SSM Health-Saint Louis University School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

This four-year, university-affiliated OB/GYN program is anchored in the SSM Health/SLU partnership, training six residents per year across three clinical sites (SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, and St. Luke's Hospital) that together provide broad exposure to obstetrics, gynecologic oncology, urogynecology, REI, and MIS. The curriculum includes structured subspecialty rotations, cadaver and animal labs for surgical skill-building, and a resident research symposium, reflecting a comprehensive community-and-academic hybrid model rather than a heavily research-driven identity. The program is explicitly grounded in the Jesuit tradition of cura personalis, emphasizing whole-person care for a socioeconomically diverse, urban population and framing patient care - not subspecialty prestige or bench research - as its central value. Graduates go on to a variety of practice settings, consistent with a broad clinical training model rather than an academic-pipeline focus.