Morehouse School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

Morehouse School of Medicine's OBGYN residency is a historically Black, mission-driven academic program rooted in health equity, training residents primarily at Grady Memorial Hospital—Atlanta's Level I trauma center and safety-net institution serving underserved Fulton and DeKalb County populations—alongside Piedmont Atlanta, the Atlanta VA, and rural sites (Colquitt Regional, Phoebe Putney) via a dedicated Rural Track. Research is mandatory and longitudinally structured across all four years, culminating in required presentation at an annual Resident Research Day and expected submission for publication, reflecting the institution's broader identity as a health-disparities-focused research center. The program explicitly orients toward producing general obstetrician-gynecologists for Georgia and underserved communities, though it also places residents into competitive fellowships, and emphasizes a small, close-knit "family feel" with a notably high resident-to-faculty ratio. Its distinctive features—rural rotations, safety-net and VA training, and a longitudinal mandatory research curriculum—signal a program that values residents committed to community and equity-oriented generalist practice as much as academic rigor.