Before graduating from the UW Ob-Gyn residency in 2020, Kali Rivas, MD focused her resident research project on whether resident physicians in Wisconsin are trained in immediate postpartum long- … more

Later this month, UW Ob-Gyn resident Laura McDowell, MD, PGY-4 will make medical history when she becomes the first graduate from the first rural ob-gyn residency training program in the country.  … more

UW Ob-Gyn resident Laura McDowell, MD, PGY-4 will present the lecture “Rural Medical Training: The Stats, The Need, The Future” for UW–Madison Science Outreach’s Wednesday Nite @ the Lab series on  … more

At the virtual 2021 ACOG Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, UW Ob-Gyn Residency Program Director Ryan Spencer, MD joined a panel of experts to discuss rural health.

During the clinical … more

On May 13, 2021, the UW Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology hosted Department Research Day, featuring exceptional presentations on fundamental, clinical, and quality improvement research. … more

UW Ob-Gyn resident Laura McDowell, MD, PGY-4 will be the first person to graduate from the UW Ob-Gyn Rural Residency Training Program, the first program in the nation to offer specific training for … more

UW Ob-Gyn Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist and associate MFM fellowship director Janine Rhoades, MD, co-authored two articles in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology – Maternal-Fetal … more

Wisconsin has the third-largest Hmong population in the United States. For her Grand Rounds lecture, UW Ob-Gyn resident Dandi Huang, MD, PGY-4 presented “Caring for our Hmong Patients: Intersection … more

Kathy Stewart, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, co-authored a new publication in the journal FASEB BioAdvances about adapting medical school instruction to meet educational … more

During the 2021 Society of Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer, UW Ob-Gyn resident Connor Wang, MD, PGY-2 presented an oral abstract!

Wang presented the abstract “Cancer … more

Another successful Match Day is in the books! It is our great pleasure to introduce the UW Ob-Gyn resident class of 2025. These amazing future ob-gyns will join us in Wisconsin this summer – please … more

A case study by UW Ob-Gyn resident (and future UW Ob-Gyn Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery fellow) Ushma Patel, MD, PGY-3 was published in the International Journal of Surgery Case … more

A new study published in the Wisconsin Medical Journal by UW Ob-Gyn maternal-fetal medicine fellow Jenna Racine, MD sought to survey birthing centers in Wisconsin to better understand barriers to … more

In a new publication in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, UW Ob-Gyn resident Matt Wagar, MD, PGY-3 compared operative outcomes of postpartum tubal ligation and bilateral salpingectomy. Co- … more

Our congratulations to UW Ob-Gyn residents John Poehlmann, MD and Vienna Tran, MD! Currently in their third year of residency, Poehlmann and Tran have been selected to serve as Administrative Chief … more

A quality improvement study by lead author Rachel Mojdehbakhsh, MD, PGY-2, was published in Gynecologic Oncology Reports. Co-authors include Stephen Rose, MD, Megan Peterson, DNP, Laurel Rice, MD,  … more

The agenda for the virtual Society of Gynecologic Oncology’s 2021 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer, coming up in March, is available, and UW Ob-Gyn faculty and trainees will have an extensive … more

On Thursday, January 7, a multidisciplinary group presented Badger Bytes Grand Rounds lectures as part of the presentation “The Multiple Dimensions of Opioid Use for Women’s Health.” The session … more

UW Ob-Gyn Gynecologic Oncology fellow (and soon-to-be Division of Gynecologic Oncology faculty member) Janelle Sobecki, MD published a new case report in Gynecologic Oncology Reports. UW Ob-Gyn … more

The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 drastically affected health care provision this year. At UW Ob-Gyn Grand Rounds on December 17, 2020, UW Ob-Gyn resident Melissa Meyer, MD, PGY-4 discussed some of the … more

UW Ob-Gyn fellow (and soon to be faculty) in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology Janelle Sobecki, MD published an article in the journal Gynecologic Oncology.

