Program and Curriculum

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All of our core faculty physicians have experience with resident education and equally important practical community experience that is vital to patient care. The Santa Maria Women’s Health Center at Marian is the practice site for the program’s resident physicians and where they will care for their own panel of patients under the supervision of dedicated OB and MFM faculty physicians. This on-campus health center is newly remodeled and technologically up-to-date and offers comprehensive care for low and high-risk obstetrical patients. It also serves as a state-designated prenatal diagnosis center for women with special needs during pregnancy. 

The gynecology experience will be at Santa Maria Women’s Health Center which is also adjacent to the hospital. Here the residents will be teamed with attending gynecologists to maximize their surgical and outpatient gynecology experience.  This rotation will be further enhanced through our collaboration with the Community Health Centers of the Central Coast (CHC) which is a federally qualified heath center (FQHC). The primary focus of this rotation is benign gynecology and contraception training. 

The gynecologic oncology experience is located at Mission Hope Cancer Center, also adjacent to the hospital. Here the residents will team with core gyn-onc faculty and learn basic and advanced surgical procedures, including robotic surgery, for women with gynecologic cancers and complex benign gynecologic surgical problems. The teaching will be both hands-on in the OR and via a formal didactic program. Options to develop and conduct clinical research projects with mentorship by the attending physician will also be made available. Medical oncology (chemotherapy and biologic/targeted therapies) for gynecologic cancers as well as radiation oncology concepts in gynecologic cancers will be taught during these rotations. Residents on this service will attend the biweekly multidisciplinary tumor board meeting where they will interface with other specialists (medical oncology, breast oncology, radiation oncology and palliative care) caring for women affected by gynecologic cancers. 

During the uro-gyn rotation, residents will complete work-ups and evaluations of female pelvic reconstruction and urologic associated conditions and explore medical and surgical management.

The reproductive endocrinology and infertility experience will be one hour south of Santa Maria with Southern California Reproductive Center in Santa Barbara. This group has a long history of training residents, an adjacent surgery center, and a state-of-the-art embryology lab. It is an ideal setting for the resident experience within this subspecialty. 

In addition to concentrating on their outpatient practice, residents have opportunities to participate in seminars, simulation projects, and other small group activities.

Program rotations for the ob/gyn residency program include:

PGY-1
Introduction to Clinical OB/GYN (2 weeks)
Obstetrics 
Gynecology
Night Float
Inpatient medicine
Integrative Medicine and Ultrasound
Breast Surgery (2 weeks)

PGY-2
Night Float
Obstetrics
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Gynecology
Gynecologic Oncology
Ambulatory
Reproductive Endocrinology

PGY-3
Night Float 
Obstetrics 
Maternal Fetal Medicine 
Gynecology 
Gynecologic Oncology 
Family Planning
Urology/gynecology
Elective

PGY-4
Obstetrics
Gynecology
Gynecological oncology
Urology/gynecology
Family Planning
Evidence Based OB/GYN 
 
Possible Electives
Ambulatory Clinic
Emergency Medicine
Family Planning
Global Health
Gynecologic Oncology
Integrative Medicine
Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility
Ultrasound
Underserved 
Flexibility to design your own elective at the discretion of the Program Director 

Learn More About Our Residency Program

Please contact Marily Rios
(805) 739-3562
[email protected]