Planning
• REI/Ultrasound
• Primary and Preventive Ambulatory Care
• NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
• Night float
Third Year Clinical Rotations Fourth Year Clinical Rotations
PGY-3 affords residents the opportunity During the PGY-4, chief residents assume
to concentrate on their mastery of the responsibility of managing each service
surgical skills and the development of as they prepare to become independent
comprehensive management practices. practitioners. An integral part of their role
Residents learn to serve as consultants to is to supervise and teach junior residents
other specialties on the Ob/Gyn consult and and medical students. Chiefs also continue
clinic rotation and work closely with MFM to expand their surgical repertoire as
fellows and faculty in the care of antepartum they complete advanced training in the
patients with complex obstetrical problems. gynecologic subspecialities, including
PGY-3 residents have an elective rotation, oncology, reproductive endocrinology and
which they may use to pursue specialized infertility, urogynecology, and reconstructive
clinical training or research, either in-house pelvic surgery.
or at an outside institution.
• Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery • Obstetrics
• Obstetrics • Benign Gynecology
• Benign Gynecology • Gynecologic Oncology
• Maternal Fetal Medicine • REI/Ultrasound
• Ob/Gyn Consult and Clinic • Urogynecology/Pediatric and
• REI/Ultrasound Adolescent Gynecology
• Urogynecology/Pediatric and • Elective
Adolescent Gynecology • Night float
• Elective
• Night float
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CONFERENCES AND DIDACTIC TEACHING
Thursday is our academic day in the Department Prenatal Pediatrics Conference
of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The day begins A Prenatal Pediatrics Conference is held weekly.
with Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) conference, Complex high-risk
in which cases from each service are presented by pregnancies involving
members of the house staff and are followed by issues such as fetal
lively and thoughtful discussion from the faculty anomalies, congenital
and other members of the department. heart defects, and genetic
syndromes are discussed in
Grand Rounds a multidisciplinary setting
Weekly Grand with colleagues from
Rounds follow the Neonatology, Pediatric
M&M conference and Surgery, Anesthesia, and
feature presentations other relevant specialties.
from within our
faculty, as well as Obstetrics Journal Club
many distinguished An OB Journal Club is held
visiting guest every month with the presentation of an interesting
speakers. Each second and fourth year resident is paper by a member of the house staff and a critical
required to give one Grand Rounds presentation discussion and review of the topic led by an MFM
each year. These talks are often the highlight of the fellow or faculty member.
morning session.
Continuity Clinics
Resident Didactic Lecture Series Ambulatory Continuity Clinics provide residents
The Resident Didactic Lecture Series supplements with the ability to care for their own panel of
the experience gained on clinical rotations to patients in a longitudinal fashion throughout their
round out the comprehensive post-graduate entire residency. Starting in the first year, residents
curriculum. Residents have protected time away are assigned one half-day session each week to
from their clinical duties to attend this weekly develop their own “practice” of patients. Residents
lecture series following Grand Rounds. One are supervised by attending physicians and learn
Thursday of the month is a designated simulation how to provide comprehensive health care for
session in the Simulation Center at the Vagelos women throughout their lives, including preventive
Education Center. medicine, family planning, and antenatal,
postpartum, gynecologic, and geriatric care.
Fetal Heart Rate Tracing Rounds
Fetal Heart Rate Tracing Rounds are conducted
once a week on Labor & Delivery.
Gynecology Conference
A Gynecologic (TGIF) Conference takes place
every Friday morning. Preoperative cases are
discussed with supervising faculty, and often an
ACOG practice bulletin or a review of the recent
literature on a particular gynecologic topic will be
presented by a resident.
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RESEARCH CURRICULUM
The research curriculum offers residents a conducive and supportive environment for scientific
investigation, education, and scholarship under the supervision of a chosen mentor and training from our
investigators. Residents are required to actively participate in at least one research project during
residency training, becoming familiar with the development, execution, data analysis, interpretation, and
presentation of a research project.
PGY-1 PGY-2
• Didactic lecture: “Introduction to • Didactic curriculum: Lecture series
Research at Columbia” “Principles and Concepts in
• Intro to Research: Residents must Epidemiology and Biostatistics”
complete basic institutional on-line • Mentor identification: Each resident
research training courses by the end of year is assigned a mentor to ensure that
PGY-1 or sooner if active engagement of residents are on track with the research
research is performed prior to this time. curriculum. Your mentor will follow your
• Attendance at monthly Journal Club research progress throughout your
sessions residency.
• Presentation of research hypothesis
formally to Core Group
• Attendance at monthly
Journal Club sessions
PGY-3 PGY-4
• Research: Collect data, analyze results, • Presentation: Meet with mentor
and meet with mentor to assess regularly to assess progress. Present
progress. findings at national conferences (e.g.
