The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago provides patients with the highest quality of primary, subspecialty and preventive health care in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The department achieves its mission by serving as an advocate for quality health care for women; by maintaining the highest standards of clinical practice and patient satisfaction; by stressing the importance of continuing education for department members; by promoting patient education to ensure patient understanding and participation in their medical care; and by increasing department members’ awareness of the changing health care climate and the impact of change on the practice of medicine.

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology maintains its ability to deliver a high level of medical services through our physicians’ involvement in continuing medical education and research activities. Research activities are focused in infectious diseases, gynecologic oncology, urogynecology, obstetrics, and reproductive endocrinology and infertility.

Learn about our residency program in obstetrics and gynecology.

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Rush is dedicated to delivering the highest quality comprehensive medical care to women of all ages. We offer this care directly through our own physicians and associated health care providers and through our colleagues at the Medical Center. The department provides wellness care for women that includes annual examinations; cancer screening (vulva, vaginal, cervical, uterine, ovarian, breast and colon); and screening for thyroid dysfunction, elevated cholesterol and triglycerides, diabetes and osteoporosis. Other special programs and areas of interest include: Fibroids, laparoscopic gynecology surgery, vulvar conditions, pelvic pain, endometriosis, and prenatal diagnosis by ultrasound, among others.

The department adheres to the goals and objectives of the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO), the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG), the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the Residency Review Committee.

Howard T. Strassner, Jr., MD, is chairperson of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Rush University Medical Center. Dr. Strassner is the John M. Simpson Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Rush University. For profiles of physicians specializing in obstetrics and gynecology or related areas, see the link at left for “Find a Doctor.”

The departmental faculty consists of individuals with a diverse background who are well known, in their respective fields, at the national and international level. The faculty consists of three groups: general obstetricians and gynecologists, subspecialists and research scientists. The excellence of the faculty allows Rush to carry on the proud tradition of providing not only a high level of medical care, but also excellent training of residents and comprehensive teaching of medical students.

A variety of weekly teaching programs provide the faculty an opportunity to maintain a current approach to providing care for women. The subspecialists and research scientists in the department conduct a variety of research projects, which enables them to bring to the public the most innovative care for women. The subspecialists impart to the generalists the necessary support that allows our generalists to practice an extremely high level of care. The research scientists of the department continuously develop an understanding of a variety of disease processes as well as develop new therapeutic agents.