Welcome to Emory's Gynecology and Obstetrics Residency Program. Our mission is to train residents who will be future leaders and advocates in the pursuit of excellence in women’s healthcare and the promotion of health equity. We aim to provide opportunities for residents to explore their interests and to pursue their career goals. Historically, two thirds of our residents go on to successfully pursue various fellowships. Our graduates are leaders in their community as well as regionally and nationally (local health departments/ their healthcare organization/Georgia Ob/Gyn Society/ACOG). With our relationship with the Rollins School of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many have done research in public health.
We encourage you to visit with us and consider Emory University Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology for your residency experience.
Jessica Arluck, MD
Director, Residency Program
Assistant Residency Program Directors
Educational Activities
Our residency program provides protected didactic time for grand rounds, various conferences, M&M, and journal club. Our simulation program consists of monthly skill sessions that cover inter-professional team training, OB, and gynecologic surgery.
Research Activities
Many research opportunities are available for basic sciences or clinical research. Residents are required to complete a research project in stages culminating with presentation of findings in the 4th year at Resident Research Day. Read more about the progressive research experience for residents.
Program Highlights
Diversity
We understand that only with diversity can we aspire to be the best of the best. It is one of our top priorities that our department offer that diversity on all levels. We have made it a goal to make sure that our faculty, residents and fellows reflect the diversity that we are so lucky to have within our Atlanta community. Our various training sites allow our trainees to take care of patients and work with colleagues that provide a wide spectrum of race, culture, background and education.
Our Pledge to Racial Equality and Justice
Mentoring
Our faculty pursued academic medicine so that they would have an opportunity to work with the next generation of physicians, so there are many opportunities for mentorship in the department. We have a formal mentoring program with a faculty member and a resident from each PGY class. Mentoring in this formalized manner occurs in group gatherings or one-on-one. Mentors are encouraged to provide educational and clinical support for the resident. A mentor may assist in various aspects of training; a resident may have more than one mentor, e.g. for a research project, ABOG exam preparation, etc. Residents may choose professional mentors who represent career goals; they also work with research mentors in the course of completing the resident research project.
Simulation
We have a robust monthly simulation program occurring the 1st Wednesday of each month. This encompasses common emergency simulations, team training, obstetric and gynecologic surgeries. Additionally, we simulate rare events seen in OB and GYN.
Residents will spend one-on-one time practicing their FLS skills with faculty that prepare you for your mandatory exam, which is an ABOG board requirement for your qualifying exam.
Wellness
We feel strongly that good patient care starts with good self-care. For that reason, we have implemented a Resident Wellness curriculum of interactive sessions on topics such as exercise, healthy eating, sleep, work/life balance and managing stress that is incorporated into our protected didactic time. In addition, on certain Wednesday mornings the residents are relieved from clinical duties and educational obligations allowing them protected time to tend to their wellness according to their own personal needs. We have lovingly coined those mornings our “Wonderful Wellness Wednesdays” and they are spaced throughout the year so there’s always another morning to look forward to.
Additionally, considering our wellness is paramount as we navigate through these uncharted waters with the dual pandemic of COVID-19 and racism, our Wellness Committee has implemented a virtual “Department of GYNOB Wellness Wednesday Newsletter” that is distributed monthly.
Advocacy
As an important epicenter for both the civil rights and reproductive justice movements, Atlanta serves as an excellent setting for physician-based advocacy opportunities. Residents have the opportunity to lobby at the state level through the Georgia Ob/Gyn Society's Legislative Day, where they work with ob/gyns throughout the state to advocate for important reproductive health issues. Additionally, there formal didactics around physician advocacy as well as discussions with local community organizers around current advocacy topics. Lastly, residents have been involved with advocacy on the national level through leadership positions with organizations such as the AMA and ACOG.
Centering Pregnancy
Centering Pregnancy is a multifaceted model of group care that integrates the three major components of care: health assessment, education, and support, into a unified program within a group setting. Eight to twelve women with similar gestational ages meet together at Grady, learning care skills, participating in a facilitated discussion, and developing a support network with other group members. Each Pregnancy group meets for a total of 10 sessions throughout pregnancy and early postpartum.
Our interns are each assigned to a Centering group allowing them to collaborate with our Grady midwives who run the centering program. Throughout their intern year, our residents have the chance to participate in these highly educational sessions which occur once or twice a month.
Transgender Clinic at Grady
The Grady Gender Center is a multi-disciplinary clinic designed to address the healthcare needs of the highly marginalized transgender and gender nonconforming patient population. The role of the Ob/Gyn in this clinic is to provide culturally-sensitive healthcare for persons seeking cervical cancer screening, breast/chest cancer screening, STI screening, family planning services, fertility counseling, gender re-affirming hysterectomy/BSO, and post-operative care after gender re-affirming surgeries.
Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology
During your second year of resident training you will rotate at Childrens Healthcare it Atlanta, which houses one of the few dedicated pediatric and adolescent gynecology departments in the country. During this rotation you are exposed to various pediatric and adolescent gynecologic issues and diagnoses that will provide you with once-in-a-career experiences.
