Education

Cultivating the next generation of ob-gyn leaders is a commitment we fully embrace. As a department, we provide an outstanding and comprehensive educational experience, motivating medical students, graduate students, residents, fellows, faculty and community members to be lifelong learners in reproductive health.

Medical students at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health work with our faculty and residents to get an introduction to obstetrics and gynecology practice throughout their medical school curriculum. Our residents and faculty often receive teaching awards, as voted by the medical students.

The UW Ob-Gyn residency provides a comprehensive, creative and caring training environment. We offer exceptional surgical volume, extensive subspecialty rotations, and an integrated research program. Our unique offerings include a Global Health Track, a Rural Residency Track, and a carefully structured and highly successful resident research curriculum offering opportunities to pursue projects in Research, Quality Improvement, or Education. Our residents are some of the best in the country, and they leave our program prepared for successful careers in academic medicine, private practice, and subspecialty fellowship training.

We offer high-quality, ACGME/ABOG-accredited fellowship training in gynecologic oncology, maternal-fetal medicine, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, and urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery. We value a supportive training environment that helps each of our fellows pursue their individual career goals.

The Health Disparities Research Scholars Program is an interdisciplinary post-doctoral training program that supports the training of scholars from diverse fields to become interdisciplinary researchers with a focus on health among minority populations, particularly maternal/child, adolescent, and family health.

We are proud to offer training opportunities for scientists in areas like reproductive biology and physiology, maternal health, and fetal health at the level of intrauterine programming, and the adult endocrine diseases to which they relate (hypertension, obesity, diabetes). Trainees in the Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology program join a strong, vibrant training environment led by faculty from across UW-Madison.

Green receives 2026 UW–Madison Distinguished Teaching Award

Huge congratulations to Tiffany Green, PhD, associate professor in the Division of REproductive and Population Health, who was selected to receive a 2026 UW–Madison Distinguished Teaching Award! Green earned the Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Teaching Award; she will be honored at a ceremony on April 15, 2026. The Chancell... more

Gelissen passes ob-gyn boards!

Congratulations to Julia Gelissen, MD, second-year gynecologic oncology fellow in the UW Department of Ob-Gyn! Gelissen passed American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology board exams and is now officially board-certified in Ob-Gyn. Taking time out of busy and intense fellowship to complete the boards is always extra impressiv... more

Faculty, residents and fellows bring research to 2025 AAGL Global Congress on MIGS

The AAGL hosted the 54th Global Congress on MIGS November 8-11, 2025 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Congratulations to the UW Department of Ob-Gyn faculty, residents, and fellows who co-authored videos and abstracts presented at the conference: Video Session – Endometriosis: Hatching from the Myometrium: Unusual Excision o... more

Grand Rounds: Anderholm presents “Ob-Gyns as Public Health Providers”

On December 4, 2025, UW Department of Ob-Gyn rural track resident Kaitlyn Anderholm, MD, PGY-4, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Ob-Gyns as Public Health Providers”.In the lecture, Anderholm discussed ob-gyns as advocates for patients and for public health as a whole; the implementation of public health within the ob-gyn s... more

Jacques receives APGO Humanism in Teaching Award

Congratulations to Laura Jacques, MD, associate professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn! Jacques was selected as a 2025 recipient of the Humanism in Teaching Award from the Association of Professors in Gynecology and Obstetrics. The APGO Humanism in Teaching Award honors ob-gyn educators from APGO member ... more
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