Welcome from the Program Director
It is my sincere pleasure to welcome you to the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program. Choosing the correct program for your postgraduate training is a crucial, pivotal moment in your career. It will have a ripple effect on every aspect of your future professional and family life. Our highly competitive program deserves your attention.
The Kerkorian School of Medicine Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology is a four-year obstetrics and gynecologic residency. We are fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Our program has a robust clinical experience with training sites at university, private, and military hospital settings including University Medical Center (UMC) of Las Vegas, Sunrise Medical Center of Las Vegas, Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital, and Nellis Air Force Base Hospital. Our outpatient clinics include the UNLV Maternal and Fetal Medicine Centers, resident continuity clinic at Women’s Healthcare Center, Fertility Center of Las Vegas, VA Hospital, Nellis Air Force Base, and private practice settings with local physicians within the Las Vegas community.
Our intention is to recruit a diverse group of passionate physicians for our residency program. We offer a collegial, friendly environment that allows our residents to excel in the practice of compassionate medicine. Our faculty are dedicated to patient care and resident success. We seek residents that thrive in a climate of fast-paced patient care requiring collaboration and mutual support. We are a highly competitive match program, due to the reputation and quality of our postgraduate education, including clinical care and academic excellence.
Residents successful within our program thrive with the joys and challenges of diverse patient populations. We have both county, indigent, military, immigrant, and private patient populations. The tertiary obstetrics services at our hospitals have approximately 5,000 deliveries per year. The high volume and high-risk nature of our program allow us to comprehensively train OB/GYN, emergency medicine, and family medicine residents.
We seek applicants devoted and skillful in teaching, as we embrace our mission to also provide the highest quality clinical rotations for medical students. Upon graduation, our residents have extensive knowledge, as well as vast surgical experience in the specialty of obstetrics and gynecology. Our first-time board pass rate is currently 100%. For further information, please feel free to contact us.
Glen de Guzman, MD
Assistant Professor & Program Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Contact
Please contact us about questions you may have regarding your application to the program and interview.
Administrative Office: 702-671-2314
Residency Program: 702-671-2385
Fax: 702-671-2333
"I wanted to do my residency training at UNLV for a variety of reasons including the opportunity to work with the diverse patient population in Las Vegas, the exposure to a wide amount of pathology across all subspecialties, and the camaraderie that I sensed amongst the residents and between the residents and attendings. It also doesn't hurt that Las Vegas is a great place to live with ample entertainment, affordable living, sports, great weather, and close proximity to other desirable areas (LA, Reno, Grand Canyon)."
Bobby Brar, PGY-3
Program Overview
At the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics we provide a structured educational experience that prepares residents to go forward and improve the health of women or enter advanced programs for further study.
Our program’s goal -- “to improve all aspects of residency education in obstetrics and gynecology; to promote and maintain high standards for obstetric and gynecologic education and women's health care; and to undertake projects and adopt guidelines to carry out its objectives” -- is contained in the mission statement of Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG). Our core curriculum follows educational objectives set forth by .
The objectives reflect a patient-oriented, problem-solving approach with a more definitive delineation of the knowledge base and level of surgical skill necessary to complete a residency in obstetrics and gynecology.
Informational Videos
The problem-solving style is based on everyday encounters where physicians are called upon to respond to particular needs of their patients. The basic philosophy of the program is dedicated to providing each resident with a balanced education and training in obstetrics and gynecology. Resident physicians have the opportunity to acquire and develop fundamental knowledge and clinical management skills with progressive professional and physician-patient relationships.
We desire our residency program to produce graduates with the optimum understanding and competency required to practice obstetrics and gynecology in a prudent and professional manner. Gynecologic oncology experience is obtained during the senior years. Special training in family planning and OB/GYN-AIDS patients is available in federal grant supported clinics.
Maternal-fetal medicine and reproductive endocrinology rotations are integral components of the first three resident years. Ultrasonography is a significant component of the maternal-fetal medicine and the gynecology rotations. Genetics and patient counseling skills are learned during the maternal-fetal medicine rotations.
Resident physicians participate in educating third and fourth-year medical students. Students rotate through the department during their third-year clerkship in obstetrics and gynecology and their fourth-year electives. Residents mentor students and junior residents during daily ward rounds on the obstetrics and gynecology services. Lifetime continued education is emphasized.
Residents have research rotations to learn the basic tools of clinical projects. They are assigned a mentor to assist initiation of clinical or basic research. We require our residents to complete a scholarly activity project during their residency and present during the annual resident research day conference in the spring.
Curriculum
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program aims to train excellent OB/GYN physicians by providing ample and diverse clinical volume, as well as simulation training that allows residents to gain the clinical and surgical knowledge needed to function independently after graduation. We provide residents with the knowledge needed to excel on the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology certifying exam and our graduates are prepared for competitive subspecialty fellowship. We provide an environment conducive to research and other scholarly activities.
* = Two-month rotation. All other rotations are a one-month duration.