Family Planning
We are proud to say that Emory is the birthplace of the "Contraceptive Technology" handbook frequently used by residents and medical students throughout the United States. Our faculty are nationally recognized and will often be key note speakers at various national conferences. Training is available in medical and surgical abortion in our Family Planning division on an opt out basis. We have a Ryan Training Program with a dedicated rotation during your PGY1 year. The Ryan Residency Training Program in Abortion and Family Planning provides support for residency programs to comply with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) mandate to integrate abortion into training and enhance training in abortion and contraception.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
At Emory the CDC is in your back yard. Our residents have a chance to work one on one with a variety of CDC personnel both clinically and in research. This is a unique and amazing opportunity that few programs can offer. This collaboration allows us to lead the way in providing hospital protocols in major world events such as the Ebola epidemic and the more recent SARS-COV2 pandemic.
We understand that only with diversity can we aspire to be the best of the best. It is one of our top priorities that our department offer that diversity on all levels. We have made it a goal to make sure that our faculty, residents and fellows reflect the diversity that we are so lucky to have within our Atlanta community. Our various training sites allow our trainees to take care of patients and work with colleagues that provide a wide spectrum of race, culture, background and education.
Our Pledge to Racial Equality and Justice
Mentoring
Our faculty pursued academic medicine so that they would have an opportunity to work with the next generation of physicians, so there are many opportunities for mentorship in the department. We have a formal mentoring program with a faculty member and a resident from each PGY class. Mentoring in this formalized manner occurs in group gatherings or one-on-one. Mentors are encouraged to provide educational and clinical support for the resident. A mentor may assist in various aspects of training; a resident may have more than one mentor, e.g. for a research project, ABOG exam preparation, etc. Residents may choose professional mentors who represent career goals; they also work with research mentors in the course of completing the resident research project.
Simulation
We have a robust monthly simulation program occurring the 1st Wednesday of each month. This encompasses common emergency simulations, team training, obstetric and gynecologic surgeries. Additionally, we simulate rare events seen in OB and GYN.
Residents will spend one-on-one time practicing their FLS skills with faculty that prepare you for your mandatory exam, which is an ABOG board requirement for your qualifying exam.
Wellness
We feel strongly that good patient care starts with good self-care. For that reason, we have implemented a Resident Wellness curriculum of interactive sessions on topics such as exercise, healthy eating, sleep, work/life balance and managing stress that is incorporated into our protected didactic time. In addition, on certain Wednesday mornings the residents are relieved from clinical duties and educational obligations allowing them protected time to tend to their wellness according to their own personal needs. We have lovingly coined those mornings our “Wonderful Wellness Wednesdays” and they are spaced throughout the year so there’s always another morning to look forward to.
Additionally, considering our wellness is paramount as we navigate through these uncharted waters with the dual pandemic of COVID-19 and racism, our Wellness Committee has implemented a virtual “Department of GYNOB Wellness Wednesday Newsletter” that is distributed monthly.
Advocacy
As an important epicenter for both the civil rights and reproductive justice movements, Atlanta serves as an excellent setting for physician-based advocacy opportunities. Residents have the opportunity to lobby at the state level through the Georgia Ob/Gyn Society's Legislative Day, where they work with ob/gyns throughout the state to advocate for important reproductive health issues. Additionally, there formal didactics around physician advocacy as well as discussions with local community organizers around current advocacy topics. Lastly, residents have been involved with advocacy on the national level through leadership positions with organizations such as the AMA and ACOG.
Centering Pregnancy
Centering Pregnancy is a multifaceted model of group care that integrates the three major components of care: health assessment, education, and support, into a unified program within a group setting. Eight to twelve women with similar gestational ages meet together at Grady, learning care skills, participating in a facilitated discussion, and developing a support network with other group members. Each Pregnancy group meets for a total of 10 sessions throughout pregnancy and early postpartum.
Our interns are each assigned to a Centering group allowing them to collaborate with our Grady midwives who run the centering program. Throughout their intern year, our residents have the chance to participate in these highly educational sessions which occur once or twice a month.
Transgender Clinic at Grady
The Grady Gender Center is a multi-disciplinary clinic designed to address the healthcare needs of the highly marginalized transgender and gender nonconforming patient population. The role of the Ob/Gyn in this clinic is to provide culturally-sensitive healthcare for persons seeking cervical cancer screening, breast/chest cancer screening, STI screening, family planning services, fertility counseling, gender re-affirming hysterectomy/BSO, and post-operative care after gender re-affirming surgeries.
Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology
During your second year of resident training you will rotate at Childrens Healthcare it Atlanta, which houses one of the few dedicated pediatric and adolescent gynecology departments in the country. During this rotation you are exposed to various pediatric and adolescent gynecologic issues and diagnoses that will provide you with once-in-a-career experiences.
Family Planning
We are proud to say that Emory is the birthplace of the "Contraceptive Technology" handbook frequently used by residents and medical students throughout the United States. Our faculty are nationally recognized and will often be key note speakers at various national conferences. Training is available in medical and surgical abortion in our Family Planning division on an opt out basis. We have a Ryan Training Program with a dedicated rotation during your PGY1 year. The Ryan Residency Training Program in Abortion and Family Planning provides support for residency programs to comply with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) mandate to integrate abortion into training and enhance training in abortion and contraception.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
At Emory the CDC is in your back yard. Our residents have a chance to work one on one with a variety of CDC personnel both clinically and in research. This is a unique and amazing opportunity that few programs can offer. This collaboration allows us to lead the way in providing hospital protocols in major world events such as the Ebola epidemic and the more recent SARS-COV2 pandemic.