• Development of proposal (protocol) to ACOG, SMFM).
solve the research question (conduct an • Publication: Meet with mentor to assess
appropriate literature search based on progress. Write up and submit to a
the research question; identify, consult, peer-reviewed journal by completion of
and collaborate with the appropriate PGY-4
content experts to conduct research; • Attendance at monthly Journal Club
and propose a methodological sessions
approach to solve the question)
• Presentation: Present results of the
research at the annual Sloane Academic
Assembly at completion of PGY-3.
• Attendance at monthly
Journal Club sessions
9RESIDENT RESEARCH
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is Life-threatening Complications Among
committed to providing a clinical, basic science, Women with Severe Ovarian Hyperstimulation
and technology-based research environment in Syndrome. Selter J, Wen T, Palmerola KL,
women’s health. Friedman AM, Williams Z, Forman EJ. Am J Obstet
Gynecol. 2019 Jun;220(6):575.e1-575.e11. doi:
Specifically, our residents are required to be 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.02.009. Epub 2019 Feb 8.
familiar with the development, execution, data PMID: 30742828
analysis, interpretation, and presentation of a
research project by active participation in at least Sloane Academic Assembly Research
one research project during residency training, Publications
to understand the basic principles of basic and • The Association of Education and Race on
applied clinical research, and to be able to critically Preterm Birth Risk in Women with Prior
appraise and summarize the literature on a given Preterm Birth
subject and judge whether a research project Presenter: Eve Overton, MD
or publication is sound, ethical, unbiased, and Preceptor: Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, MD
clinically valuable. • Use of Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery
(FLS) Testing to Assess Gynecologic Surgeons:
Recent Published Resident Research 10 Years of Experience
Presenter: Sierra Seaman, MD
Timothy Wen, MD, PGY-4 Preceptor: Hye-Chun Hur, MD
Risk for Postpartum Readmissions and • Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Life-
Associated Complications Based on Maternal Threatening Complications in Severe Ovarian
Age. Wen T, Overton EE, Sheen JJ, Attenello Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS) in a
Nationwide Sample
FJ, Mack WJ, D’Alton ME, Friedman AM. J
Presenter: Jessica Selter, MD
Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2019 Jul 4:1-7. doi: Preceptors: Eric Forman, MD, HCLD; Roger
10.1080/14767058.2019.1637411. [Epub ahead of Lobo, MD; Zev Williams, MD, PhD
print] PMID:31242788
• Use and Outcomes of Neoadjuvant
Hypertensive Postpartum Admissions Among Chemotherapy for Metastatic Endometrial
Women Without a History of Hypertension or Cancer
Presenter: Claire Tobias, MD
Preeclampsia. Wen T, Wright JD, Goffman D,
Preceptor: Jason Wright, MD
D’Alton ME, Attenello FJ, Mack WJ, Friedman
AM. Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Apr;133(4):712-719. doi: • Male Factor and Mosaicism: Assessing the
Contribution of Abnormal Semen Parameters
10.1097/AOG.0000000000003099. PMID:30870276
to Rate of Mosaicism in Next Generation
Jessica Selter, MD, PGY-4 Sequencing (NGS) Preimplantation
Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy (PGT-A)
Use of Fertility Preservation Services in Female Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) Cycles
Reproductive-Aged Cancer Patients. Selter Presenter: Sally F. Vitez, MD
J, Huang Y, Grossman Becht LC, Palmerola KL, Preceptors: Eric Forman, MD, HCLD; Zev
Williams SZ, Forman E, Ananth CV, Hur C, Neugut Williams, MD, PhD
AI, Hershman DL, Wright JD. Am J Obstet • Hypertensive Postpartum Admissions Among
Gynecol. 2019 May 18. pii: S0002-9378(19)30667-2. Women Without a History of Hypertension or
doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.05.009. [Epub ahead of Preeclampsia
Presenter: Timothy Wen, MD
print] PMID:31108063
Preceptor: Alexander Friedman, MD
10RESIDENT LIFE
Living in New York
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
is located in Washington Heights, a family-
oriented neighborhood in northern Manhattan,
a diverse and family-oriented neighborhood
that is steeped in history. The hospital is
easily accessible by
several subway lines
and is half a mile
from the George
Washington Bridge.
New Jersey suburban
Annual Resident Retreat
communities, as well
as Westchester and One of the most anticipated days of the
Riverdale in New York residency program is our annual Resident
are within 15 to 30 Retreat. The morning starts off with an
minutes away. in-depth exploration of an education
topic. Our past topics include: Breaking Bad News,
Duty Hours
The Business of Medicine, Residents-as-Teachers,
It is our policy to comply with New York State 405 and the United States Health Care System. The
Regulations and with ACGME policy on work hours afternoon is devoted to a fun, interactive team-
for post-graduate trainees. A duty hour work week building activity. Our past activities include a
is defined as a maximum of 80 hours averaged over scavenger hunt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
four weeks, inclusive of all in-house activities and a culinary challenge, games at Chelsea Piers, and a
clinical assignments. scavenger hunt at Grand Central Station.
