Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Rochester Program

Program Identity & Fit

Mayo Clinic Rochester's OB/GYN residency is a tertiary/quaternary academic program embedded in a top-ranked, subspecialty-dense department with full exposure to gynecologic oncology, MFM, REI, FPMRS, and MIGS alongside a community-based rotation at Mayo Clinic Health System. Research is structurally mandatory rather than optional: every resident completes a mentored project with dedicated PGY-3 protected time, statistical/publication support, and funded national conference travel, reflecting an institutional expectation that graduates compete for top fellowships or academic positions. Distinctive infrastructure includes a dedicated gross surgical anatomy dissection course taught by an anatomist-surgeon, a formal ultrasound rotation with an image archive for teaching/research, a progressive simulation curriculum, and recurring visiting professorships with protected resident interaction time. The chief resident year functions as a quasi-junior-staff role with independent OR, L&D, and clinic responsibility, signaling that the program values residents who can progress toward surgical and academic autonomy within a highly structured, subspecialist-driven system.