Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program

About our program

The Sunrise Health Graduate Medical Education Consortium’s Obstetrics & Gynecology Resident Training Program is part of the growing national HCA Healthcare Graduate Medical Education Program and affiliated with the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. The OBGYN program is based at MountainView Hospital, a community hospital program providing healthcare to a diverse and expanding population in Las Vegas, Nevada. Our goal is to train the next generation of obstetrician-gynecologists to meet the changing demands of medicine in the 21st century, to become outstanding clinician-surgeons who practice humanistic medicine and are prepared to enter careers in private, public or academic organizations.

Highlights

• Integrated Core Faculty-Resident Practice with 24/7 ob hospitalists covering labor and delivery and emergency department consults
• On-campus Resident Clinic providing longitudinal continuity clinic supervised and attended by our faculty members.
• Outpatient procedures: including hysteroscopy, cystoscopy, LARC placement, endometrial biopsies, and other minor procedures.
• Longitudinal Continuity Clinic with a community faculty mentor, integrated into their private practice during your residency
• Bootcamp: 2-week experience for our incoming interns. During this time, we focus on providing the basics to help transition our newest team members to the resident experience. With the support of faculty, residents, and hospital staff we provide exposure to the various areas we work in (L&D, OR, resident clinic, etc.) as well as provide some essentials of our daily experience (knot-tying, topic reviews).

Surgical and obstetrical training

• Formal curriculum and simulation training in Robotic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Workshops and simulation training for operative vaginal delivery, breech delivery, shoulder dystocia, emergency cesarean, hypertensive crisis
• Formal curriculum and training in OBGYN ultrasound following AIUM curriculum

Sub-Specialty training

• Family Planning
• Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery/Urogynecology
• Gynecology Oncology
• Maternal-Fetal Medicine
• Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility

Research

• Our program offers a research curriculum program that is introduced during the intern year. This program provides an opportunity for our interns and residents to get a jumpstart on their required research program
• Our GME department provides support for each resident with onsite research personnel
  • Napatkamon (Yui) Ayutyanont, PhD, Division Director of Research Graduate Medical Education – Far West Division HCA
  • Denise Vidal, Research Coordinator of Graduate Medical Education, Far West Division HCA
  • David Jackson, MD, Director of Research and Quality Management

Program overview

Program Vision

The Sunrise Health Graduate Medical Education Consortium’s OBGYN residency program’s vision is to offer an environment in which outstanding clinician-surgeons who practice humanistic medicine and are well prepared to enter careers in public, private and academic organizations are developed.

The Sunrise Health Graduate Medical Education Consortium’s OBGYN Residency Program provides an environment in which residents will have the opportunity to interact with experienced academic faculty who will, in a friendly and compassionate environment, teach exceptional clinical skills.

PGY-1 Interview Season

We are delighted to announce interviews for four PGY-1 positions. Qualified applications from osteopathic and allopathic students will be considered through the ERAS system. Due to the high volume of applicants all correspondence should be by email.

OBGYN Eligibility Requirements

Interviews are by invitation only for applicants possessing the following criteria:

LCME Graduate Eligibility Criteria

Graduate from a U.S. medical school with a satisfactory medical record

A minimum of 3 letters of recommendation:

• 1 from specialty department chair
• 2 from faculty within the specialty

USMLE Step I and II

Must pass USMLE Step 1 greater than 216 and Step 2 greater than 234

• No more than 2 attempts to pass the USMLE

Proof of U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Resident

Medical school graduate within 2 years of entering residency; to include valid explanation of gap or completed internship

AOA Graduate Eligibility Criteria

Graduate from a U.S. osteopathic school with a satisfactory medical record

A minimum of 3 letters of recommendation:

• 1 from specialty department chair
• 2 from faculty within the specialty

USMLE Step I & II (Preferred) or COMLEX USA I & II

Must pass USMLE Step 1 greater than 216 and Step 2 greater than 234 or Comlex Level 1 greater than 486 and Comlex Level 2 greater than 508

• No more than 2 attempts to pass USMLE or Comlex

Proof of U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Resident

Medical school graduate within 2 years of entering residency; to include valid explanation of gap or completed internship

International Graduate Eligibility Criteria

Medical school graduate within 3 years of entering residency; to include valid explanation of gap or completed internship

Current ECFMG certification

Diploma from accredited college of medicine

USMLE Step I and II

Proof of U.S Citizenship or US Permanent Resident

We do not accept H1B or J1 Visas

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