Monthly Resident Well-Being Sessions Sloane Olympics
The PGY-3 Medical Education Council focuses on The Sloane Olympics
different aspects of the resident curriculum. One of are a residency-
our residents on the committee focuses on resident wide, end-of-year
well-being. We have implemented new well-being OSAT/OSCE to
sessions for our residents in the past year, including assess performance.
a “Broadway Bodies” dance class and a painting Residents rotate
session. Over the holidays, we also dedicated through individual
a well-being session to performing a charitable stations that are led by
act, making faculty members. The
baby blankets stations cover a range
for Project of topics in obstetrics
Linus, which and gynecology,
provides them incorporate the use of
to nurseries high and low fidelity simulators and standardized
in children’s patients, and are aligned with the PGY-specific
hospitals across educational objectives for all rotations.
the area.
11Global Health Elective Artful OBservation
We have joined forces with the Baylor College We have launched a new educational initiative in
of Medicine Global Women’s Health Program. the department called Artful OBservation. Artful
The program OBservation is designed to celebrate the unique
is based at artistic excellence in visual arts, music, narrative
Kamuzu Central medicine, and theater that is all around us in New
Hospital, a 619- York City. Medical Humanities, which provides the
bed hospital inspiration for Artful OBservation, is defined by the
in Lilongwe, National Library of Medicine as the “intersection
Malawi that of medicine and humanistic disciplines such as
serves as the philosophy, religion, literature, and the fine and
regional referral performing arts.” We believe the arts provide an
center for central Malawi. This elective rotation opportunity for physicians to engage in shared
in global women’s health provides residents the experiences, with the potential to increase
opportunity to share knowledge and experiences wellbeing and decrease burnout among the
with physicians working under the constraints of larger community. We have improved physician
low resource settings well-being and community building within our
and to treat women own department through the Artful OBservation
with conditions not initiative. In 2019, residents enjoyed these activites:
commonly seen in the
• A Night at the Theater: To Kill a Mockingbird
U.S. The experience
• Once on this Island: Ellis Island Immigrant
is meant to foster
Hospital
global exchange, build
• A Night at the Museum: The Guggenheim
capacity and enrich the
educational experience.
Residents work under
the direction of a
full-time U.S.-trained
board-certified faculty
member. All visiting U.S. residents live at Baylor
House, a safe living environment that is home to
both short- and long-term students, residents,
faculty members and researchers.
12WHY CHOOSE COLUMBIA?
Selecting your residency program is one of the
most important decisions in your career in medi-
cine. During your residency you’ll work side-by-side It was apparent early on what a special
with 23 other bright, energetic physicians who are residency program Columbia has. The di-
not only stellar clinicians but also extremely well- versity of resident interests, and the suc-
versed in the current literature of our field. cessful application of those interests to
research and clinical work, made it clear
Why choose Columbia? We asked our current and that it is a place with both the resourc-
former residents toshare their stories. es and faculty/department investment
to support residents’ career objectives-
whatever they may be. The diversity and
volume of patients that comes with work-
ing in a city like New York and a commu-
nity like Washington Heights felt unique.
It was clear the program cared about the
community they worked with. The over-
whelmingly kind welcome I received on
matching left not a doubt that I had got-
ten very lucky to be taking my next step
in medical training at Columbia.
Elizabeth Ludwig, PGY-2
I chose Columbia because the training is
unbeatably rich, the faculty are inspiring
and supportive and the patient popula-
tion encompasses people from all socio-
economic backgrounds being treated
side by side equally.
Ben Margolis, Alumnus
13LIFE AFTER RESIDENCY
2019
• MFM, Columbia University
• Gyn Onc, Brigham and
Women’s Hospital
• Academic Generalist,
Northwell Health
• Gyn Onc, Albert Einstein
• MFM, University of
Pennsylvania
• Academic Generalist, New
York University
2018
• Gyn Onc, New York University
• MFM, Columbia University
• Urogyn, Emory University
• Academic Generalist, Columbia
University
• MFM, Albert Einstein
• Sabbatical, Israel
All top programs, including Columbia,
have strong clinical training, but nowhere
along the interview trail did I encounter
residents who were so supportive of and
so happy to be around each other. In ad-
dition, the program director, Dr. Ratan, is
amazing and truly cares about the well-
being of every resident. To me, these are I ranked Columbia number one because,
the perfect ingredients for a successful on my interview day, I instantly connect-
and enjoyable residency experience. ed with the residents, fellows and faculty
members. I was drawn to their profound
Anne Knisely, PGY-2 ambition and dedication to their work,
but also the sense of community and
family they’ve created in the department
(they’re also fun people!). Now, as a res-
2017
ident, I’m so grateful for the outstanding
• MFM, U.T. Houston hands-on clinical education I am receiv-
• Academic Generalist, University of Cincinnati ing at one of the most prestigious and
• REI, Massachusetts General Hospital innovative hospitals in the greatest city in
• Gyn Onc, University of Washington the world.
• MFM/Genetics, U.C. San Francisco
Aaron Praiss, PGY-3
• MFM, Ohio State University
14OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
622 West 168th Street, PH 16
New York, NY 10032
columbiaobgyn.org
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