Residency

On April 24, 2025, UW Department of Ob-Gyn residents hosted a diversity, equity, and inclusion session with UW School of Medicine and Public Health students. Around 20 students joined the session to learn more about DEI in the UW Department of Ob-Gyn residency and get some hands-on skills training from ob-gyn residents.Residents led breakout groups on vaginal delivery, pelvi... more

The Society for Reproductive Investigation hosted the 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina March 25-29, 2025. Researchers from the UW Department of Ob-Gyn Division of Reproductive Sciences led sessions, gave presentations, and brought posters to the conference. Jessica Vazquez, PhD, moderated the session Immune Cell Programming and Consequences. Sathi... more

On April 3, 2025, Ben Pickus, MD, PGY-4 resident in the UW Department of Ob-Gyn, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Climate Change — How to Think Global and Act Local as an OBGYN.”In the lecture, Pickus examined the current stage of climate change and how it affects the patient population in regards to obstetrics and gynecology, explained current mitigation plans, current a... more

On April 10, 2025, Ankitha Madde, MD, PGY-4 resident in the UW Department of Ob-Gyn, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “The Obstetrician and the Intensivist: A Systems-Based Framework for Maternal Critical Care.”In the lecture, Madde demonstrated the clinical utility in bedside screening and imaging to determine various maternal conditions regarding maternal safety, identif... more

UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Rusha Bajpai, MD, PGY-3, and Stephen Rose, MD, professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, co-authored a new study in Gynecologic Oncology Reports. Co-authors include Tammy Mundale, Natalia Gontarczyk Uczkowski, and Amy Godecker, PhD, MS.In “Adnexal mass referral patterns in Gynecologic Oncology,” Bajpai, Rose, and co-authors sought to... more

Awa Sanneh, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, and UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Carrie Sibbald, MD, PGY-4, recently visited the Gambia as part of Sibbald’s global health elective. Sibbald is the residency class of 2025 global health resident.During the rotation, Sibbald worked with the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital’s Depar... more

We are thrilled to introduce the incoming UW Department of Ob-Gyn Resident Class of 2029, who matched into our residency on March 21, 2025. Please help us welcome these future ob-gyns to our department!Hannah Ahrendt – Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineMatida Bojang – Medical College of WisconsinMichelle Breuer (Rural Track) – Liberty University College of Os... more

The Society of Gynecologic Oncology hosted the 2025 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer in Seattle March 14-17, 2025. Faculty, fellows, and residents from the UW Department of Ob-Gyn attended the conference, helped shape the agenda, and shared their latest research. Just some of their exciting accomplishments: Focused Forum presentation:Ultrasonography based measurements of end... more

On March 6, 2025, UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Saule Tamkus, MD, PGY-4, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Friend or Foe?”In the lecture, Tamkus reviewed the history of AI and how it is applied to the field of medicine and more specifically ob-gyn, as well as examined the pitfalls and legal considerations behind AI in medicine, and w... more

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists hosted the 2025 Congressional Leadership Conference in Washington, DC, March 9-11. This year’s conference theme was Ob-Gyns in Action: Turning Purpose into Policy, highlighting the ways ob-gyn experts can have a role in shaping health policy.Many members of the UW Department of Ob-Gyn attended the conference to strength... more

An impressive group of Department of Ob-Gyn faculty, fellows, and residents shared their educational research at the 2025 Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) and Association of Professors in Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) Annual Meeting, held February 26-March 1, 2025 in Philadelphia. Breakout Sessions: OBGYN Standardized Letter of Evaluation... more

The UW Department of Ob-Gyn education team is excited to announce that Nicolette Cosdispoti, MD, MS, MPH, PGY-2, will be the Quality Chief Resident for the 2025-26 academic year.As the Quality Chief, Codispoti will actively participate in all aspects of the department's Quality Program, including Quality Improvement Review Committee and the Quality Committee. Codispoti will ... more

