Oregon Health & Science University OHSU Health Program

Program Identity & Fit

OHSU is a university-based OB/GYN program that pairs tertiary/quaternary referral care from a multi-state catchment area with community hospital rotations in Portland, giving residents exposure to both complex, unusual referral cases and bread-and-butter gynecologic and obstetric practice. Research is deeply embedded in program identity through the Center for Women's Health, Women's Health Research Unit, Oregon National Primate Research Center, OPERM, and the Cochrane Fertility Regulation Review Group, with every resident required to complete a mentored, publishable-quality research project across basic science, epidemiology, health policy, or clinical domains. The department explicitly supports a wide range of career trajectories - fellowship subspecialization, academic medicine, research, policy, and advocacy - reflecting a holistic, non-hierarchical application review that weighs academics, service, teaching, and life experience equally. Distinctive strengths include named subspecialty research infrastructure (Family Planning, MFM, Gynecologic Oncology, FPMRS, REI), structured biostatistics/IRB support at no cost to trainees, and a close-knit resident culture with dedicated wellness and social traditions.