Memorial Hermann Hospital
Ob/Gyn Residency Program

Overview

Our department is recognized nationally as a leader in patient care, education and research. We believe that our residency program has several characteristics that make it a great place to train. First and foremost, our current residents are top notch! They are dedicated physicians with unbridled enthusiasm and a penchant for learning. Some have roots in Texas while others have been drawn to Houston from regions across America. They exhibit a strong sense of team-work and camaraderie and morale is high within the group. Secondly, our faculty shares a passion for teaching and excellence in patient care. Many of us actively participate in clinical or basic research in the pursuit of improved understanding of disease and optimization of outcome. The faculty aims to be always available without being overbearing in an attempt to foster evidence-based management of patients and encourage independent thinking. We love our jobs! Third, residents get a broad base of experience in general and complicated obstetrics, operative gynecology, ambulatory care and subspecialty services in several Houston hospitals. Our residents receive most of their training at Memorial Hermann Hospital (a private university teaching hospital), but also spend several months at Lyndon Baines Johnson General Hospital (a county teaching hospital), three community hospitals and M.D.Anderson Cancer Center. Finally, the inclusion of a night float system and ½ day per week protected conference time ensures that residents have ample opportunity to read and participate in a structured didactic learning experience.

In summary, the University of Texas Houston Hermann residency training program in Obstetrics and Gynecology is a thriving and vigorous one with sufficient clinical material to ensure technical competence and the development of excellent clinical skills. At the completion of training, residents are able to confidently enter private practice and are actively recruited throughout the nation or they are considered highly competitive for fellowship positions in the top programs in the country.

Organized Teaching Activities

Tuesday afternoons are reserved for didactic conferences. During this time, no elective cases or clinics are scheduled. All residents, except for those covering labor and delivery or on the night float rotation, attend. Conferences include:

  • Gynecology case conference organized by Dr. Berens (weekly)
  • Obstetrics case conference organized by Dr. Promecene (weekly)
  • Didactic lecture series organized by Dr. Monga and based on CREOG objectives (weekly)
  • Departmental Grand Rounds (monthly)
  • Peer Review organized by Drs. Promecene and Yeomans (monthly)
  • Journal club organized by Dr. Hollier (monthly at local restaurant)
  • Technical Skills Workshop organized by Dr. Schneider (annual)
  • Pelvic Anatomy Lab organized by Dr. Peter Lotze (quarterly)

Other conferences that residents may attend on different clinical rotations include the monthly perinatal case conference, weekly reproductive biology conference and clinicopathology conference.

Daily clinical work rounds and teaching rounds are focused on clearly written objectives, specific for each year of training, which we have based on the CREOG objectives.

There is a mini-symposium prior to the annual CREOG in-service training examination.

There are also hands-on laparoscopy and transvaginal ultrasound courses that our residents are required to attend during their training.

For further information on Memorial Hermann Hospital Program  contact:

Barbara Devore at (713) 500-6397 or email: Barbara.Devore@uth.tmc.edu

(Applications are accepted only through the ERAS system.)