Congratulations to UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Rusha Bajpai, MD, PGY-3, who was selected to receive the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association (WMAA) 2025 Outstanding Resident Teaching Award! The WMAA Distinguished Faculty and Resident Clinical Science Teaching Awards are given to the most exceptional teachers from across the statewide campus. Bajpai was voted best resid... more

UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Jeannette Larson, MD, PGY-3, Laura Jacques, MD, associate professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, and Laura Hanks, MD, clinical assistant professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, co-authored a new article published in the Wisconsin Medical Journal. Co-authors included Camille Phillips and Amy Godecker,... more

Congratulations to UW Department of Ob-Gyn residents Rusha Bajpai, MD, Christina Dudley, MD, and Nettie Larson, MD, who will step into chief resident roles on May 1, 2025!Bajpai and Larson will be the Administrative Chief Residents, transitioning into the role with support from current administrative chiefs John Gravelle, MD, and Carrie Sibbald, MD. Dudley will be the Educat... more

Ryan Spencer, MD, MS, associate professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, is the featured speaker for an upcoming University Roundtable event! Spencer will present Investing in the Future: the Potential of Rural Training for OB-GYNs on February 26, 2025 at Varsity Hall in Union South.University Roundtable events share interesting programs and scholarship with member... more

Trainees and faculty in the UW Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology brought an impressive array of presentations to the 2025 Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) Faculty Development Seminar, held in Honolulu January 12-14, 2025. The APGO Faculty Development Seminar provides practical and timely ideas for medical education and curricula that can be... more

On December 19, 2024, UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Carrie Sibbald, MD, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “The Test of Endurance: Exploring Global Perspectives of Pregnancy and Childbirth.”In the lecture, Sibbald outlined different cultural influences for pregnancy, examined global childbirth practices, explained how birth attendants are used in a variety of birthing set... more

Members of the UW Department of Ob-Gyn attended the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Districts I, V, and VI Annual District Meeting in Boston September 27-29, 2024. Read on for just a few of their wonderful accomplishments at the meeting! Ob-Gyn resident Ben Pickus, MD, PGY-4, and Laura Hanks, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Academic Spec... more

An October 2024 article in the Wall Street Journal profiled an Indiana ob-gyn resident deciding where to start their career after training, in light of many states’ abortion restrictions. In the article, Abigail Cutler, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn and associate program director of the UW Department of Ob-Gyn residency, adds ... more

Congratulations to the UW Department of Ob-Gyn faculty, fellows, and residents who shared research at the 2024 Heartland Association of Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting! The meeting was held September 27-28, 2024 in Milwaukee. Several people shared their research during Paper Sessions throughout the event: Ob-Gyn Resident Rusha Bajpai, MD, PGY-3, presented “Gynecology O... more

Across the United States, rural access to obstetrics and gynecology providers is on the decline. According to the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health, 40 percent of hospitals in rural Wisconsin do not offer obstetrics services. “There is an actual crisis in rural medicine,” says Department of Ob-Gyn Chair Ellen Hartenbach, MD. “Hospitals in rural communities are closing their m... more

Ryan Spencer, MD, MS, associate professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology and rural residency track director, spoke with the National Governors Association in September about the maternal healthcare workforce in the United States.Spencer was one of three panelists on a Maternal-Child Health panel convened to discuss increasing the maternal health workforce in the cou... more

UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Carrie Sibbald, MD, PGY-4, is the lead author of a new study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Maternal-Fetal Medicine (AJOG MFM). Other co-authors include Amy Godecker, PhD, MS, Erin Bailey, MD, Janine Rhoades, MD, and Jacquelyn Adams, MD, MSCI.In “Association between interpreter use and small for gestational age... more

Abigail Cutler, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Obstetrics and Gynecology, joined the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) to discuss a recent a article written with Ellen Hartenbach, MD, the Chair of the UW Department of Ob-Gyn.“Dobbs Revisited — Addressing Effects on Resident Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology,” focused on the e... more

Congratulations to UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Carrie Sibbald, MD, PGY-4, who recently matched into the Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship program at the Ohio State University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology! Sibbald will begin fellowship training in July 2025 after completing ob-gyn residency. Sibbald, who is one of the 2024-25 Administrative Chief Residents, h... more

