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Research & Scholarly Activity - Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency Program

Ochsner ObGYN Research

Research Opportunities

Ochsner’s research curriculum aims to foster a solid grasp of evidence-based medicine through experiential learning. Focused journal clubs emphasize study design, aiming to lay a foundation for resident-initiated research projects. Clinical outcomes research at Ochsner leverages a large, diverse patient population with robust opportunities to explore health inequities and social determinants of health. Residents learn clinical study design, the basics of data analysis, presentation skills and manuscript preparation through completing an investigator-initiated project. Findings are presented at local, regional, and national conferences. Bioinformatics support is available, and biostatisticians assist with study design & analysis. A published first author manuscript is expected. Quality assessment & improvement teams consist of residents from each training year along with faculty mentors, aiming to evaluate the impacts of practice changes through the health system.

On every 5th Thursday, 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.

2024

  1. Dreda Lukewitte, MD
  2. Katie Dorn, MD
  3. Sydney Graham, MD

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

  • 2024 – Katie Dorn, SMFM
  • 2024 – Beth Sobba, SMFM
  • 2024 – Jennifer Gold, Ochsner Research Week
  • 2024 – Katie Dorn, SASGOG
  • 2023 – Emma Siewart, District VII Annual Meeting
  • 2023 – Toppin, Poster, SMFM
  • 2023 – Boecking, Poster, SGO
  • 2022 – Long, Poster, SMFM
  • 2022 – Toppin, Poster, SMFM
  • 2022 – Nakahara, Poster, SMFM
  • 2021 – Nakahara, Oral, Src. Ochsner Research Day
  • 2018 – Ulrich, Nakahara, Poster, ACOG ACSM
  • 2018 – Valente, Poster, CREOG
  • 2018 – Handley, Oral, WAGO
  • 2017 – Ulrich, Gullat, Poster, ACSM
  • 2017 – Valente, Poster, CREOG

  • CREOG Highest Score Award
  • CREOG Most Improved Award
  • Medical Student Teaching Award
  • AAGL/ Dr. Ben Crawford Award
  • SLS Outstanding MIS Resident Award
  • AUGS Award
  • SMFM Award
  • SREI Award
  • SGO Award
  • SOGH Award
  • Complex Family Planning Award
  • Intern’s Choice Award for Best PGY2 Resident Teacher
  • SASGOG Faculty Award
  • Dr. Ellen Kruger Award for Excellence