OB/GYN Residency Training Program History

In 2003, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Meharry Medical College was proud to announce that its residency program had been restored by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Previously, the obstetrics and gynecology residency program had been discontinued for 10 years after patient volume declined at Meharry’s then teaching institution, Hubbard Hospital. Since the beginning of the new program three new residents have been added each year. 

The need for the program came when a Kaiser Family Foundation study showed that women are at greater risk of losing medical services during economic hardships.  Minority women and those from disadvantaged backgrounds are hardest hit in their ability to access care. Meharry Medical College sought restoration of its’ residency program to help  increase the number of the nation’s obstetricians and gynecologists who receive training in an environment that better prepares them to care for minority women.

Restoration of the obstetrics and   gynecology residency program came as a result of the success Meharry Medical College had in restructuring, which included expanding the training affiliations with area hospitals, including Nashville General Hospital at Meharry, Middle Tennessee Medical Center, VA York Campus in Murfreesboro and the St. Thomas Hospital. July 2007 marked the fourth year for the residency program.