Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Las Vegas: Residency
The Obstetrics and Gynecology Program is located in the Las Vegas Campus of the University of Nevada. It was formally established in 1979. However, the tradition of training house officers goes back to the mid-1960s, when residency training affiliations were developed with Tulane University (New Orleans) and the University of Arkansas (Little Rock).
Faculty supervision of residents is divided among full-time, part-time and volunteer clinical faculty. The faculty is comprised of physicians from the general specialty of obstetrics and gynecology, and those with special competency in: gynecologic oncology, maternal-fetal medicine, neonatology, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, anesthesia, pediatrics, internal medicine, medical oncology, diagnostic and therapeutic radiology, surgery, psychiatry, neurology, urology, pathology, cytology, genetics and geriatrics.
The University of Nevada School of Medicine (UNSOM) hospital based program is organized according to criteria outlined in "Program Requirements for Residency Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology.” The Program is accredited by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and is affiliated with the University of Nevada School of Medicine. The combination of University faculty and hospital attending physicians provides the experience of a wide variety of board-certified clinicians. Ethics is incorporated into the curriculum to teach students and residents the guidelines and thinking processes needed to make difficult decisions in the changing world of medicine. Formal didactics, morbidity and mortality conferences and journal club discussions are an integral part of the program.
The four-year program provides a structured educational experience in reproductive health care and ambulatory primary health care for women. This includes health maintenance, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, consultation and referral. Resident physicians undertake increasing responsibility for patient care under faculty supervision.