In the article “Bone health and … more

On December 3, 2020, UW Ob-Gyn resident Ramsey Larson, MD, PGY-4 presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Waste within the Healthcare System: How Your Actions Impact Patients, Providers, and the Planet”. … more

On November 12, 2020, UW Ob-Gyn resident Emily Buttigieg, MD, PGY-4 presented the Grand Rounds lecture “From Schoolhouse Rock to Modern Day Politics: Applying Childhood Lessons to Practical … more

The UW Ob-Gyn Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, and FPMRS Fellowship Director Christine Heisler, MD, are thrilled to announce that Ushma Patel, MD will join us as our … more

UW Ob-Gyn resident Matt Wagar, MD, PGY-3 will bring the poster “Degree of Agreement Between Resident and Faculty Procedural Assessments Using MyTIPreport” to the 2021 APGO/CREOG virtual meeting in … more

Can lessons from the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak be applied to maternal health care in COVID-19? UW Ob-Gyn resident Stephanie Peace, MD, PGY-4 discussed in a recent UW Ob-Gyn Grand Rounds lecture. … more

Happy news out of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Gynecologic Oncology! When Janelle Sobecki, MD, current third-year fellow in gynecologic oncology, finishes her fellowship in 2021, she will join our … more

Incredible news out of the UW Ob-Gyn Rural Residency track! The program was awarded a Wisconsin Department of Health Services Grant for Rural GME Training. Residency Program Director Ryan Spencer, … more

Fellowship Match Day brought some very exciting news – UW Ob-Gyn resident Dandi Huang, MD, PGY-4, matched into the gynecologic oncology fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles! … more

The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Team is happy to announce that Erin Bailey, MD has matched as our July 2021 incoming MFM fellow!

Bailey received her MD from the University of Wisconsin … more

The Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Team is happy to announce that Lauren Montemorano, MD will join us in July 2021 as our newest gynecologic oncology fellow!

Montemorano earned her medical … more

On September 23, 2020, members of the UW Ob-Gyn residency team led the panel discussion “Increasing the Rural OB/GYN Pipeline: a Pathway for Rural Track Training”, presented by the Council on … more

UW Ob-Gyn residency grad (class of 2018) and current MD Anderson fellow in gynecologic oncology Ross Harrison, MD, authored an article in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology!

In “Occupational … more

On August 20, 2020, three panelists presented brief lectures for the Badger Bytes Grand Rounds session themed around contraception.

Cynthie Wautlet, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Academic … more

Congratulations to graduated UW Ob-Gyn resident Kali Rivas, MD – a poster of her resident research project “Are Wisconsin residents trained in immediate postpartum long-acting reversible … more

The Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship Team is pleased to announce that Kristina Warner, MD has matched as our July 2021 incoming fellow.  This is exciting news as she … more

Congratulations to the UW Ob-Gyn Rural Residency team! Our first-in-the-nation rural ob-gyn training program was prominently featured in a recent “Improving Access to Maternal Health Care in Rural … more

The 2020 UW Women’s Health and Health Equity Research Lecture & Symposium will be held Thursday, October 8, 2020. This year, the Symposium will be hosted online.

In its eighth year, the event … more

​On June 11, 2020, graduating resident Antonio Romo de Vivar Chavez, MD presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Building the Most Important Memories of Residency, Your Muscle Memory: Surgical … more

On June 4, 2020, graduating resident Kathleen Ireland, MD, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “Heart Matters: Cardiovascular Disease & Pregnancy.”

In her presentation, Ireland discussed impacts … more

The annual UW Ob-Gyn Department Awards Ceremony is an important fixture on our calendar – an opportunity to say goodbye to those leaving, extend a warm welcome to the residents, fellow, and … more

The UW Ob-Gyn Resident Class of 2020 prepares to take off for the next steps in their careers, and we’re celebrating this last week with them as much as possible!

On Monday, the graduating … more

After years of training and hard work, the UW Ob-Gyn Resident Class of 2020 is ready to trade in their UW Health/Meriter scrubs and move on to the next part of their careers! Please join us in … more

Congratulations UW Ob-Gyn Residency Program Director Ryan Spencer, MD, and the UW Ob-Gyn Rural Residency Program! Spencer won a Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Grant to disseminate our first-in-the-nation … more

Our congratulations to Health Disparities Research Scholar Vivian Tamkin, PhD! Tamkin was selected for the third cohort of Morgridge Fellows.

