Academic medicine has three main functions: Education, patient care and research. Our faculty members are chosen to balance these functions, providing residents a robust and rigorous learning experience.
Consultations with our clinical and basic science specialists are readily available to residents. Residents also collaborate in caring for the patients of our full- and part-time faculty members. In addition to our 45 full-time teaching faculty members, part-time faculty are private physicians who contribute to the training program.
Our teaching faculty conduct patient care and research in the following areas; learn more about each area of expertise below.
The program trains residents to appreciate the integral role of fertility control in women’s lives and prepares residents to provide expert consultation to other medical specialties regarding family planning and reproductive health issues of women with complicated medical histories.
Family planning faculty:
David L. Eisenberg, MD, MPH, FACOG
Professor, Ob/Gyn
Division Chief: Complex Family Planning, Contraception, & Gynecology
Division: Complex Family Planning, Contraception, & Gynecology
Admin; Kathy Nesser
Susan Mitchell-Derenski, APRN, WHNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Contraceptive Choice Center
Complex Family Planning, Contraception, & Gynecology
Admin; Kathy Nesser
Jennifer Reeves, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn
Complex Family Planning, Contraception, & Gynecology
Fellowship Program Director, Complex Family Planning
Division: Complex Family Planning, Contraception, & Gynecology
Admin; Kathy Nesser
Kathryn Thomas, MD
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn Complex Family Planning, Contraception, & Gynecology
Division: Complex Family Planning, Contraception, & Gynecology
Admin; Kathy Nesser
The Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology maintains a strong presence in both clinical practice and education. The division accounted for >10,000 patient visits in 2018, bringing the residents experience caring for a wide variety of obstetrical and gynecologic patients. Faculty routinely staff the resident outpatient clinics and their inpatient gynecologic service.
General ob/gyn faculty:
Basia Blachut, MD
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn
Division: Academic Specialists of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Admin;
Aneesh Chawla, MD
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn
Shelby M. Dickison, MD
Associate Professor, Ob/Gyn
Program Director, Residency
Katie Drennan, WHNP-BC
Women’s Heath Nurse Practitioner
Board Certified
Division: Academic Specialists of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Admin; Brenda Sellers
Jennifer Mitchell, MD
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Associate Clerkship Director
Division: Academic Specialists of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Admin; Brenda Sellers
Tammy S. Sonn, MD
Vice Chair, Education
Professor, Ob/Gyn
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Division: Academic Specialists of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Admin; Rayna Mittler
Ashley E Veade, MD
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn
Associate Program Director, Residency
Division: Academic Specialists of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Admin; Brenda Sellers
Victoria Whelan, MD
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn
Denise M.S. Willers, MD
Associate Professor, Ob/Gyn
Interim Division Chief, ASOG
Medical Director, Resident Clinic
Division: Academic Specialists of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Admin; Brenda Sellers
Makeba Williams, MD, NCMP
Vice Chair, Professional Development & Wellness
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division: Academic Specialists of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Admin; Carol Hopfinger
The Genetics Division provides genetic counseling services for over 1,400 families per year and is among the largest genetic referral centers in the United States. Prenatal diagnostic services include teratology consultation, genetic amniocentesis, first trimester chorionic villus sampling, maternal serum aneuploidy screening, cell-free fetal DNA testing, and sonographic diagnosis of fetal structural malformations. Residents are exposed to many of these patients during their rotations at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (north and south).
During their first year, residents rotate through the outpatient service learning genetic counseling and ultrasound with the division. The division has its own cytogenetics laboratory which performs 1800 chromosome analyses per year. Active research interests include the development of new techniques for the first trimester diagnosis of genetic disease and mapping of genes to specific chromosomes.
Genetics and ultrasound faculty:
Katherine Bligard, MD, MA
Assistant Professor, OBGYN
Division: Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Admin; Erin Moore
Jeffrey M. Dicke, MD
Vice Chair, Imaging
Interim Co-Director, Fetal Care Center
Professor, Ob/Gyn
Division: Maternal Fetal Medicine & Ultrasound
Admin; Erin Moore
Michael Dombrowski, MD
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn Director OB Patient Safety/Quality Improvement
Division: Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Admin; Jami Girard
Antonina (Toni) Frolova, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn
Associate Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Admin; Jami Girard
Diana L. Gray, MD
Professor, Ob/Gyn
Division: Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Ultrasound
Admin; Jami Girard
Sherri L Jackson, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Admin; Jami Girard
Jeannie C. Kelly, MD, MS
Medical Director, Maternal-Fetal Transport
Medical Director, Labor & Delivery
Associate Division Director, MFM and Ultrasound Division
Associate Professor, Ob/Gyn
Division: Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Ultrasound
Admin; Jami Girard
Katherine Massa, MD
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn
Associate Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Clerkship Director
Admin; Jami Girard
Nandini Raghuraman, MD, MSCI
Chief, Division of Clinical Research
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn
Fellowship Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Email: nraghuraman@wustl.edu
Roxane Rampersad, MD
Professor, Ob/Gyn
Vice Chair, Patient Safety & Outreach
Division: Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Ultrasound
Admin; Jami Girard
Danielle Turnbull, WHNP-BC
Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
Board Certified
Division: Maternal-Fetal Medicine
The Gynecologic Oncology Division provides care for women requiring extensive surgical procedures for pelvic malignancies as well as treatment of cancer with radiation, with the assistance of the staff in Radiation Oncology.
