Cleveland Clinic Foundation-Akron General Program

Program Identity & Fit

Cleveland Clinic Akron General's OB/GYN program is a community-based, university-affiliated (NEOMED) four-year, five-per-year residency built around a distinctive high-acuity acute-care experience: the only dedicated Obstetric Emergency Department in Northeast Ohio, staffed 24/7 and generating 400-500 monthly visits, giving residents graduated-responsibility exposure to obstetric emergencies and non-obstetric complications in pregnancy from the PGY-1 year onward. The program combines this acute-care volume (2300+ annual gynecologic procedures) with a Ryan Program family planning curriculum, CenteringPregnancy group prenatal care, and early first-two-year exposure to all OB/GYN subspecialties (Gyn Onc, MFM, REI, Urogynecology, Complex Family Planning, MIGS) to prepare residents for either general practice or fellowship. Research is described as "community-based, clinically relevant" rather than a driver of institutional identity, and the program emphasizes wellness alongside academics, with graduates reported entering all subspecialty fellowships as well as full-time academic careers. The stated recruiting emphasis is on applicants with demonstrated academic achievement, work ethic, volunteerism and moral character, within a diverse, community-facing patient population.