The focus of year I is to develop skills needed to effectively manage normal and high-risk obstetric patients. The resident learns to perform deliveries, cesarean sections and manage medical complications of pregnancy. The resident also rotates on these services; one month on the Medical Intensive Care Unit; one month in the Neonatal ICU; one month on Maternal Fetal Medicine for intense training in Obstetric ultrasound; one month of GYN; 3 months of Night Float; Continuity Clinic starts in the first year and provides experience in ambulatory primary and preventive health care.
- Ultrasound and Family Planning
- UMC OB*
- UMC Nigh Float*
- UMC Night Float and Family Planning
- GYN*
- UMC OB & Gyn
- Nellis Air Force Base GYN
- NICU-ED
- ICU
Education in the second year emphasizes medical and surgical gynecology. Participation in gynecologic surgery and postoperative care is introduced. Several months are dedicated to the gynecology service where experience includes: primary and preventive care, ambulatory problems, ultrasonography, gynecologic surgery, emergency gynecology and management of outpatient women’s health care and one month or Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. Several months of “Night Float” gives more advanced exposure to emergency GYN and obstetric patients, always with senior resident and attending guidance.
- Maternal Fetal Medicine
- UMC OB*
- Family Planning & Clinic
- UMC Nigh Float*
- Sunrise Night Float
- Sunrise Days
- GYN*
- Nellis Air Force Base GYN
- Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Subspecialty areas are emphasized this year. The resident evaluates new urologic, oncologic patients. They participate with subspecialty faculty. The resident has two months on the Obstetric service as Senior Resident. Several months are spent on the Oncology Service. Specific rotations are spent on Reproductive Endocrinology and Maternal Fetal medicine. There is a one-month of Elective time where the resident can choose something of their interest. The length of individual rotations can vary depending on service need and resident preference.
- Maternal Fetal Medicine
- UMC OB
- Family Planning & Clinic
- UMC Nigh Float
- Sunrise Night Float
- Sunrise Days
- Nellis Air Force Base GYN
- Urogynecology and Minimally Invasive Gyn Surgery (MIGS)
- Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
- Elective
- Oncology*
The senior year is divided equally among all Chiefs. The GYN Chief performs complicated surgical procedures, including vaginal, laparoscopic, laser and pelvic reconstructive cases. The GYN Chief is responsible for all patients admitted to the GYN service. The Obstetric Chief is in charge of labor, delivery and the perinatal unit. The Clinic Chief organizes and directs the Outpatient facility. A Chief Resident will be designated for administrative duties such as schedules, delegation of residents, interaction with hospital administration, and student clerkship rotations.
All four years have their outpatient clinics. The first year is an introduction to the clinic and starting to build their patient base, by the second year they will have their own patients to see on an ongoing basis.
- Maternal Fetal Medicine
- UMC OB
- Family Planning & Elective
- UMC Night Float
- GYN*
- Nellis Air Force Base GYN
- Urogynecology and Minimally Invasive Gyn Surgery (MIGS)
- Veteran’s Administration Urogynecology and MIGS and Clinic
- Sunrise Night Float
- Oncology*
Rotations For Medical Students
If you are an Air Force Health Professions Scholarship Program or Uniformed Services University student and are interested in completing an active duty tour (ADT) audition rotation at Nellis/UNLV, please contact the OB/GYN clerkship site director, Dr. Heisy Asusta, at obgyn.residency@medicine.unlv.edu. We do not have availability to support non-ADT rotations at Nellis. If you are interested in pursuing a non-ADT rotation, please contact the Kerkorian School of Medicine Office of Graduate Medical Education directly, as the process for applying and your rotation will be coordinated through their office.
We offer two rotation slots per month from May–October. During your audition rotation, you will spend two weeks at Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center located on Nellis Air Force Base and two weeks at University Medical Center (UMC) downtown. At Nellis, you will have the opportunity to work with our active duty and dependent patient population in the Women’s Health Clinic. Your time will be divided between gynecology operating rooms, labor and delivery (L&D) shifts, and the OB/GYN clinic, so you get a broad exposure to working in a military treatment facility. Your two weeks at UMC will be inpatient on L&D and you will have the opportunity to be a part of the resident team and serve the unique Las Vegas population. There is time built into your schedule for academics as well. Most importantly, you will have time to explore the greater Las Vegas area and get to explore your potential future home.
For all civilian medical student applicants interested in scheduling a rotation, please apply through the . For military medical students, please contact the medical student clerkship director at Nellis Airforce Base.
