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The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Chicago Lying-In Hospital are part of the health center complex at the University of Chicago. All of the subdisciplines of obstetrics and gynecology are represented within the department
  • Family Planning
  • General Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Genetics
  • Gynecologic Oncology
  • Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  • Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
  • Ultrasound
  • Urogynecology
  • Pediatric Gynecology
Our faculty also collaborate with physicians in other subspecialties, including anesthesia, pediatrics, general medicine, pathology, oncology, and endocrinology. Our academic faculty are based full-time at the University of Chicago and, therefore, have close working relationships with the residents. At least one member of the obstetrics & gynecology faculty is in the hospital to supervise the residents at all times.

While many graduates enter subspecialty fellowships at the end of their residency, others go into clinical practice in both academic and private settings. The residency training program is designed to prepare the individual for any career in obstetrics & gynecology
 
Inpatient Obstetrics & Gynecology
The Chicago Lying-In Hospitals occupies the second and third floors of Bernard Mitchell Hospital. The facilities include the following:
  • 6 perinatal acute care beds
  • 8 labor rooms
  • 3 delivery rooms
  • 2 birthing rooms
  • 38 postpartum and antepartum beds
  • 38 crib nursery
  • 17 bed gynecology unit
  • 4 obstetrics operating rooms
All labor and delivery rooms are equipped with central fetal monitoring, ultrasound, and laboratory access. Immediately adjacent to the obstetrical area is the neonatal unit consisting of the intermediate and intensive care nurseries. A close relationship exists with the neonatal section of the Department of Pediatrics for the management of critically ill infants. At the University of Chicago Hospitals, there are approximately 3,200 babies delivered annually, many to women with high risk pregnancy.
A newly renovated labor & delivery facility will open in 2007
The University of Chicago Hospitals has been designated as an Illinois Perinatal Center to provide consultation to community physicians through obstetrical and neonatal hot lines and to receive transported women experiencing high- risk pregnancies and critically ill infants. The faculty and resources of the Department are structured to meet these responsibilities.
All of the outpatient clinics are located in the Center for Advanced Medicine (CAM). Clinics include resident continuity, general obstetrics/gynecology, oncology, and specialty clics in chemotheraphy, colposcopy, diethylstilbestrol (DES), family planning, high-risk obstetrics, HIV, genetics, medical high risk, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, vulvar dermatology, ultrasound, and urogynecology. All outpatient procedures including operative laparoscopy and hysteroscopy are done in the CAM outpatient operating rooms.
Additional Rotations at MacNeal Hospital
Integrated within the University of Chicago Health System is MacNeal Hospital, a 427-bed private hospital located in Berwyn, Illinois. The major emphasis of this affiliation is to further the resident experience in gynecologic surgery and ambulatory care. Our residents also learn to deliver health care in a community-based system. The University of Chicago has an academic director of obstetrics and gynecology who resides full-time at MacNeal Hospital for administration of the training program.