Todd Griffin, M.D., Director

Program Overview

The residency training program in Obstetrics and Gynecology is a University based training program within the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and University Medical Center. The residency in OB/GYN is a fully accredited four year training program with a total of 16 residents (4 residents per year for 4 years of training). The residents are trained in all aspects of Obstetrics and Gynecology and we stress the importance of the Obstetrician/Gynecologist as the primary care provider for women. Residents completing our program are expected to either pursue a fellowship for a career in academic medicine or pursue a clinical practice.

Our residents possess independent initiative, enthusiasm, creativity, and scholarly talents to excel in our field. The goal of the residency training program is to produce physicians who have a solid knowledge base and excellent clinical skills to be leaders in our field, regardless of the type of practice they pursue. Our graduates possess the necessary skills not only to excel in patient care, participate in research and education. We do so with a very structured training program that emphasizes the learning aspects of our discipline and minimizes the amount of service work. The support staff allows physicians to maximize their time spent learning and minimize the amount of extracurricular work ("scut").

Our field is an ever changing field and we have remained very proactive in our approach to resident education. We constantly evaluate our training program and make the necessary adjustments to continue to be on the "cutting edge" of resident education. Each year we have a department wide faculty retreat to discuss the future directions of our training program and to make all the necessary changes to accomplish our goals. We are constantly searching for ways to improve, and we consider the resident input paramount in this process.