OB/GYN Residency Columbia - Program Highlights

SASCOG – Honors a faculty member for their dedication and commitment to the ideals of being and academic generalist- Sumit Suraf, MD

SASCOG- Recognition of third- or fourth-year resident who have distinguished themselves academically and demonstrate an in interest in a career as an Academic Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology- Sarah Dobbs, MD

SMFM –(faculty nominated) The SMFM Resident Award for Excellence in Obstetrics presented to resident who best exemplifies the qualities and vision of SMFM to improved pregnancy and perinatal outcomes

Lea Russell, MD

AAGL American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists- Recognition of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology (faculty nominated)

 Sarah Dobbs, MD

SLS-The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons – Resident Achievement Award (faculty nominated)  PGY-4 Mai Nguyen, MD

APGO Excellence in Teaching Award —Kate Fisher, MD

Highest CREOG Exam Award – Mai Nguyen Dyer, MD

Most Improved CREOG Exam Score- N/A due to different scoring system

Resident Student Teaching Award and recipient of $250.00 (students vote after each rotation)

Eugene Kim, MD

Jordan Cone, MD

Lea Russell, MD

Kayce Booth, MD

Jessica Cunningham, MD

Society for Family Planning— Mai Nguyen Dyer, MD

Highest Oral Exam Score- Lauren Summerell, DO

CREOG-Council on Resident Education -National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education- Sumit Saraf, MD

SASCOG – honors a faculty member for their dedication and commitment to the ideals of being and academic generalist.

• Elizabeth Nodelman, MD

APGO Excellence in Teaching Award

• Katelyn Fisher, MD

Special note
Dr. Jillian Claire was nominated for Prisma Health Resident Ethics Award, and Dr. Katee Wyant and Dr. Jordan Cone were nominated for Gold Humanism Society award.

AAGL – American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists- Recognition of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology (faculty nominated).

• PGY-3 Eugene Kim, MD

SLS – The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons – Resident Achievement Award (faculty nominated).

• PGY-4 Jillian Claire, MD

SMFM – (faculty nominated) The SMFM Resident Award for Excellence in Obstetrics presented to resident who best exemplifies the qualities and vision of SMFM to improved pregnancy and perinatal outcomes.

• Mai Nguyen, MD

Highest CREOG Exam Award

• Jillian Claire, MD

Most Improved CREOG Exam Score

• Eugene Kim, MD and Sarah Dobbs

Resident Student Teaching Award and recipient of $250.00 (students vote after each rotation)

• Katee Wyant, MD
• Eugene Kim, MD
• Silki Modi, MD
• Lea Russell, MD

Highest oral exam score

• Jillian Claire, MD

Society for Family Planning 

• Jillian Claire, MD

CREOG – Council on Resident Education -National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education.

• Matthew Lenhard, MD

Prisma Health Resident of the Year

• Anna Alappat, MD

NASPAG

• Nivedita Umasankar

ASCCP

• Katee Wyant, MD

American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) Recognition of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology (faculty nominated)

• PGY-3 Katee Wyant, MD

SLS-The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons – Resident Achievement Award (faculty nominated)

• PGY-4 Nivedita Umasankar

SMFM (faculty nominated)

The SMFM Resident Award for Excellence in Obstetrics presented to resident who best exemplifies the qualities and vision of SMFM to improved pregnancy and perinatal outcomes

• Mai Nguyen, MD

Highest CREOG Exam Award

• Anna Alappat, MD and Katee Wyant, MD

Most Improved CREOG Exam Score

• Anna Alappat, MD

Society for Family Planning

• Katee Wyant, MD

Highest Oral Exam Score

• Lahari Shetty, MD

AAGL – Special Resident in Minimally Invasive Gynecology (faculty nominated)

• PGY-4 Katelyn Fisher, MD
• PGY-3  Nivedita Umasankar, MD

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine award (faculty nominated)

The SMFM Resident Award for Excellence in Obstetrics presented to resident who best exemplifies the qualities and vision of SMFM to improved pregnancy and perinatal outcomes

• Katee Wyant, MD

Resident Research Award (voted by research forum judges panel)

• Nivedita Umasankar, MD

Highest CREOG Exam Award

• Katelyn Fisher, MD, and Jillian Claire, MD

Most Improved CREOG Exam Score

• Lahari Shetty, MD

Highest Oral Exam Score

• Jennifer Higdon, MD

South Carolina Obstetrical & Gynecological Society 77th Annual Meeting= September 15-17, 2023, Omni Grove Park Inn Asheville, NC

• Contgratulations to Jessica Cunningham, MD, PHD, PGY2 resident on her second win at the SCOBGYN Annual Meeting. Dr. Cunningham was also selected to be the first resident representative on the SCOBGYN Board of Directors. Great Job Dr. Cunningham!

ACOG District IV meeting, Washington, DC- October 20-22, 2023. 

Resident Attendees

• Bree Harper, MD
• Lea Russell, MD

Faculty Attendees:

• Dawn Bingham, MD
• Elizabeth Nodelman, MD
• Patricia Seal, MD

Annual AAGL Congress on MIGS - Nashville, TN -  November 4-9, 2023

Resident Attendees:

• Silki Modi, MD
• Lauren Summerell, DO

Faculty Attendees:

• Sumit Saraf, MD

Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction-February 19-24, 2024

• Surgical Video Presentation- Karlee Gibbon, MD

Congressional Leadership Conference- Ob-Gyns in Action: Advancing Access through Advocacy- March 3-5, 2024.

Resident Attendees:

• