Surgical obstetrics
150+ cesarean deliveries with progressive autonomy. Operative vaginal deliveries built into the rotation schedule.
Women's Health Fellowship · PGY-4
An FP-OB fellowship for physicians serving rural and underserved communities.
The 11-month fellowship is built around high-volume surgical obstetrics and the full scope of GYN office procedures. Fellows train in an unopposed setting alongside OB-Gyn providers, maintain their own FM clinic panel, and help teach our family medicine residents.
150+
Cesarean deliveries
During the 11-month fellowship
11 mo
Fellowship length
August 1 start
Unopposed
Training setting
Alongside OB-Gyn providers
1
FM clinic panel
Maintained throughout
Training scope
What you'll do during fellowship
Gynecologic office procedures
LEEPs, colposcopy, endometrial biopsy, IUD placements, and the full scope of common ambulatory GYN procedures.
High-risk pregnancy management
Co-management with MFM at a tertiary care center — diabetes, hypertensive disorders, preterm labor, abnormal placentation.
Neonatal resuscitation
Routine and complex resuscitation experience in the OB and L&D setting.
Eligibility
Who can apply
Applicants must have completed a 3-year ACGME-accredited Family Medicine Residency and be:
- Board certified in Family Medicine, or
- In your third year on track for certification by August 1.
Application materials
What to send
- Current CV
- 2-page personal statement
- Program Director letter of support (or Medical Director if practicing)
- Two additional reference letters — preferably one FM and one OB/GYN
- OB and GYN procedure numbers from the past 2 years
- ABFM examination score or In-Training Examination score
Personal statement
Two pages, three prompts
Your statement should address:
- 1 Motivation for additional obstetrics training, particularly surgical obstetrics
- 2 Previous obstetrical experience — residency and beyond
- 3 Career goals after fellowship
Application timeline
Key dates
- 01
September 15
Application deadline
- 02
Late Sept – early Oct
Interviews
- 03
November 15
Fellows selected
- 04
August 1
Fellowship begins
Fellowship contact
Send application materials to
Family medicine resident already?
Talk to Dr. Clouse about fellowship fit.
Most fellows reach out long before the formal application — to ask about case mix, scope, and what the fellow's week actually looks like. We welcome that conversation.