Ascension St Vincent Hospital Indianapolis Program

Program Identity & Fit

Ascension St. Vincent is a high-volume, community-based OB/GYN program in Indianapolis built around a quaternary maternal referral center, a dedicated Women's Hospital, and one of the busiest gynecologic oncology services in the state, giving residents unusually large surgical and high-risk obstetric exposure for a non-university program. Research is structured but modest in scope, centered on a PGY-2 quality assurance project and a PGY-3 clinical research day rather than a hypothesis-driven scholarly track. The overwhelming majority of graduates enter private practice, though a steady minority pursue MFM, REI, UroGyn, and GynOnc fellowships, indicating the program supports subspecialty pathways without making them the default expectation. Its recurring self-description emphasizes a tight-knit, family-style resident-faculty culture, night-float-protected work-life balance, and a "small program feel with big program opportunities," reflecting a value system oriented toward collegiality, clinical volume, and generalist competence over academic production.