The purpose of the Morgridge Fellows program is to … more

UW Ob-Gyn Gynecologic Oncology fellow Janelle Sobecki, MD discussed her study “Bone loss and osteoporosis risk in younger gynecologic cancer survivors”,  which was included in the 2020 Society of … more

Awa Sanneh, MD, a member of the UW Ob-Gyn incoming resident class of 2024, was selected to join the global health track!

As part of the interdisciplinary UW SMPH global health track, she will  … more

Health Disparities Research Scholar Leigh Senderowicz, PhD, published the paper “Contraceptive Autonomy: Conceptions and Measurement of a Novel Family Planning Indicator” in the journal Studies in … more

For medical students graduating this spring, the 2020 Match Day was probably not what they expected. Schools across the country moved celebrations online, and medical students found creative ways … more

​Happy Match Day 2020! We are incredibly pleased to introduce you to the incoming UW Ob-Gyn intern class:

India Anderson-Carter

University of Wisconsin SMPH

Alex Andes

USF Health … more

With interview season for some fellowships right around the corner, residency interviews coming right after that, and travel restrictions in place for many institutions, it might be time to think … more

On March 5, 2020, residents in the 2020 graduating class presented results from their long-term research projects at Resident Research Day.

The day kicked off with the inspiring keynote … more

In late February, faculty and residents from the UW Department of Ob-Gyn brought posters and presentations to the 2020 CREOG/APGO Annual Meeting​ in Orlando, Florida. Just a few of their incredible … more

On Thursday, February 27, UW Ob-Gyn residents kicked off their annual Winter Retreat with a lovely brunch before spending the day together recharging. The Winter Retreat is a well-deserved wellness … more

Huge congratulations to Laura Jacques, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn! Jacques presented the oral abstract “Care Across the Life Cycle: Results of an Integrated … more

You’re invited to the inaugural Heartland Association for Gynecologic Oncology (HAGO) Meeting coming up September 10-12, 2020 in Madison, Wisconsin.

HAGO is dedicated to providing relevant and … more

Faculty and fellows from the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, as well as UW Ob-Gyn residents, brought an abundance of amazing research to the 2020 Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’ … more

Congratulations to UW Ob-Gyn Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellow Jacquelyn Adams, MD! Adams presented the poster Weight gain in pregnancy: can metformin steady the scales? at the 2020 Society for … more

Congratulations to UW Ob-Gyn resident Connor Wang, MD, PGY-1, who is lead author on a new article in Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology!

“Grade 4 Pneumonitis in a Patient Treated with a … more

Don’t miss UW Ob-Gyn Resident Research Day on Thursday, March 5 in room 1325 HSLC from 7:00-11:00 a.m. The event offers a keynote by Amy Young, MD, from the University of Texas, and research … more

Our congratulations to UW Ob-Gyn residents Ramsey Larson, MD and Stephanie Peace, MD! Larson and Peace were elected to serve as chief residents for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Larson and … more

On Wednesday, January 29, 2020, UW Ob-Gyn residents and faculty attended the Wisconsin Medical Society’s annual Wisconsin Doctor Day event at the Wisconsin State Capital.

The 2020 event added … more

Huge congratulations to UW Ob-Gyn resident Melissa Meyer, MD, PGY-4! Meyer’s hard work on a fetal growth restriction abstract earned her two exciting presentation opportunities! 

She has a … more

The Wisconsin Hospital Association released its 2019 Health Care Workforce Report, which provides an overview of the current Wisconsin health care workforce and anticipates future challenges and … more

Katie Antony, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, supported the Shapiro Summer Research student who worked with her on several sleep-related studies at the 2019 Medical … more

On November 21, the UW Ob-Gyn Global Health Journal Club gathered to discuss the article “Causes and contributing factors of maternal mortality in Bosaso District of Somalia: A retrospective study … more

Huge congratulations to the UW Ob-Gyn Education team! This week, the UnityPoint Health-Meriter Foundation approved two significant grants to bring in new equipment to the UW Ob-Gyn Simulation Lab … more

UW Ob-Gyn rural resident Alexa Lowry, MD, PGY-2 recently completed the first rural rotation in Baldwin, WI. While she was there, the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram published a story about our (still) … more

UW Ob-Gyn Department Chair Laurel Rice, MD, along with residents Dandi Huang, MD, and Erica Carballo, MD, presented at the Mid-Atlantic Gynecologic Oncology Society (MAGOS) meeting in Charlotte, NC! … more

UW Ob-Gyn rural resident Alexa Lowry, MD, PGY-2, took the inaugural rural rotation with Western Wisconsin Health in Baldwin, Wisconsin! Lowry’s first day on the rotation was October 7.

