National need: With the growing shortage of obstetric providers nationally, family physicians are well equipped to fill the increasing gap in maternity care (including cesarean sections) and women’s health services. For those family physicians practicing in underserved, academic and rural areas provision of maternity care services may be essential.
Mission: Our mission is to provide advanced knowledge and skills in women’s health and maternity care. During this fellowship, we will provide you with a solid foundation to continue your family medicine skills, grow family medicine teachers, and teach advanced skills including cesarean sections.
Philosophy: The lives of women will only become better when professional training imbues a holistic, comprehensive strategy for caring for women. An optimal comprehensive training program in women’s healthcare is best achieved in a robust multidisciplinary setting that nurtures excellence in educational innovation, clinical care, research endeavors, advocacy for patients, and mentorship.
Kamini Geer, MD
Fellowship Director
About the Program
Goals
Optimize women’s health care by teaching fellows how to recognize and address unique gender-based differences in their individual patients and the population.
Foster the development of the next generation of physician leaders in women’s health education, care and research..
Women’s Health Care Competencies
Develop the necessary knowledge and skills to provide competent office-based gynecologic care to women and adolescents.
Develop the necessary knowledge and skills to provide competent pre-natal care to women.
Become competent in low risk maternity care.
Program Highlights
Procedures
Our fellows have each averaged:
More than 200 C-Sections with more than 100 as the primary surgeon
More than 50 colposcopies
Mission Trips
Yearly mission trip to Mexico for evaluation and treatment of cervical dysplasia.
Women's Health Faculty
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Currently working as FMOB faculty at BayCare/ FSU Family Medicine residency program in Winter Haven, FL.
Cristina Rabaza, MD
2020-2021
Currently working as Assistant Professor/ FMOB faculty at University of Colorado Anschutz
Fay Roepcke, MD
2019-2020
Dr. Roepcke is Currently working at University of Nevada Reno. She is a Faculty Member of the Family medicine Residency.. She is full spectrum care, including inpatient adults and peds, clinic, surgical obstetrics, wilderness medicine, and family planning.
Chantel Taylor, MD
2019-2020
Chantel is working at Olney Hamilton Hospital doing full spectrum rural FM with Ob: inpatient, outpatient, Ob with sections, ER, peds, and nursery.
Heather Griffith, MD
2018-2019
Heather is doing full scope family practice with OB, including c- sections and tubal ligation. She sees patients in the office from new borns to geriatrics. In the office she does first trimester ultrasounds, nexplanon/IUD placement and removal, colposcopies, neonatal circumcisions, toenail removal, casting of fractured limbs, joint injections, superficial wound debridement, and various dermatologic procedures. Heather rounds in the hospital about one week each month and work with residents during this time. She delivers 2-5 babies each month and does c-sections and vacuum deliveries when needed.
Sara Sholar, DO
2018-2019
Sara is working at a critical access hospital in Sidney, NE. She is doing full spectrum family medicine with OB and c-sections.
Jennifer Simpkins, MD
Jennifer works at True Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center, where she provides complete Obstetric care including deliveries with C-sections at AdventHealth Orlando. She also provides outpatient GYN management which to include procedures for contraception and management of abnormal paps including LEEPs.
Kyra Piñango, MD
Kyra is working in her hometown of Livingston, Montana. She is hospital-employed and paid completely on RVU/production with no time off limit. She practices Family Medicine with OB (including c-sections). She works 4 days per week in the outpatient clinic and take OB call 7-8 days per month and Peds call about 1 day a month. Until very recently she was also working 7 Hospitalist shifts per month but decided to focus more on the outpatient setting for a more predictable schedule. Kyra feels the Family Medicine Residency and the Women’s Health Junior Faculty year prepared her very well for her current practice.
Elina Petrosova, MD
Elina is working for Cleveland clinic at an outpatient only office in palm beach gardens Florida. She practices family medicine with women’s health and practices contraception and hormone replacement and osteoporosis etc.
Sadia Ali, MD
Sadia is working at an FQHC in Miami. She practices outpatient adult medicine and outpatient OB/Gyn and currently have hospital privileges for vaginal deliveries. On average she has been performing 6-8 deliveries per month. In clinic, she has lots of procedures. IUDs, colposcopy, EMB, LEEPs, nexplanons. Sadia works with medical students and residents also.
Program Information
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Curriculum
Rotations
Gynecology: 6 block
Obstetrics: 6 block
Program Duration
The program duration is approximately 12 months beginning in August.
Eligibility
Residents with an interest in the Women's Heath Faculty Development Program at AdventHealth Winter Park are advised to contact the program coordinator to receive more information.
Board certified/eligible in family medicine.
Completed application form including references, transcripts and personal statement.
Ability to obtain DEA registration and Florida medical licensure. prior to employment
Obtain AdventHealth Orlando Medical Staff Privileges.
Good academic performance in residency defined on the basis of standardized examination scores and clinical performance.
Excellent leadership skills demonstrated in residency training or practice.
Basic Maternity Care
Minimum of 50 vaginal deliveries (required) and 20 cesarean deliveries
10 Colposcopies
Nexplanon Certification
IUD Insertions/Removals
NRP Certification
Benefits
We’ll Take Care of You
Including:
Salary 75,000 + Bonus
Health Insurance
Disability Insurance
Life Insurance
Retirement
Continuing education allowance
Professional dues allowance
5 working days for CME
Vacation / Personal Time:
Fellows receive 22 days vacation/ personal/ holiday time per academic year.
Application Process
Join Our Fellow Team
To apply, please submit the following for consideration:
Completed Application Form
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Statement
3 letters of reference, including program director
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Submissions/Deadline
We will be accepting applications starting June 1, 2024, with interviews starting in July. Please submit your completed application together with all supporting documents. After receipt of a complete application, applicants will be notified if a personal interview is required.
Deadline for receiving applications is August 15, 2024. Final decisions are made by on or before September 20, 2024.
Credentialing
Credentialing must be completed before entering the fellowship program.
AdventHealth Orlando Medical Staff Credentialing
(Click on Bylaws and open document titled 2005-10) APMT and (REAPMT)
Florida Department of Health Florida Board of Medicine
4052 Bald Cypress Way, BIN #CO3
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1753
Tel #: Call850-410-3359 Fax: Call850-488-9325
Drug Enforcement Administration
United States Department of Justice Drug Enforcement
Administration
PO Box 28038-8083
Central Station, Washington DC 20005
Tel #: Call202-307-7255
Fellowship Coordinator Contact Information
Mark and Christine are the coordinators the Family Medicine Allopathic Residency, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, and the Women's Health Faculty Development Year Fellowship at AdventHealth Winter Park.
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