Welcome Message
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology holds education to be an integral part of our professional commitment as full time faculty. We strive to train our residents to become competent, compassionate and academically driven colleagues with experience in caring for our diverse patient population throughout their lifespan.
Our ACGME accredited residency training program provides a four-year experience involving a variety of educational opportunities in the subspecialties of women's health. Residents receive direct supervision in the clinics and operating rooms and are provided formal and informal mentors who guide them to become leaders in our field, as well as their career interests, whether it be fellowship training, academic practice or private practice. Research and academic excellence (CREST and RELATE) are two major focus tracks of our training program, which facilitates our residents becoming consumers of lifelong learning.
Things that make our program special include:
- Excellent clinical and surgical Education
- FLS curriculum
- CREOG, written board, and oral board preparation
- Specialized research and teaching curriculum
- Academic, evidence-based focus
- ACGME compliant and accredited
- Multidisciplinary simulation
- Resident feedback effects change
- Preparation for general practice or fellowship
- In the Jesuit tradition, we train residents to be people for others
- And most importantly, our residents!
Below are some vides providing an overview of our residency program with the new Program Director, Marian Acevedo-Alvarez, MD, MPH, as well as a virtual tour of the LUMPC campus. If you visit our program alumni page, a video link at the bottom of the page provides several of our alumni's experience in the program.
We hope you enjoy your visit to our website. If you require further information or have questions regarding the LUMC Ob/Gyn residency program, please do not hesitate to email our program manager, Diane Jaworski, at djawors@lumc.edu.
Marian Acevedo-Alvarez, MD, MPH
Program Director
Mission Statement:
Our residency program in obstetrics and gynecology at Loyola University Medical Center endeavors to create a culturally diverse and inclusive program that fosters individual professional development, advances surgical proficiency, promotes excellence in patient care and cultivates the life-long pursuit of medical knowledge. As emphasized by the Jesuit tradition, we endeavor to build a culturally rich academic environment welcoming of all ethnicities, genders and underrepresented minorities, recognizing that this cross-cultural environment will facilitate an ideal healthcare system that is equitable and inclusive of our community, all populations, backgrounds and experiences.
Program Aims:
- Train residents to be excellent physicians in obstetrics and gynecology, allowing them to serve the community and primary care fields as a specialist and consultant in women's health.
- Produce strong gynecologic surgeons, showing expertise in the full scope of the surgical aspects of our specialty.
- Produce skilled consumers of research, which will arm graduates with the ability to review the evidence with a discerning eye, helping them to navigate the ever-changing landscape of medical science.
- Allow the space for residents to explore and develop skill in individual areas of focus: global and community health, research, academic medicine, and teaching.
The mission statement accurately reflects the philosophy that we at Loyola Medicine have toward the education of our young physicians in the discipline of obstetrics and gynecology. The program is structured to create an academic environment that will allow the resident to grow through a four year interval from a senior medical student to a proficient practitioner of the discipline of obstetrics and gynecology. Our program is tiered and structured throughout the four year curriculum to increase resident experience, knowledge and responsibility as the resident grows from intern to chief resident.