University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Program

Program Identity & Fit

UIC OB/GYN is a university-based academic program anchored at University of Illinois Hospital and complemented by a Level I trauma/Level III perinatal community site (Advocate Christ) and additional community gynecology rotations (Swedish Hospital, OSF Little Company of Mary), giving residents exposure across tertiary, trauma, and community-practice settings. The program serves a diverse, urban, underserved patient population and explicitly foregrounds health equity, advocacy, and comprehensive reproductive health care, including a formal Ryan Program for abortion and complex family planning training. Research is structurally embedded (a dedicated Director of Resident Research, longitudinal PGY1-4 curriculum, mandatory project, Resident Research Day) alongside a robotics/simulation curriculum (Women of Steel Simulation Center, Surgical Innovation and Training Laboratory), and graduates pursue both strong generalist practice and fellowships in MFM, FPMRS, Complex Family Planning, and Gynecologic Oncology. The department states it values diversity, adaptability, collaboration, and residents who will engage as educators and advocates within a mission oriented toward marginalized and underserved communities.