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Program Leadership:
Christopher Downer, MD, Department Chief
Shelley McCormack, MD, Program Director
Administrative Staff:
Kendra Perret, Department Manager
Kelli Major, Program Manager
Address:
155 N Fresno Street
Fresno, CA 93701
Phone:
559.499.6540
Email:
fresno-obgyn@ucsf.edu
Program Description
The mission of the UCSF Fresno Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is to improve the lives and health of our patients in Fresno and the greater Central Valley by providing quality unbiased patient care and collaborative referral services. We aim to educate students and residents to care for patients in under resourced areas and to strengthen the obstetrics and gynecology workforce in Central California. Our care, advocacy, and research focus on patient preference and the unique needs of our patient population. Our accredited academic program blends evidence-based clinical training, laboratory-based simulation, research, and formal didactic educational experiences to prepare graduates for private practice, academic positions, or subspecialty fellowships. We are a branch campus and major teaching site of the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, teaching 3rd year OB/GYN clerkships as well as 4th year elective students in general OB/GYN, gynecologic oncology, as well as maternal and fetal medicine. Our faculty members hold appointments at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, and have received numerous awards for distinction in teaching.
The residency program is based at Community Regional Medical Center, a 685-bed regional academic medical center that serves a large and diverse patient population. Our hospital is the only tertiary care center in our region and operates the one of the largest emergency rooms in California and the only level one trauma center between Los Angeles and Sacramento. Close to 4,000 births occur annually at CRMC, and high-risk OB patients are referred from fifteen hospitals in a region delivering 50,000 babies per year.
The Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program at UCSF Fresno is committed to serving women’s health care needs by providing a wide range of routine, complex and highly individualized services. From basic obstetrical and gynecological care to high-risk prenatal care and delivery management and urinary incontinence evaluation and treatment. As the only referral center for a 100-mile radius, we provide care to many underserved patients in both rural and urban communities. Community Regional Medical Center strives to provide the support we need to care for our patients including a state-of-the-art Emergency Department, 84 bed level III NICU, 22 bed L & D with three dedicated ORs and dual console da Vinci Robot surgical system.
Instructors/Resources
Teaching Staff
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Christopher Downer, MD (Department Chief)
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Shelley McCormack, MD (Program Director)
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Jean Amoura, MD (Professor)
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Amy (Meg) Autry, MD (Professor)
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Pamela Emeney, MD (Professor)
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Rebecca Evangelista, MD (Assistant Professor)
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Stephanie Melchor, MD (Assistant Professor)
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Monica Raible, MD (Assistant Professor)
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Casey Sautter, MD (Assistant Professor)
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Fatimah Fahimuddin, MD (Assistant Professor)
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Stephanie Gaw, MD (Associate)
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Brian Morgan, MD, PhD (Professor)
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Alice Cheng, MD (Assistant Professor)
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Alexandra (Jana) Freeman, MD (Assistant Professor)
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Trung Nguyen, DO (Associate Professor)
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Ashley Moon, MD (Assistant Professor)
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Carolina M. Sueldo, MD (Assistant Professor)
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Yanett Anaya, MD (Associate Professor)
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Abner Korn, MD (Professor)
Accreditation:
The UCSF Fresno Ob/Gyn Residency program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). For more information regarding our accreditation, please contact fresno-info@ucsf.edu.
Entrance Requirements
The UCSF Fresno Obstetrics & Gynecology residency program is a four-year ACGME-accredited program. The program matches four PGY-1 residents each year.
The UCSF Fresno Obstetrics & Gynecology residency program participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). All applications are handled through ResidencyCAS.
Find detailed information on eligibility and recruitment policy for UCSF Fresno residents and fellows here.
Policies
Credit Evaluation Policy
Evaluation policy for residents, fellows, faculty and residency/fellowship training programs at UCSF Fresno adheres to the ACGME requirements. Find details on evaluations policy.
Other Policies
Find information on other policies on the House Staff Portal Policies & Procedures page.
Trainee Responsibilities
The UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program is centered on the six core competencies of the ACGME. These competencies are reflected in all aspects of the training program. The goal of this competency-based education is to graduate physicians who are competent to enter practice autonomously. To this end, several job responsibilities prepare the house staff for this aim:
- Fulfill all requirements established by the appropriate accrediting body; ACGME, Fellowship Council, AAST and/or CODA; UCSF Fresno, Bylaws and Rules and Regulations of the Medical Staff of facilities to which house staff may rotate.
- Perform all duties in accordance with the established practices, procedures, and policies of the institution, and those of its programs, clinical departments, and other participating sites to which the house staff is assigned, including California state licensure requirements for physicians in training.
- Perform all duties in compliance with applicable regulatory standards. This includes required licensing, knowledge base and education to ensure compliance with state, federal, JCAHO, Title XXII, and other guidelines.
- Participate in program improvement activities, committees, and councils, especially those that affect education or patient care at the program, institution or participating site level.
- Participate in safe, effective, and compassionate patient care under supervision commensurate with their level of advancement and responsibility and the knowledge of the limits of his/her scope of authority, and the circumstances under which he/she is permitted to act with conditional independence. Each house staff is responsible for communicating to the supervising faculty significant issues as they relate to patient care.
- Develop an understanding of ethical, socioeconomic, and medical/legal issues that affect graduate medical education and how to apply cost containment measures in the provision of patient care assist both medical students and fellow house staff in meeting their professional obligations by serving as teachers and role models.
- Comply with established ethical behavior and practices.
- Inform the person(s) that the program designates in the case of an absence.
- House staff are expected to develop a personal program of self-study and professional growth.
- Provide safe, effective and compassionate patient care under supervision commensurate with level of training and responsibility.
- Document all procedures and/or case logs according to their program requirements.
- Participate in the evaluation processes specified by the program/institution.
- Complete medical record documentation that is timely, accurate and legible. Follow the participating sites policy regarding completion of medical records.
- Abide by work hour requirements as specified by the program/institutional policy; accurately report work hours.
- Satisfactorily complete all rotations.
- Be knowledgeable about rotation goals and objectives prior to the start of a rotation. Questions about goals and objectives of a rotation should be clarified with the supervising faculty.
- Participate fully in the educational and scholarly activities of the program. Expected levels of attendance for educational activities will be set by each program and these should be met.
- Report any breaches of standards and contribute to improvement processes.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Benefits/Leave
Residents are entitled to twenty (20) weekdays of vacation, 12 weekdays of sick days. Find more information about trainee leaves. Scheduling of leave is in accordance with the leave policy for house staff.
Salaries
Concurrent with appointment to UCSF Fresno, house staff are employees of UCSF. House staff are exempt, salaried employees of UCSF and are not eligible for overtime compensation or extra duty pay.
- Salary scales for house staff are established by the UC Office of the President (UCOP) and are consistent throughout the UC medical schools. Salary scales are reviewed annually by the UCSF Fresno GMEC. Employment packages describe Fresno pay and benefits.
- Salary amounts are contained in the UCSF Fresno appointment contract and are also available from each program office, the UCSF Fresno Graduate Medical Education office, or on the UCSF Fresno house staff portal site.
- Information related to salary can be accessed through UC Path.