The oncology division is one of the busiest in the nation with over 750 new gynecologic cancer patients each year. Our colposcopy and chemotherapy clinics provide diagnosis and therapy for gynecologic malignancies. Research in immunology and molecular biology is conducted on both the causation and therapy of cancer.
Gynecologic oncology faculty:
Dineo Khabele, MD
Chair, Department of Ob/Gyn
Mitchell & Elaine Yanow Professor
Division: Gynecologic Oncology
Admin; Tanja Wilson
Lindsay M Kuroki, MD, MSCI
Associate Division Director, Gynecologic Oncology
Associate Professor, Ob/Gyn
Associate Fellowship Director, Gynecologic Oncology
L. Stewart Massad Jr., MD
Professor, Ob/Gyn
Associate Fellowship Director, Gynecologic Oncology
Division: Gynecologic Oncology
Admin; Lucy Cruse
Carolyn McCourt, MD
Associate Professor, Ob/Gyn
Fellowship Director, Gynecologic Oncology
Division: Gynecologic Oncology
Admin; Whitney Dunker
David G. Mutch, MD
Professor, Ob/Gyn
SPORE in Endometrial Cancer Core Lead
Division: Gynecologic Oncology
Admin; Hannah Struckhoff
Matthew A. Powell, MD
Ira C. and Judith Gall Professor, Ob/Gyn
Division: Gynecologic Oncology
Admin; Hannah Struckhoff
Brooke Sanders, MD
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Division of Gynecologic Oncology
Division: Gynecologic Oncology
Admin; Hannah Struckhoff
Premal H. Thaker, MD, MS
Interim Chief, Gynecologic Oncology
David & Lynn Mutch Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Director of Gynecologic Oncology Clinical Research
Division: Gynecologic Oncology
Admin; Whitney Dunker
The department has the faculty and facilities for the delivery of health care to women with high risk pregnancies (i.e. women with hypertension, pre-eclampsia, diabetes mellitus, renal disease, etc.). We provide fetal and maternal surveillance throughout pregnancy. The perinatal staff works closely with pediatric neonatologists in research and in the delivery of comprehensive care to the infant and mother at risk before, during, and after birth.
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Department of Pediatrics each staff and maintain basic science and clinical laboratories in perinatal biology. Full-time faculty who specialize in OB Anesthesiology assure that the best anesthesia care is provided for both fetus and mother.
Maternal-fetal medicine faculty:
Katherine Bligard, MD, MA
Assistant Professor, OBGYN
Division: Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Admin; Erin Moore
Jeffrey M. Dicke, MD
Vice Chair, Imaging
Interim Co-Director, Fetal Care Center
Professor, Ob/Gyn
Division: Maternal Fetal Medicine & Ultrasound
Admin; Erin Moore
Michael Dombrowski, MD
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn Director OB Patient Safety/Quality Improvement
Division: Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Admin; Jami Girard
Antonina (Toni) Frolova, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn
Associate Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Admin; Jami Girard
Bree Goodman, MD
Assistant Professor, OBGYN
Division: Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Ultrasound
Admin; Jami Girard
Diana L. Gray, MD
Professor, Ob/Gyn
Division: Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Ultrasound
Admin; Jami Girard
Sherri L Jackson, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Admin; Jami Girard
Jeannie C. Kelly, MD, MS
Medical Director, Maternal-Fetal Transport
Medical Director, Labor & Delivery
Associate Division Director, MFM and Ultrasound Division
Associate Professor, Ob/Gyn
Division: Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Ultrasound
Admin; Jami Girard
Katherine Massa, MD
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn
Associate Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Clerkship Director
Admin; Jami Girard
Nandini Raghuraman, MD, MSCI
Chief, Division of Clinical Research
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn
Fellowship Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Email: nraghuraman@wustl.edu
Roxane Rampersad, MD
Professor, Ob/Gyn
Vice Chair, Patient Safety & Outreach
Division: Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Ultrasound
Admin; Jami Girard
Sharman Russell, MD
Associate Professor, Ob/Gyn
Laborist, L&D
Associate Program Director, Residency
Admin; Erin Moore
Danielle Turnbull, WHNP-BC
Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
Board Certified
Division: Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Candice Woolfolk, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, OBGYN
Divisions: Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Clinical Research
Minimally Invasive Surgery is a third year rotation which is an opportunity to improve your laparoscopic skills and learn the appropriate pre-operative evaluation and counseling as well as perioperative management of minimally invasive surgery patients. Your time will be spent operating with the MIS attendings, seeing patients in clinic at the COH and in their private offices, and working the skills lab.
