Mission and Goals

The department provides the highest quality primary, subspecialty, and preventive health care in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The department achieves these goals by:

• Serving as an advocate for quality health care for women.
• Maintaining the highest standards of clinical practice and patient satisfaction.
• Stressing the importance of continuing education for department members.
• Promoting patient education to ensure that patients understand and participate in their medical care.
• Increasing the department members’ awareness of the changing health care climate and the impact of such change on the practice of medicine.

In addition, the department provides a comprehensive, state of the art educational experience for residents, medical students, faculty, patients and staff.

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 (RRC).

The department is committed to developing and maintaining ongoing, innovative clinical and basic scientific research. New approaches to clinical problems will improve health outcomes for women while advancing the department’s reputation for excellence in research.