About Us
The Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) faculty provide education for our residents and third- and fourth-year medical students, in addition to being health care providers in the Nebraska Medicine system. The OB-GYN specialty involves medical and surgical care of the female patient’s reproductive system and associated disorders.
Subspecialties include:
- Maternal-fetal medicine, which is health care for high-risk pregnancies
- Reproductive endocrinology, which is the study of physiology and pathophysiology of hormones in the female body, and infertility
- Gynecologic oncology, which is the management of gynecological cancers
- Female pelvic medicine, which is the management of such disorders as pelvic organ prolapse and female urinary incontinence
- Pediatric and adolescent gynecology, which is health care for girls and teens that encompasses preventative health care education, as well as medical and surgical care for common to complex issues
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Department Emphasis
• Accredited four-year residency program
• Third-year medical student clerkship
• Robust, collaborative women’s health research enterprise
• Service to the underserved
• Entrepreneurial, cohesive faculty-resident clinical practice
• An environment to attract and retain the best health care professionals
• Third-year medical student clerkship
• Robust, collaborative women’s health research enterprise
• Service to the underserved
• Entrepreneurial, cohesive faculty-resident clinical practice
• An environment to attract and retain the best health care professionals
Our Residents, Faculty and Clinical Locations
- Residency Program: We currently have 17 residents. Five residents are selected per year from over 200 applications.
- Faculty: In our department, faculty have three main roles which are to educate our learners, provide patient care in the clinics and hospital, and perform research.
- Patient Care: Clinical locations include eight affiliate hospitals, three Nebraska Medicine clinic sites, and nine outreach clinic sites
Research Highlights
Research Focus
- Our mission is to advance knowledge of women’s health and cancer while training the next generation of scientists and facilitating collaborative interactions among clinicians and basic scientists.
- Specifically, we focus on understanding female fertility and menopause, as well as understanding the devastating nature of ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancers.
- It is our hope that discoveries associated with these scientific pursuits will translate to innovative approaches to improve women’s health and ultimately improve care for women.
- We have six basic science research laboratories, which are funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs, The National Institute for Food and Agriculture, the University of Nebraska Foundation, the State of Nebraska, and the Olson Center for Women’s Health.
- Our group has attracted $14.5 million in research funding in the last ten years.
Academic Research
The lab directors and the research their teams conduct include John S. Davis, PhD, signal transduction pathways that govern cell proliferation; Shyamal K. Roy, PhD, follicle morphogenesis during perinatal development; So-Youn Kim, PhD, oncofertility; Lynda K. Harris, PhD, placental dysfunction and placental-specific drug delivery systems; Michele Plewes, PhD, gonadotropic signaling and ovarian aging; and Kendra Clark, PhD, determining mechanisms of ovotoxicity of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Clinical Research
We are members of the NRG/Gynecologic Oncology Group, which is affiliated with the National Cancer Institute. We strive to aggressively pursue novel clinical therapies for our cancer patients. Kerry Rodabaugh, MD, is the principal investigator for the Gynecologic Oncology Group contract.
Resident Research
Each resident is required to pursue a research project during their four years of residency. Our physician faculty play prominent roles in resident research by serving as faculty advisors.