Rotation Sites
Inpatient and outpatient facilities at the University of Washington Medical Center Montlake and Northwest Campuses, UW Roosevelt Ob/Gyn and Primary Care Clinic, Harborview Medical Center, Swedish Hospital Medical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, and VA Puget Sound are utilized for residency training and education. More information for each clinical site can be found here.
University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) - Montlake
The primary institution for residency training. It is a 450-bed teaching and research hospital that offers comprehensive medical care, including complete medical, surgical, obstetric, gynecologic and psychiatric services. In addition, there is a Neonatal Intensive Care Center, a Primary Care Center, and a unique WWAMI Institute for Simulation in Healthcare (WISH). In the Obstetrical Unit, residents are the center of the care model and provide direct care for a wide variety of medically complicated pregnancies. In Gynecologic Oncology service, residents regularly are exposed to gynecologic malignancies, complicated pelvic surgeries, intensive care medicine, and perioperative complications due to patients with many co-morbid conditions. Additionally, the Gynecology service residents also gain valuable ambulatory experience at the Roosevelt OB/GYN and Primary Care Clinic where they provide routine and specialized gynecologic care. Specialty clinics, such as Vulvovaginitis, Colposcopy, Adolescent Gynecology, and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, add to their clinical experience.
University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) - Northwest
A community-based, non-profit hospital with 281 beds. The urogynecology rotation provides the 1st and 4th year resident with a broad and in-depth exposure to female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery. In the 3rd year, residents will rotate in Childbirth Center at UW Medical Center - Northwest for lower-risk labor and delivery experience.
Harborview Medical Center (HMC)
Owned by King County and is managed by the University of Washington. Unique features of the Harborview Ob/Gyn resident rotations include exposure to management of obstetric trauma in a Level I trauma center, a nationally recognized program for the management of patients after sexual assault, and an ethnically and socially diverse population. The gynecology rotation in the second and third years includes inpatient and outpatient surgical care and outpatient clinics. Residents on service at HMC cover emergency room call for obstetrical and gynecological trauma, gynecology emergency, and sexual assaults. Teaching emphasis includes: rare infections, sexually transmitted infections, late manifestations of common gynecologic disorders, management of acute hemorrhage, ectopic pregnancy, ICU care, interdisciplinary medical care teams and refuge and trauma informed care.
Swedish Medical Center (SMC), First Hill
A busy, private hospital in downtown Seattle with a large gynecology service composed of both benign and oncology patients. The R4 on the Swedish gynecology rotation work with a specially designated teaching panel of dedicated gynecologic oncologists and minimally invasive gynecologic surgeons. An extensive operative experience is gained in complicated pelvic surgeries and benign disease, as well as basic vaginal, urogyn, and endoscopic gynecologic cases four to five days per week.
Seattle Children's Hospital
A large, tertiary care center located in the University/Laurelhurst area of Seattle. The Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Program at UW Medicine and Seattle Children’s is the only dedicated pediatric and adolescent gynecology practice in Washington. As a regional referral center, this clinic also serves patients from Montana, Idaho and Alaska. Residents rotate with our faculty, specialized in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, to enhance their understanding of issues unique to the pediatric and adolescent population—precocious and delayed puberty, breast abnormalities, ovarian cysts or pelvic masses, congenital anomalies of the reproductive tract, menstrual management and contraception for teens with complex medical issues, including cancer, bleeding disorders, developmental disabilities.
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
The largest referral medical center (504 total beds) in the Northwest Network and is part of the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 20. At this site, the 1st year Ob/Gyn resident learns to serve as a consultant (evaluating, formulating a plan, and communicating with the referring provider), determine when a patient needs surgical intervention, optimize peri-operative management, perform various in-office procedures, and understand the unique psychosocial components of caring for veterans and trauma-informed care.
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
A community-based, non-profit hospital with 238 beds. R2s and R3s spend 3-4 weeks in rural Yakima working with the Generations OB/Gyn team to gain exposure to the full-scope OB GYN practice model that many residents will pursue after graduation. This includes low-risk and high-risk labor and delivery experience, GYN surgical experience, and teaching experience with UW medical students.
Rotation Schedule
Rotation Sites
As R3s, residents have the opportunity to utilize their elective time to conduct research at a site of their choice or seek additional clinical experiences. Previous elective sites include:
- Naivasha, Kenya – Global maternal health rotation, surgical techniques in low-resource settings, teaching OB GYN skills
- New York – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center* – Gyn Brunschwig Rotating Residency
- Seattle - Virginia Mason Medical Center - MIGS
- Seattle – University of Washington Medical Center
- Laboratory or clinical research
- Additional clinical experience in OB ultrasound, family planning, transgender medicine, etc.