University of Mississippi Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

UMMC is Mississippi's only academic medical center and functions as the sole quaternary referral hub for high-risk obstetric and gynecologic care statewide, drawing complex patients from all 82 Mississippi counties plus adjoining Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama. The program is explicitly mission-driven around eliminating health disparities and expanding women's health access in underserved Mississippi, exemplified by its new Rural OB-GYN Residency Track with Memorial Hospital in Gulfport that embeds residents in rural practice for PGY-2 and PGY-3 years. With a small categorical class of six plus one preliminary resident, training centers on core CREOG-based general OB-GYN education aimed at producing physicians for independent practice and board certification, supported by an in-house Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship and graduate research/masters coursework. The program values residents committed to practicing in or serving Mississippi's underserved regions rather than pursuing subspecialty-heavy academic tracks exclusively.