Detroit Medical Center-Wayne State University Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a large academic program (10 residents/year, 48-month training) built around Detroit's safety-net hospital system, with residents rotating across Hutzel Women's Hospital, Sinai-Grace Hospital, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Huron Valley, and a VA site to provide broad exposure to underserved and complex obstetric and gynecologic populations. Research is structurally embedded rather than optional: every resident completes a mentored, IRB-tracked original project within one of four defined research groups (General OB/GYN, Gyn Onc, MFM, REI), supported by the department's decades-long NIH-funded Women's Reproductive Health Research infrastructure and the C.S. Mott Center for basic reproductive science. While a meaningful fraction pursue fellowship, the stated primary mission is producing practice-ready generalist obstetrician-gynecologists grounded in surgical volume (EMIG certification, structured operative progression), equity-oriented care, and community-engaged advocacy tied explicitly to Detroit's population. The program's identity is anchored in reproductive justice and culturally responsive care for a historically underserved urban population, valuing residents oriented toward both technical surgical competence and social-mission engagement.