The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Rush is organized into sections representing the major subspecialties of the discipline. Additionally, there are private practitioners who provide cases and contribute to the overall education of the residents.

Section of General Gynecology

Eric R. Brown, M.D., Ph.D. Director

The Section of General Gynecology stresses the need for a balance of the surgical and non-surgical aspects of gynecology. Residents rotate through the gynecology service each year, providing increased responsibility in preoperative evaluation, surgery, and post-operative care of patients.

Section of Ambulatory Women’s Health

Robin L. Jones, M.D., Director

The Section of Ambulatory Women’s Health provides comprehensive preventive and medical care pertaining to the health of women, both obstetrics and gynecologic patients. Services include antepartum care for normal and high-risk pregnancies. Pregnant women are able to obtain services not only for their pregnancy but for their general health as well. Services include gynecologic care, as well as prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, screening for thyroid disease, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Complete services are provided for the reproductive and menopausal age group women.

Section of General Obstetrics

Xavier Pombar, D.O., Director

The Section of General Obstetrics is responsible for providing care to the pregnant patient. The care of the laboring patient is individualized to help provide patients with their ideal experience. Residents on the obstetrical service learn to interpret fetal heart rate monitoring, manage both normal and abnormal labor, and perform normal vaginal and operative deliveries. The general obstetrics program is designed to provide a pleasant, safe atmosphere for delivery of babies.

Section of Gynecological Oncology

Jacob Rotmensch, M.D., Professor and Director

The Section of Gynecological Oncology provides multidisciplinary long-term care for women with gynecologic malignancies. The clinical mission of the section includes prevention, diagnosis and follow-up care of these patients.

There is a long-standing commitment to the multidisciplinary efforts of the section of gynecologic oncology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, gynecologic pathology, nursing oncology, clinical psychology, and clinical nutrition. Residents will collaborate with faculty in these areas. Residents are offered experiences in diagnosis and management of gynecologic malignancies, gynecologic surgery, endoscopy, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.

Section of Maternal Fetal Medicine

Howard T. Strassner, M.D., Jr., Director

The Section of Maternal Fetal Medicine focuses on the care of the high-risk mother and fetus. The section is also responsible for antepartum admissions to the high risk service as well as medical, surgical and other obstetrical complications of pregnancies. Nearly 40 percent of the section deliveries at Rush are high risk and residents are involved in virtually all cases. The program benefits from the active maternal transport and referral system of the Rush Perinatal Network, which has a base of nearly 30,000 deliveries. While on the service, residents rotate to high-risk obstetric clinic and diabetes clinics. They participate actively in prenatal ultrasound and other state of the art prenatal diagnostic techniques.

Section of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

Ewa Radwanska, M.D., Ph.D., Director

The Section of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility provides up-to-date, comprehensive clinical and scientific evaluation and treatment of patients with a wide range of reproductive endocrine disorders, such as dysfunctional bleeding, hirsutism, endometriosis, and post-menopausal symptoms.

Residents receive training in all aspects of infertility, including assisted reproductive procedures such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), tubal embryo transfer (TET), gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT), zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT), and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research
Robert A. Anderson, Ph.D., Acting Director

The Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research is available to assist residents interested in basic research. The section also offers residents guidance and instruction in research design, statistical analysis and project coordination.

Section of Urogynecology

Bruce Rosenzweig, M.D., Director

The Section of Urogynecology provides care for women with lower urinary tract and complex pelvic floor dysfunction. The rotation is designed to provide residents experience in non-surgical and surgical management of these dysfunctions. The section is very active in both the nonsurgical and surgical treatment of female urinary incontinence pelvic prolapse. Residents participate in the urodynamic evaluation including single channel cystometrics, multichannel cystometrics and nerve studies. They also manage pessaries, stress urinary incontinence, detrusor instability, and fecal incontinence. The residents scrub on all urogynecologic surgery and perforjm such procedures as: Burch cystourethropexy, paravaginal repair, pubovaginal sling, sacrocolpopexy and sacropspinous ligament suspensions.