
Fellowships

The University of Wisconsin Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology sponsors four fellowship programs to help ob-gyn physicians further meet their career goals:
Gynecologic Oncology
Director: Ryan Spencer, MD
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Director: Janine Rhoades, MD
Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Interim Director: Jon Pennycuff, MD, MSPH

Welcome incoming Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellows Jeannette Larson and Emily O’Brien
After receiving ACGME approval to increase the Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship complement to two fellows per year, the MFM fellowship will welcome two new fellows next summer! Jeannette Larson, MD, and Emily O’Brien, MD, will join the MFM fellowship in July 2026. Larson earned her medical degree from the University of Wisc...
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Welcome incoming Gynecologic Oncology fellow Taylor Stewart, MD
The Division of Gynecologic Oncology is pleased to share that Taylor Paige Stewart, MD, will join the gynecologic oncology fellowship program as a fellow in August 2026. Stewart completed medical school at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, followed by obstetrics and gynecology residency at the ...
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Maternal-fetal medicine fellowship complement increase approved by ACGME
The Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine is excited to announce that the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved a permanent complement increase for the Department of Ob-Gyn Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship. Beginning this fall, the MFM fellowship can now match two fellows per class, eventually...
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Barroilhet, Sampene co-author study on endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia in Wisconsin Medical Journal
Lisa Barroilhet, MD, MS, associate professor and director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, and Katherine Sampene, MD, clinical professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, recently co-authored a publication published in the Wisconsin Medical Journal. Matthew Wagar, MD, a recent graduate of the UW Depar...
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Huffman becomes associate director of Gynecologic Oncology fellowship program
Congratulations to Laura Huffman, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology! On July 1, 2025, she became the new associate director of the UW Department of Ob-Gyn Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship, joining fellowship director Ryan Spencer, MD, MS, in leading the program.Huffman joined the UW Department Ob-...
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Fellowship Directors

Role title: Gynecologic Oncology
UW Hospital and Clinics, Room: H4-646
600 Highland Ave
Madison, WI, 53705

Role title: Maternal-Fetal Medicine
McConnell Hall, 4th Floor
1010 Mound Street
Madison, WI, 53715