Fellowship Education Program
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Family Medicine OB Fellowship
Program Overview
The University of Rochester Family Medicine Program offers an exceptional opportunity for advanced training in maternity care.
Goals: (1) To train family physicians who wish to teach Obstetrics in a Family Medicine residency program or (2) To train family physicians to practice in areas where a high degree of skill and independence are required.
To accomplish these goals, the following aspects of training are emphasized:
Cesarean section and other operative skills. Fellows will perform more than 100 Cesarean sections under supervision; significant numbers of forceps, vacuums, vaginal breech deliveries; postpartum tubal ligations and other procedures.- High risk obstetrics. Fellows will devote much of their time to the management of complicated obstetric patients in the labor floor setting.
- Education of residents and medical students. Fellows are expected to precept residents in the role of junior faculty. They also present several conferences and are expected to become ALSO instructors.
- A project of an educational or research nature.
Fellows are expected to be busy and continually challenged by new opportunities. However, a serious effort is made to avoid the “overwork syndrome” that occurs in some medical settings.
Number of Fellowships
One fellow is accepted.
Benefits and Perks
The fellow receives a salary of $60,000. Although outside moonlighting is discouraged,
some opportunities exist for extra income from approved activities. Benefits
include malpractice insurance, four weeks of vacation, and CME time and money.
After Graduation
Fellows have distinguished themselves in academic and clinical practice careers after leaving the program. No fellow to date has been denied privileges which have been requested. A listing of former fellows is available for serious candidates to contact.
The Hospital
Highland Hospital is a small community hospital
which emphasizes primary care and friendly, personalized service. There are
about 3600 deliveries a year at Highland. All patients are considered “teaching” patients.
About 30 Board Certified obstetricians and 6 family physicians conduct
their private practices at Highland, in addition to the Family Medicine practice.
A full-time perinatologist is available for consultation and teaching.
An active midwifery service began in September of 2000. All standard obstetric
interventions are available at Highland, but the hospital is also receptive
to alternative styles of childbirth.
The cesarean section rate is about 21%. The Maternity service is staffed jointly by Family Medicine residents and OB residents, who have a long tradition of mutual respect and collaboration.
Family Medicine OB Fellowship Director
Lois Van Tol, MD is a fellowship-trained family physician and an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine. She is active in OB/GYN teaching. While working in rural Wisconsin, she organized a series of Maternity Care Conferences for Amish midwives and provided medical backup services for the midwives.
Her special interests include include colposcopy, OB ultrasound, and breastfeeding. Lois is a member of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Physicians for Human Rights, American Academy of Family Physicians, and Physicians for a National Health Program. She has spent time in Haiti working at a rural health clinic and works with the many refugee patients at the Family Medicine Center.
Eligibility
To qualify for admission to the fellowship, candidates must:
- Fill out the standard Fellowship application
- References are required.
- Obtain a New York State license, hospital privileges, and HMO provider status.
Selected applicants will be invited for a visit. The best visit is for two days, giving the applicant a chance to meet many individuals who will be important to their program, and to see life in the Family Maternity Center (the labor floor).
Application Procedure
For further information, write or call:
Lois J. Van Tol, MD, Director
OB Fellowship
Department of Family Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
777 South Clinton
Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620 USA
Phone: (585) 279-4842
Fax: (585) 442-8319
Email: Lois_Vantol@urmc.rochester.edu
OR
Susan M. Gardner, Fellowship Coordinator
Department of Family Medicine Research Programs
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
1381 South Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620 USA
Phone: (585) 506-9484 ext. 128
Fax: (585) 473-2245
Email: Susan_Gardner@urmc.rochester.edu