Program Leadership
Life After Residency
- Alyssa Stiff, MD: MFM Fellowship, The University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
- Ashley Gullixson, DO: Military Service, Scott Air Force Base, O’Fallon, IL
- Jamie Funk, MD: Generalist, WHASN Meadows, Las Vegas, NV
- Kendall Marshall, MD: Generalist, Peace Health, Vancouver, WA
- Lizbeth Perez Rodriguez, MD: Military Service, Eglin Air Force Base, Destin, FL
- Sarah Royle, MD: Generalist, WHASN Summerlin, Las Vegas, NV
- Amanda Allen, MD: Generalist, Cascadia Women’s Clinic, Vancouver, WA
- McKenna Geary, MD: Military Service, Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, NV
- Jacqueline Jacobs, MD: Military Service, Eglin Air Force Base, Destin, FL
- Melody Rasouli, MD: REI Fellowship, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
- Zachary Selzler, MD: Urogynecology Fellowship, LSU, New Orleans, LA
- Kajal Verma, MD: Medical Genetics, Stanford, Stanford, CA
- Kassandra Colletta, MD: Generalist, UNLV Health, Las Vegas NV
- Jacob Eisert, MD: Generalist, For Women OBGYN, Henderson, NV
- Kelsea Farrell, MD: Generalist, Intermountain Healthcare, Las Vegas, NV
- Ashley Hilton, MD: Urogynecology Fellowship, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
- Brittany Poeschl, MD: Generalist, UC Health Women’s Care Clinic, Loveland, CO
- Sarah Shi, MD: Generalist, Overlake OBGYN, Bellevue, WA
- Bobby Brar, MD: MFM Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Pooja Patil Brar, MD: MPH at John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; MFM Fellowship at UPMC-Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
- Angela Liu, MD: REI Fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
- Danyelle Myers, MD: Generalist, Carson Medical Group, Carson City, NV
- Kate Petty, MD: Generalist, UC Health Women’s Care Clinic - Peakview, Greely, CO
- Nika Vizcarra, MD: Generalist, Intermountain Healthcare, Las Vegas, NV
- Kate Hom, MD: Generalist, Apex OBGYN, Hemet, CA
- Erica Jacovetty, MD: Generalist, Maine Health, Brunswick, ME
- Prachi Kasar, MD: Generalist, Dr. Nader & Associates, Las Vegas, NV
- Alice Lee, MD: Generalist, MidAtlantic OBGYN, Centreville, VA
- Ankita Raman, MD: Generalist, WHASN Northwest, Las Vegas, NV
- Kevin Tran, MD: Generalist, Kaiser Permanente, Baldwin Park, CA
Graduates That Became Faculty
Many of our graduates remain active with the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV as full-time and community faculty. Below are the graduates of the OB/GYN Residency Program that stayed working for UNLV. For a full list of all department faculty, please visit our department's faculty listing page.
- Aimee Fleury, M.D.
Outpatient Practice with the Women’s Cancer Center of Nevada, Class of 2009 - Matthew Grolle, M.D., FACOG
Outpatient Practice with Women’s Health Association of Southern NV (WHASN), Class of 2013 - Christin Kushnir, M.D.
Outpatient Practice with the Women’s Cancer Center of Nevada, Class of 2011 - Amy Rosenbaum, M.D.
Outpatient Practice with Women’s Health Association of Southern NV (WHASN), Class of 2016 - Warren Volker, M.D.
Outpatient Practice with Minimally Invasive Surgery at Well Health, Class of 2001
How To Apply
All first-year candidates are accepted via the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP 2028220C0). Applications are accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Services (ERAS) only.
Selection and Interview Process
- To be eligible, candidates must have graduated from a medical school listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools by the time of their proposed residency start date.
- Applicants must be a U.S. Citizen, Green Card holder, or be on a J visa.
- We will not consider an application with more than two attempts on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) or the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX)
- We require USMLE or COMLEX Steps 1 and 2 (both parts) be passed before we will review an application.
- We will only consider applications with no more than five years elapsed since last formal training or full-unrestricted license to practice medicine in the U.S.
- A complete application packet must include the following items posted to ERAS before we will review the application
- ERAS Application
- Personal statement
- Curriculum vitae
- Medical school transcript
- USMLE/COMLEX Scores (Step 1 and 2)
- Photograph
- Three letters of reference (one from chair is a plus, but is not required)
- Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) Certificate (if applicable)
- For interview consideration, documentation and forms must be complete by November 1 of the current year. Please contact the program coordinator at 702-671-2385 for more information.
Selection Process
- All candidates are reviewed through ERAS. Documents sent through email are not considered part of the application.
- An Application Review Committee considers ERAS applications for interview selection. They decide suitability of applicants for interview by ranking them based upon academic, personal, and reference credentials.
- Selected candidates are interviewed by the program director, department chair, faculty, and PGY 3 residents. Candidates will have "separate time" with residents at a casual gathering the night before their interview.
- When all interviews are complete, the faculty and residents meet to rank all applicants with final approval by the program director. Critical determinants for selection are academic accomplishments, attitude, personal and communication qualities, enthusiasm, interest and knowledge about the program, and experiences and interests outside of medicine.
- The program utilizes the NRMP exclusively.
Other
- Interviews will be virtual again this year. Interview dates are on Fridays in the months of November and December. We will have two sessions each interview date. We will also invite you to a virtual social time the night before the interview, as well as our didactics session the morning of the interview at 7 a.m. PST.
- The program observes the affirmative action/equal opportunity and anti-discrimination policies of UNLV in the selection process.