Old Dominion University Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a university/community-hybrid OB/GYN program (EVMS/ODU-affiliated, sponsored by Sentara Norfolk General Hospital) built around a high-volume, safety-net obstetric service (roughly 3,000 deliveries and 700 maternal transports annually) serving an underinsured and uninsured population in Hampton Roads. Training spans multiple community hospital sites (Sentara Leigh, Princess Anne, Virginia Beach General, CarePlex) plus CHKD and the Jones Institute/Shady Grove Fertility, giving residents broad exposure to MIGS, robotic surgery, reproductive endocrinology, and complex gynecologic surgery alongside core obstetric and gynecologic care. Research is structurally embedded through CONRAD, the Clinical Research Center, the Fetal Cardiovascular Center, and the community-facing CORE program studying maternal/perinatal health disparities, reflecting a mission oriented toward community-engaged and translational reproductive health research. The program reports a 100% fellowship match rate (2008-2018) and explicitly frames graduates as headed toward subspecialty fellowship, private practice, or research careers, indicating a program that values residents comfortable operating across a wide clinical acuity spectrum while engaging with structured research and community health initiatives.