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Research/Scholarly Activities - Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency Program

Ochsner ObGYN Research

Research Opportunities

PGY-2 Residents perform either retrospective research or begin study on a prospective study. They team up with a faculty mentor and complete research to present at the annual John C Weed Research Symposium.

PGY-3 are asked to perform a QI project to present in May at the John C Weed Research Symposium. Previous research has easily won acceptance for presentation at national meetings.  Residents also give a 45 min presentation during the weekly M&M conference.

PGY-4 residents are encouraged to prepare their research manuscripts for submission to a peer reviewed journal.

On every 5th Wednesday, there will be a journal club that discusses both GYN and OB cases. There is also a quarterly Journal Club after Dark and/or Practice Bulletins and Pizza at an attending’s house. The goal is to focus on articles that have defined the standard of care. We will also teach how to critically read and review the literature.

2023

  1. Sarah Oliver - Outpatient Cervical Ripening: A Cost Effective Analysis
  2. Erika Pettis - Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes with Severely Elevated 1-Hour Glucose Challenge Test
  3. Alexia Novara - Dorothea Bragg - Implementation of an evidence-based protocol to optimize antepartum stillbirth evaluation

2022

  1. Lule Rault - Standardization of Colposcopy Reporting and Improved Diagnostic Yield
  2. Miranda Long - Code H – Postpartum Hemorrhage Response Times
  3. Alexia Novara - Stillbirth Quality Improvement

2021

  1. Dona Kiosef - Medical Management of Miscarriage: A Survey of Practice Patterns
  2. Katie Simmons - Comparison of Patient Outcomes Before and After Implementation of Standardized Cesarean Section Care Pathway
  3. Jordan Berg - Postpartum VTE Prophylaxis: A Quality Improvement Study

2019

  1. Payton Olson - Comparison of Patient Satisfaction in Outpatient Cervical Ripening
  2. Jordan Berg - A Comparison of Postoperative Active and Passive Voiding Trials: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2018

  1. Katelyn Handley - Improving Preoperative Administration of Azithromycin in Indicated Cesarean Sections
  2. Victoria McHenry - Centering in Pregnancy and Preterm Delivery

2017

  1. Nicole Ulrich - Reducing Opiod Prescriptions on Labor and Delivery
  2. Caitlyn Ranger - Timeout for Teaching: Incorporating a Post Procedure Teaching Timeout to Increasing Intraoperative Faculty to Resident Feedback and Evaluations

  • Toppin - Poster, 2023 SMFM
  • Boecking - Poster, 2023 SGO
  • Long – Poster, 2022 SMFM
  • Toppin – Poster, 2022 SMFM
  • Nakahara – Poster, 2022 SMFM
  • Nakahara - Oral, Src. 2021 Ochsner Research Day
  • Ulrich, Nakahara – Poster, 2018 ACOG ACSM
  • Valente – Poster, 2018 CREOG
  • Handley – Oral, 2018 WAGO
  • Ulrich, Gullat – Poster 2017 ACSM
  • Valente – Poster, 2017 CREOG

  • John C Weed Symposium: 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place
  • Administration Chief's Appreciation Award
  • AAGL/Dr Ben Crawford – 3rd Year
  • AUGS
  • SMFM
  • SLS
  • SREI
  • SGO
  • SOGH
  • Family Planning
  • Intern’s choice for Best PGY2 Teacher