Abigail Cutler, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, spoke with Healio about the hurdles in providing UW Department of Ob-Gyn residents with abortion training.In “Impact of Dobbs ‘immediate and profound’ on OB/GYN residents in Wisconsin,” Cutler talked about how after the Dobbs decision, ACGME still required abortion training for re... more

UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Christina Dudley, MD, PGY-3, will present at the 2024 Wisconsin Section ACOG Annual Meeting, held September 13-14 in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Dudley will present as part of the Resident Research Competition on Saturday, September 14, along with ob-gyn residents from the Medical College of Wisconsin and Aurora Health Care.Incredible work, D... more

UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Taylor Badger, MD, PGY-1, was selected to serve as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) District VI Junior Fellow Secretary/Treasurer! Badger’s term will begin after the ACOG District VI annual meeting at the end of September. Congratulations on this exciting leadership opportunity!

Ryan Spencer, MD, MS, associate professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology and Rural Residency Track Director, spoke with WAOW about a recent pre- and postnatal care unit closing.“Doctors react to Aspirus Medford OB/GYN news” noted that beginning October 1, Aspirus’s Medford clinic will no longer offer prenatal and postnatal care, making patients in labor have to trav... more

This week, we say goodbye to the UW Department of Ob-Gyn Residency Class of 2024! Read more about where these brilliant physicians are headed after residency, what they’ll miss about Madison, and how their time here set them up for success in the future. Congratulations, Class of 2024!India Anderson-Carter, MD:Where will you be going and what will you be doing after UW Ob-Gy... more

The University of Wisconsin Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Rural Residency Track, the first-ever ob-gyn residency track in the nation to support rural-specific training, received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The grant is part of an $11 million investment in rural residenc... more

On June 6, 2024, UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Awa Sanneh, MD, PGY-4, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “When Life Gives You Lemons: Challenges Adaptations in Obstetric and Gynecologic Care in Resource Limited Settings.”In the lecture, Sanneh touched upon the global burden of disease for cervical cancer and other maternal health complications, as well as outlined challen... more

On June 13, 2024, the UW Department of Ob-Gyn held its annual awards ceremony, recognizing educational, research and administrative accomplishments throughout the year.The ceremony started by celebrating service milestones, including both service in the Department of Ob-Gyn and at the University of Wisconsin or UW Health overall. Service years at UW/UW Health in parentheses:... more

UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Saule Tamkus, MD, PGY-3, brought a poster to the 2024 ASCCP Scientific Meeting on Anogenital & HPV-Related Diseases. The meeting took place May 2-4 in New Orleans.Tamkus brought the poster “HPV Vaccination at the Time of Colposcopy: A Quality Improvement Study" to the conference. The project was co-authored by Ashley Jennings, MD, associate p... more

Caroline Cox, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, has agreed to take a new leadership role in the Resident Research Program. This leadership role as Co-Director of the Resident Research Program will be in addition to her role as Associate Residency Program Director. Effective in mid-May 2024, she will begin to serve i... more

A new story from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health highlights several programs aimed at increasing the number of physicians practicing in rural parts of the state. Ryan Spencer, MD, MS, Associate Professor (CHS) in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, explained the importance of the UW Department of Ob-Gyn Rural Residency Track in the article.... more

On May 2, 2024, Kaley Gyorfi, MD, PGY-4, UW Ob-Gyn’s Rural Ob-Gyn Resident, presented the Grand Rounds Lecture, “OBGYN Care in Rural America and Wisconsin: Kaley’s Version.”In the lecture, Gyorfi illustrated the health disparities for rural populations in both the U.S. and Wisconsin and current federal, state and local initiatives to provide greater health care access to the... more

On April 4, 2024, UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident India Anderson-Carter, MD, PGY-4, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Wisconsin Maternal Mortality: An Overview of Where We Are and Next Steps.”In the lecture, Anderson-Carter illustrated the trend of maternal mortality in the U.S. and how it correlates to Wisconsin’s maternal mortality, while also discussing substance abuse... more