Education and Training
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology provides education to medical students, residents, and fellows in a number of dedicated programs.
Most notably, the UT Southwestern Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program trains more residents per year than any other Ob/Gyn residency program in the country – about 1 in 80 Ob/Gyns are trained at UT Southwestern.
Medical Students and Clerkships
We participate in medical student education every year of medical school, with major effort during the second through fourth years. These clerkships provide a broad breadth and depth of experience to our students under the guidance of dedicated and experienced faculty members.
Additionally, we offer clinical rotations through an extern program that allows students from other medical schools to train with us.
Residency Program
Our residency program is approved for 80 positions by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Currently, we fill 18 positions per year from an applicant pool of the top medical school graduates in the United States.
Our residency program is four years long. Residents train at both UT Southwestern’s William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital and Parkland Memorial Hospital. At both clinical sites, our residents assist with close to 1,300 hysterectomies per year and the delivery of about 40 babies per day. The Parkland Labor & Delivery unit is one of the busiest in the country.
Fellowship Programs
We train fellows to be future academic leaders in all the subspecialties of obstetrics and gynecology.
We currently offer fellowship training in:
- Gynecologic Oncology
- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
- Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
- Urogynecologic and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Our fellows receive extensive training in patient care as well as basic and clinical research and have the opportunity to teach our residents and medical students.
State-of-the-Art Clinical Facilities
William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital
Located on UT Southwestern's campus, Clements University Hospital provides our faculty and trainees an opportunity to work in a truly state-of-the-art hospital with leading-edge technology that enables physicians and nurses to provide the highest level of quality care.
In addition to its many awards and recognitions, Clements University Hospital is a Level IV Comprehensive Care Maternal Facility and a Texas Ten Step Facility, which indicates its supportive and compassionate approach to breastfeeding.
Here, our faculty and trainees deliver around 2,000 babies, see about 75,000 ambulatory visits, and perform over 3,000 surgeries each year.
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Parkland Memorial Hospital is UT Southwestern’s primary teaching facility. Parkland has one of the busiest Labor and Delivery units of any hospital in the country, seeing around 13,000 deliveries per year. Additionally, Parkland is home to the first Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Dallas County and has the largest Level III NICU in the region.
Here, our faculty and trainees deliver see about 140,000 ambulatory visits and perform over 2,000 surgeries each year.
Leadership
Vanessa Rogers, M.D.
Professor
Vice Chair, Education and Faculty Development
Norman F. Gant, Jr., M.D. Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Administrative Support
Lisa Gray
Administrative Associate
Medical Students & Clerkships
Mary Jane Pearson, M.D.
Professor
Director, Clerkship Program - Third Year
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Alicia Kiszka, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Director, Clerkship Program – Fourth Year
Assistant Program Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency
Seth Hawkins, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Assistant Director, Clerkship Program – Third Year
Andrea Johnson, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Assistant Director, Clerkship Program – Third Year
Administrative Support
Kimberly Loggins
Education Coordinator
Residency Program
Alicia Kiszka, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Program Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency
Courtney Baker, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Assistant Program Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency
Julie Lo, M.D.
Professor
Assistant Program Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency
Julie Sun, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Assistant Program Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency
Administrative Support
Renee Toscano
GME Program Coordinator II
Sharon Edwards
GME Program Coordinator I
Fellowships
Gynecologic Oncology
Jayanthi Lea, M.D.
Professor
Chief, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
Program Director, Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship
Patricia Duniven Fletcher Distinguished Professorship in Gynecological Oncology
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Patricia Santiago-Munoz, M.D.
Professor
Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship
Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
Kimberly Kho, M.D.
Professor
Program Director, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Fellowship
Helen J. and Robert S. Strauss and Diana K. and Richard C. Straus Chair in Women’s Health
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Orhan Bukulmez, M.D.
Professor
Chief, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Program Director, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship
Bruce R. Carr, M.D. Professorship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Clifford Wai, M.D.
Professor
Program Director, Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery Fellowship
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Administrative Support
Stephanie Harris
GME Program Coordinator I
Tracey Peacock
GME Program Coordinator I