Thanks to … more

We are so excited to welcome incoming Gynecologic Oncology fellow Catherine Zhang, MD, who will join us in July 2020!

Zhang graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.S. in Integrative … more

2020 fellowship matches have been announced, and we’re so thrilled to welcome incoming Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellow Bradley Bosse, MD!

Bosse received both his B.S. in Biology and M.D. from the … more

Many members of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery visited Nashville in late September for the annual American Urogynecologic Society/International … more

UW Ob-Gyn co-directors of the Global Health program Cynthie Wautlet, MD and Jennifer Karnowski, MD presented a poster at the recent Midwest Universities for Global Health conference!

Along … more

Our congratulations to new Health Disparities Research Scholar Leigh Senderowicz, PhD, who recently published a study in the journal Social Science & Medicine!

Senderowicz’s paper, “I Was … more

What goes better with resident wellness than Thai food? Enjoying that food with UW Ob-Gyn Department Chair Laurel Rice, MD.

The UW Ob-Gyn intern class sampled fare at one of Madison’s best Thai … more

Christine Heisler, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Health, and resident Sierra Jansen, MD, PGY-4, published a case study in the International … more

Our congratulations to UW Ob-Gyn resident Sierra Jansen, MD, PGY-4! Jansen just received the incredible news that she has matched into the urogynecology fellowship at the University of New Mexico … more

Congratulations to Sydney Nguyen, Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology student in the lab of Ted Golos, PhD! Nguyen is one of five outstanding scholars nominated for the Schmidt Science … more

On Thursday, August 1, UW Ob-Gyn Vice Chair for Education Ellen Hartenbach, MD joined the Wisconsin Public Radio Morning Show for an in-depth discussion on maternal health care in rural Wisconsin. … more

The agenda for the 2019 Innovations in Women’s Health conference, which brings you the latest developments in the field of women's reproductive and general health, is now available! 

Check out the … more

UW Ob-Gyn rural resident Laura McDowell, MD, PGY-3, joined 97.7 radio in Waupun to talk about her experiences working in Waupun Memorial Hospital as part of her rural residency rotation!

In the … more

Physicians and surgeons go through many years of training to hone their skills. But have you ever wondered what that training looks like? How do surgeons learn these extremely technical, hands-on … more

Congratulations to Bridget Kelly, MD, and Jackie Peebles, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn! Kelly and Peebles will begin their tenure as associate directors of the … more

Christine Heisler, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, led the PGY-2 ob-gyn residents in a cystoscopy sim lab on Thursday, July 11.

The cystoscopy … more

Resident wellness can take many forms. And sometimes, your rising PGY-2s just want to enjoy a soothing paddle on one of Madison’s beautiful lakes.

Residents Vienna Tran, MD, and Matt Wagar, MD,  … more

Since they arrived earlier this June, the UW Ob-Gyn Resident Class of 2023 has been swept up in a whirlwind of orientation and preparation to help them make the leap from medical students to … more

The UW Ob-Gyn Rural Residency program (still the first and only in the nation) received tons of great coverage on WKOW-27 News last week!

First, UW Ob-Gyn resident PGY-2 Alexa Lowry, MD, spoke … more

On June 20, the UW Department of Ob-Gyn celebrated faculty, residents, staff and more at our annual department awards ceremony. Congratulations to the 2019 winners!

Residency Program Awards

Chief … more

Next week, the UW Ob-Gyn resident class of 2019 will graduate and depart for the next stages of their careers as women’s health providers. We’re so grateful for their commitment to excellent … more

On June 13, we received notification from the ACGME that both our Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology fellowship programs received continued accreditation status with no citations or … more

The UW Ob-Gyn Book Club brings residents and faculty together to discuss books - fiction and non - that add perspective to the care we provide. And occasionally, the book club gets to enjoy that … more

Helen Powling, MPH, joins the UW Department of Ob-Gyn’s education team as coordinator for the Rural Residency Program, Global Health Track, and Sim Lab!

