University of Missouri-Columbia Program

Program Identity & Fit

Mizzou OB/GYN is a small, university-affiliated academic program built around exceptionally high surgical volume, with graduating chiefs ranking in the 80th-90s percentiles nationally for vaginal and laparoscopic hysterectomy, cesarean and vaginal deliveries, and 50-60 primary-operator robotic cases by graduation. All attendings are core faculty who work closely with residents across their training, producing an unusually consistent, trust-based progression from simulation-based intern orientation to teaching-assistant status as chief. Research is structurally embedded via the CREST curriculum from intern year, supported by a well-funded department (near a dozen active NIH grants, 2,000+ sq ft wet lab space) with faculty studying fertility, placental biology, pelvic floor disorders, and reproductive cancers. Roughly three-quarters of graduates enter general OB/GYN practice while about one in four pursue fellowship (MFM, GynOnc, UroGyn, REI, CFP), reflecting a program that values procedural mastery and surgical autonomy alongside scholarly output, not a fellowship-first identity.