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Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program

The purpose of our four-year program in Obstetrics and Gynecology is to provide training in women's health care consistent with requirements of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.


Lutheran General is a freestanding, regional tertiary care center with a strong local community hospital identity; it is a unique place to train. Residents are exposed to a large, varied patient population to gain superior skills in general obstetrics and gynecology, as well as in all subspecialties. The residency program is fully accredited by the ACGME.

Lutheran General Hospital is a level-one trauma center. We have outstanding departments and educational programs in internal medicine, surgery, family medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, neonatology and emergency medicine.

Medical clerkships rotating with the Department of Obstetric & Gynecology currently are the University of Illinois, Chicago and Rosalind Franklin University/Chicago Medical School. The residents are primarily responsible for student education during these rotations. The Department also offers medical student electives to fourth year students in the areas of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Urogynecology and Gyn Oncology.

Obstetrics and Gynecology Ambulatory Continuity Clinic

We have an excellent clinic located in the Parkside Building attached to the hospital. The Residency Clinic is a continuity clinic and provides an opportunity to develop our residents clinical and interpersonal skills. Our clinic is supervised by a ten member generalist faculty. The faculty has extensive experience in teaching primary care and ambulatory obstetrics and gynecology. Our residents spend day per week in the clinic managing their own panel of patients. The latest technologies are available to support our residents education including urodynamics, 3-D/4-D ultrasound and an electronic medical record.

Residents receive comprehensive training in primary care for women through experience in the continuity clinic, subspecialty clinics and a strong didactic program. The demographics of the continuity clinic are younger women of child bearing age. However, our subspecialty clinics such as Urogynecology and Gynecologic Oncology care for an older patient population.