Capital Health Regional Medical Center Program

Obstetrics and Gynecology Analyst Verified · Oct 3, 2026

Capital Health Regional Medical Center Program

Capital Health Regional Medical Center Program is a residency program specializing in Obstetrics and Gynecology, located in Pennington, New Jersey, directed by Mark Kuhn, MD and coordinated by Danielle Martin. The program accepts applications through September 24, 2027. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at dmartin@capitalhealth.org or (215) 990-0660. 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

Capital Health's OB/GYN residency is a brand-new, community-based, high-volume training program in central New Jersey, built around a continuity clinic in downtown Trenton and a soon-to-open Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Center serving an underserved, safety-net obstetric population. With nearly 4,000 deliveries and over 1,000 major gynecologic procedures annually, and exposure across MFM, urogynecology, oncology, and REI subspecialties under one roof, the program emphasizes broad procedural volume rather than narrow subspecialty depth. Scholarly activity is structurally mandatory (mentor-guided project from PGY1 identification through PGY4 presentation/publication), and being an inaugural class is framed explicitly as an opportunity for outsized clinical autonomy and a "pioneer" role in shaping the program alongside Capital Health's established IM, FM, and EM residencies. Leadership language stresses community service, leadership development, and addressing health care disparities, signaling a preference for residents drawn to public-health-oriented, community women's health practice as much as procedural training.

Who it fits

An applicant whose ERAS narrative centers on community/underserved women's health, public health or health-disparities work, and comfort with building something new, rather than a candidate chasing a highly subspecialized or brand-name academic pathway.

Research intensity

Moderate - a structured, required scholarly project exists (mentor-guided, PGY1 through PGY4) but the program's stated identity centers on clinical volume and community service rather than research output.

Career orientation

Mixed - Community Practice, Academic Medicine

Important

The program requires one letter of recommendation from the Chair of the OB/GYN Department (SLOE), one from an OB/GYN, and participation in ResidencyCAS preference signaling; it also states applicants must be graduating from an LCME- or AOA-accredited school, or an international medical school with formal US clinical rotation training.

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Obstetrics and Gynecology

Deadline 09/24/2027

354 days left

Accreditation Status N/A NEW

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