Baylor University Medical Center Program

Obstetrics and Gynecology Analyst Verified · Oct 3, 2026

Baylor University Medical Center Program

Baylor University Medical Center Program is a residency program specializing in Obstetrics and Gynecology, located in Dallas, Texas, directed by Brandon C. Cornelius, MD and coordinated by Alyssa Griffith. The program accepts applications through November 1, 2027 and holds an accreditation status of Continued. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (214) 820-6226. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

Baylor University Medical Center's OB/GYN residency is a high-volume, quaternary-care program (approximately 5,000 deliveries annually) built on a private-practice apprenticeship model, where residents function as junior partners within attending physicians' community practices rather than in a purely academic clinic structure. The program offers deep subspecialty exposure across gynecologic oncology, maternal-fetal medicine, urogynecology, and REI, with substantial minimally invasive and robotic surgical volume, and graduates pursue fellowships, academic positions, and private practice in roughly even measure. Research is structurally required (a project due by end of PGY3, presented at the Julian Wells Lectureship) but is not the program's defining identity; it functions as scholarly training within a clinically dense, community-facing residency. As a Christian-based institution, the program does not provide elective pregnancy termination training onsite, and it explicitly emphasizes community engagement, belonging, and a supportive well-being infrastructure for trainees.

Who it fits

An applicant drawn to high clinical/surgical volume and a private-practice-style continuity model who wants broad generalist and subspecialty exposure without needing the termination-training component, and who is equally comfortable pursuing fellowship or community-based private practice after residency.

Research intensity

Moderate - a scholarly project is required by end of PGY3 with institutional presentation and awards, but research is not positioned as central to the program's identity.

Career orientation

Mixed - Fellowship, Community Practice

Important

Training in elective termination of pregnancy is not offered on campus; residents seeking this experience must arrange it through family planning training at another institution.

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