The Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health

Residency Program in Obstetrics & Gynecology

Leadership

Vice Chair of Education

TBA 
Tel: 718.430.4031
  

Program Director

Antoinette Danvers, M.D. 
Tel: 718.430.4031
adanvers@montefiore.org  

 
Dr. Wendy Leung, M.D.

Associate Program Director

 Wendy Leung, M.D. 
Tel: 718.405.8260
 wleung@montefiore.org  

Associate Program Director

Emily Buttigieg, M.D.
Tel: 718.904.2767
ebuttigieg@montefiore.org  

 

Associate Program Director

Himabindu Reddy, M.D., M.P.H.
Tel: 718.920.6313
hreddy@montefiore.org  

Education Administrator

Nancy Ortiz Rivera
Tel: 718.430.4031
nortizri@montefiore.org  

 

Program Assistant

Ruth Delgado
Tel: 718.430.3502
rdelgado@montefiore.org 

 
  • Number of trainees: 46 
  • Prepares residents for independent practice as general ob/gyn or subsequent training in a subspecialty 
  • Residents are exposed to the breadth and depth of obstetrics and gynecology and its subspecialties 
  • Protected time in third year
  • Health Equity and Antiracism Training (HEART) sessions 4-6 times a year
  • How to Teach Medical Students 3 times a year
  • URM mentoring families quarterly dinner meetings
  • Experience in:
    • Maternal Fetal Medicine 
    • Gynecologic Oncology 
    • Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility 
    • Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery 
    • Complex Family Planning 
    • Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery 
    • Reproductive and Medical Genetics 
    • Fetal Medicine 
    • Ultrasound 
    • Social OB/GYN
    • Advocacy 
    • Simulation
 

Accreditation

Fully Accredited by ACGME
Last site visit: 2013

Prerequisites

USMLE Step I and II
A Minimum of Three LOR's

Current Residents

13 PGY1 (includes 2 Prelim PGY1 positions)
11 PGY2
11 PGY3
11 PGY4 

Past Residents (2011-2021)  

 

Application Process

Applications accepted through ERAS
Deadline: November
Interview Months: Nov, Dec

Selection Process

NRMP

Contact Us

Nancy Ortiz Rivera
718.430.4031
nortizri@montefiore.org 

 
Sample Block Schedule    
Year One OB GYN Gyn Onc Complex Family Planning Amb Surg Social GYN    
Year Two OB  GYN Gyn Onc Antepartum/Maternal Fetal Medicine Endo/Infert Amb Surg Research Urogynecology
Year Three OB GYN Gyn Onc Research/Elective        
Year Four OB GYN Gyn Onc Complex Family Planning Ambulatory Surgery      

 

Educational Sessions
  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
AM 7:00 - Morning Report L + D - Weiler and Wakefield 7:00 - Departmental Statistics or M&M Conference 7:00 - Morning Report L + D - Weiler and Wakefield 7:00 - 8:00 Weiler Fetal Tracing Rounds  7:00 - 9:00 FLS, Robot Training (select residents)
    11:00 - 12:00 Ambulatory Surgery Pre-op (Hutch) 8:00 - 9:00 Family Planning Conference  7:00 - 9:00 Moses Pre-op Conference and Chief of Service Rounds 7:30 - Tumor Board - Weiler
7:30 - Pre-op Conference - Weiler
AM   8:00 - Departmental Grand Rounds   8:00 - Chief of Service Rounds - Moses
8:00 - OB Vice-Chair Rounds - Weiler
8:00 - Weiler Obstetric Journal Club
        8:30 - Jacobi Grand Rounds, M + M and Pre-op Conference 8:00 - Chief of Service Rounds - Wakefield
8:00 - Peds/Ob Conference - Weiler 
AM   9:00 - 11:00 - Protected Resident Education Time       
PM   12:00 - Fetal Diagnosis Rounds or Maternal Medicine Rounds (alternating weeks) - Weiler      
PM        4:00 - REI Division Rounds - Hartsdale  
Resident as Teacher: Twice a year
Other Conferences: Simulation monthly; 1-2 hrs GYN didactics (Moses, Jacobi, Weiler) weekly; Journal Club monthly; M&M monthly
 
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