Before coming to the department, Powling … more

Talya Spivak, MD, a member of the UW Ob-Gyn incoming resident class of 2023, was selected to join the global health track!

As part of the interdisciplinary UW SMPH global health track, she will  … more

UW Ob-Gyn PGY-3 residents Kathleen Ireland, MD and Brenda Niu, MD, have both passed the fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery exam!

Both doctors aced the cognitive knowledge and manual skills … more

On Friday, May 10, three students in the Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology Program with UW Ob-Gyn mentors graduated! Congratulations to these newly minted PhDs:

Yousef Alharbi, PhD – … more

Our sincere congratulations to UW Ob-Gyn resident Emily Rosen, MD, PGY-4 – Rosen earned the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association’s 2019 Outstanding Resident Teaching Award!

Medical students in … more

Our sincere congratulations to David Kushner, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Gynecologic Oncology! Kushner earned the 2019 UW Health Physician Excellence Clinical Educator award, out of a pool of … more

From chairing workshops to scientific salons to posters, UW Ob-Gyn residents (past and present) and members of our Division of Advanced Pelvic Surgery brought their best to the 2018 American … more

Our congratulations to Katherine Brow, who presented her research poster at the 18th Annual Department of Population Health Sciences​ poster session on Monday, March 11.

Brow is a Masters of Public … more

The ACGME sent exciting updates about all three (yes, three, you read that right) fellowship programs!

The UW Ob-Gyn Gynecologic Oncology fellowship received continued accreditation.

The UW Ob- … more

Congratulations to UW Ob-Gyn resident Matthew Wagar, MD, PGY-1! Wagar wrote a Perspectives essay published in the May volume of the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.

In Wagar’s essay “Findings on … more

The UW Ob-Gyn Rural Residency program gets a mention in an article on Bloomberg News. As we know, our first-in-the-nation rural ob-gyn residency training program aims to help physicians feel … more

Our sincere congratulations to UW Ob-Gyn resident Emily Rosen, MD, PGY-4 – Rosen earned the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association’s 2019 Outstanding Resident Teaching Award!

Medical students in … more

Mary Landry, MD, brought a poster to the UW-Madison Office of Strategic Consulting’s 2019 Showcase! Landry’s poster outlined a telehealth program she implemented at the University Health Services – … more

David Abbott, PhD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Reproductive Sciences, will be faculty mentor to a recipient of the UW-Madison Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship!

Aiden Jacobs earned … more

On April 16, Cynthie Wautlet, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, and global health resident Emily Rosen, MD, PGY-4, presented a poster at the 15th annual Global Health … more

Congratulations to the 2019 UW SMPH M4 students who matched into ob-gyn residency programs last month! These students will head off to their new programs in June, but for the past two weeks have … more

Sierra Jansen, MD, PGY-3, and Katherine Sampene, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, will publish a case report in the May 2019 volume of Obstetrics and Gynecology.   … more

On March 12, 2019, UW Ob-Gyn residents Emily Buttigieg, MD, PGY-2, and Matthew Wagar, MD, PGY-1 visited members of the Wisconsin congressional delegation to advocate for improved maternal healthcare … more

​Please allow us to introduce the medical students who matched into the UW Ob-Gyn residency!

Kathryn Dryer

University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences

Maya Groos

Tulane University … more

Ryan Spencer, MD, of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Gynecologic Oncology (and associate residency program director) was in New Orleans last week for the 2019 CREOG and APGO Annual Meeting. While there, he … more

Members of the UW Department of Ob-Gyn Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, as well as residents and medical students, had an impressive showing at the 2019 Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine … more

After an incredibly competitive national search, we are so pleased to announce Jody Silva, M.Ed, will assume the role of Residency Program Manager, beginning January 28, 2019.

As program manager, … more

Congratulations to UW Ob-Gyn residents Anna Drewry, MD and Kali Rivas, MD! This spring, they will step up to be co-chief residents. Both are currently in their third year of ob-gyn residency. … more

Save the date early: the 2019 Innovations in Women's Health interprofessional conference will be held on November 1! This conference is an incredible opportunity to catch up on the latest … more

This Fellowship Match Day, we’re so happy to announce fellowship matches from our department, and excited to introduce the MFM and Gyn Onc fellows who will join us next summer!

Congratulations to … more