Minimally invasive gynecology faculty:
Elise C Bardawil, MD
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn
Interim Division Chief
Division: Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
Admin; Cynthia Munson
Katherine de Souza, MD
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn
Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
Admin; Jasmine Jones
Whitney Trotter Ross, MD
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn
Division: Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
Admin; Jasmine Jones
The Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (PAG) clinical rotation is an opportunity for the first-year resident to interact with children and teens and their families in a clinical outpatient setting. Typical issues include disorders of puberty, menses, vulvar complaints, and congenital anomalies of the reproductive tract. Prevention of STIs and unplanned pregnancy counseling is emphasized along with supporting self-esteem for young women. Senior residents provide consultation for the inpatients and emergency department at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and cover the surgical procedures for these young patients (ovarian torsion, laparoscopic cystectomies, genital trauma, and surgery for obstructive anomalies).
Pediatric and adolescent gynecology faculty:
Maggie Dwiggins, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, OBGYN
Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Holly R. Hoefgen, MD
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Reproductive Biology group investigates the relationships between morphology and function in tissues of the female reproductive tract. The effects of infection, hormones and contraceptives on cervical and endometrial cells are studied by light and electron microscopic techniques and also by cytochemical and radioautographic methods. Investigators involved in uterine physiology study tubal transport, the electrophysiology of myometrial contraction, and the rise of progesterone and prostaglandins in the initiation of labor. Many are involved in NIH project grants to study hormonal regulation of the reproductive tract.
Basic science research faculty:
Sarah K. England, PhD
Vice Chair, Research
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Medicine, Ob/Gyn
Director, Center for Reproductive Health Sciences
Division: Basic & Translational Research
Admin; Caitlyn Bolozky
Antonina (Toni) Frolova, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn
Associate Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Admin; Jami Girard
Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, PhD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Professor of Pathology and Immunology (Investigator Track)
Dineo Khabele, MD
Chair, Department of Ob/Gyn
Mitchell & Elaine Yanow Professor
Division: Gynecologic Oncology
Admin; Tanja Wilson
Christine M O’Brien, PhD, BS
Primary appointment, Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Zichao Wen, PhD
Research Instructor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Integrated Biomedical Imaging Lab (Wang Lab)
- Email: zwen@wustl.edu
The clinical group in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, together with the laboratory of Reproductive Biochemistry, provide medical and surgical management of infertility, including artificial insemination, endoscopic surgery, and in vitro fertilization (IVF).
The division conducts research on both basic and clinical problems in reproductive physiology. Hormone assays are performed by the laboratory group to assist in the diagnosis and management of gynecologic endocrinopathies.
Reproductive endocrinology and infertility faculty:
Anna Geiger, WHNP-BC
Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
Board Certified
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Patricia Jimenez, MD
Associate Professor, OBGYN
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Fellowship Director, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Admin; Laura Randant
Sarah L. Keller, MD
Associate Professor, OBGYN
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Admin; Laura Randant
Dan I Lebovic, MD, MA
Professor, OBGYN
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Admin; Laura Randant
Kenan R. Omurtag, MD
Chief, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Associate Fellowship Director, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Associate Professor, OBGYN
Admin; Laura Randant
Valerie S. Ratts, MD
Professor, Ob/Gyn
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Associate Dean, Medical Student Admissions
Admin; Laura Randant
The Urogynecology / Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) rotation is a dedicated six-week block during the third year. The clinical rotation includes experiences on the inpatient and outpatient urogynecology services and pelvic floor physical therapy. Both surgical and non-surgical approaches to treatment are emphasized, and residents participate in the various surgical procedures including abdominal, vaginal, and laparoscopic/robotic approaches to treating pelvic floor disorders.
Urogynecology faculty:
Chiara Ghetti, MD, MSc
Professor, Ob/Gyn
Fellowship Director, Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Division: Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Admin; Brenda Sellars
Julie Hake, DNP, APRN-C, WHNP-BC
Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
Board Certified
Jerry L. Lowder, MD, MSc
Professor, Ob/Gyn
Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Director of T32 Training Program, FPMRS Research
Sara Wood, MD, MHPE, FACOG
Associate Professor, ObGyn
Chief, Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Division: Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Admin; Brenda Sellers
Research
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has a long history for outstanding contributions to the field of reproductive health, and research training is incorporated throughout the residency. Our residents are exposed to highly talented research and clinical faculty in a superior integrative environment.
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Application process
Medical school graduates can enter the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program immediately after graduation, applying through ResidencyCAS.