Divisions

The Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology is composed of 6 full-time M.D. faculty. The diverse background, training, and interests of each member of the faculty set the framework for a broad range of patient care, education, and research activities. It is the academic environment of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine that allows these interests to be fully explored. The Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology is dedicated to excellence in the arenas of patient care, education, and research.

The Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine includes 6 full-time M.D. faculty and 6 full-time Ph.D. faculty. The clinicians, including 4 fellows, focus on the full range of common obstetric pathologies, in addition to women with both esoteric and complicated medical and surgical disorders who happen to be pregnant. The Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine also has 3 independent basic science labs run by Ph.D.’s interested in the scientific basis of common perinatal disorders. Only the third such national program, the Department of Ob/Gyn in collaboration with the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has established a Fetal Therapeutics consortium devoted to the fetal management and surgical treatment of congenital anomalies.

The Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility consists of four full-time MD faculty, 1 full-time Ph.D. faculty, 3 REI fellows, and 1 postdoctoral scholar. The Division is nationally recognized for its faculty and its excellence in both research and clinical care. The responsibilities of the Division include supervision of resident cases in the operating rooms, weekly gyn resident pre-operative rounds, coordinating the Gyn Endocrine Clinic, coordinating services at Planned Parenthood, carrying out NIH-funded and pharmaceutical-sponsored research, operating the Women's Health Initiative Cincinnati Center, Gyn coverage for the VA hospital, carrying out an active clinical teaching practice that encompasses IVF and assisted reproductive technologies, andrology, menopause, and reproductive endocrinology.

The Division of Gynecologic Oncology serves as the major referral institution in the Tri-State area for the treatment of women with pre-malignant gynecologic disorders, malignancies, and complicated gynecologic cases. Specifically, patients who have abnormal pap smears, cervical dysplasia, abnormal uterine bleeding, hyperplasia, adnexal mass, ovarian tumor, cancer of the vulva, vagina, cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovary, and gestational trophoblastic disease, as well as other complicated gynecological problems requiring extensive treatment or surgery. Patients are seen and examined, recommendations are made for treatment and consultations.