Rotations and Curriculum — Obstetrics Gynecology Residency at St. Vincent Medical Center

 Facilities

Mercy Health – St. Vincent Medical Center

St. Vincent is home to four Life Flight air ambulances, holds the highest designation for treating high risk mothers and babies, Comprehensive Stroke Center and is a Level I Trauma Center for adults and Level II for children.

Located on the St. Vincent campus are: Orthopedics, Mercy Health Regional Heart and Vascular Institute, Mercy Health Neuroscience Institute and the area’s only Mobile Stroke Unit. St. Vincent provides a modern, attractive and secure campus and takes a leadership role in providing quality medical education and community development.

Mercy Health – Perrysburg Hospital

Perrysburg Hospital provides a comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient care and offers a variety of gynecologic surgical procedures.

 Mercy Health – Perrysburg Hospital

Rotation Schedule

Our program utilizes a 13-block academic/rotation schedule. We also have a night float system which runs Sunday night through Thursday night.

PGY1

  • Urogynecology – 1 block
  • Gynecologic Oncology – 1 block
  • Maternal Fetal Medicine – 1 block
  • Labor and Delivery – 5 blocks
  • General Surgery/Ultrasound – 1 block
  • Intensive Care Unit – 1 block
  • Emergency Medicine – 1 block

PGY2

  • Urogynecology – 1 block
  • Gynecologic Oncology – 1 block
  • Maternal Fetal Medicine – 2 blocks
  • Gynecologic Surgery – 2 blocks
  • Family Planning/Research – 1 block
  • Labor and Delivery – 6 blocks

PGY3

  • Urogynecology – 1 block
  • Gynecologic Oncology – 1 block
  • Reproductive Endocrinology – 1 block
  • Gynecologic Surgery – 5 blocks
  • Labor and Delivery – 4 blocks
  • Elective – 1 block

PGY4

  • Urogynecology – 3 blocks
  • Gynecologic Oncology – 3 blocks
  • Gynecologic Surgery – 4 blocks
  • Labor and Delivery – 3 blocks

Didactic Curriculum

In addition to the clinical curriculum, the program offers a formal didactics series which includes:

  • Weekly didactics on Fridays from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. featuring a rotating two-year curriculum based on APGO CREOG educational objectives
  • Monthly Grand Rounds
  • Monthly Morbidity and Mortality conference
  • Quarterly Journal Club
  • Monthly simulation training
  • Cadaver lab on average quarterly
  • Access to a laparoscopic lab with formal training in the first six months of residency
  • Robotic Training curriculum.

Research and Scholarly Activity

Every resident is required to participate in and present a Quality Improvement project during their residency. They are also encouraged to complete case reports and additional research protocols if interested. All projects have a faculty advisor who actively participates as well as associate program director who is directly involved with all projects. The OBGYN program has access to a statistician and research assistant for help with development and guidance on the projects.

Publications and Presentations

Cenac LA, Cacciotti M, Griffith T.First-trimester uterine rupture in a twin gestation after a motor vehicle collision: a case report. J Surg Case Rep. 2024 Feb 22;2024(2):rjae081. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjae081. eCollection 2024 Feb. PMID: 38404445 Free PMC article.

Wynn J, Hoskovec J, Carter RD, Ross MJ, Perni SC. Performance of single-gene noninvasive prenatal testing for autosomal recessive conditions in a general population setting. Prenat Diagn. 2023 Sep;43(10):1344-1354. doi: 10.1002/pd.6427. Epub 2023 Sep 6. PMID: 37674263

Jenison, EL . -- Defining the prevalence of actionable germline variants in unselected endometrial cancer (EC) patients. Levine M, Goodfellow D, Cohn D, Jenison EL, et al – February 2021

Strobel SL,  Jenison EL,  Van Kooten JM, Kitts AN, Britton AJ. Triple negative lobular breast carcinoma metastatic to an ovarian fibrothecoma. J Histotechnol. 2020 Dec;43(4):200-203. doi: 10.1080/01478885.2020.1773638. Epub 2020 Jun 6. PMID: 32508260.

Barkin JL, Stausmire JM, Te MN , Pazik-Huckaby A , Serati M, Buoli M, Harding RS, Bruss CA, Stausmire KL. Evaluation of Maternal Functioning in Mothers of Infants Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2019 Jul;28(7):941-950. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2018.7168. Epub 2019 Jan 25. PMID: 30681387.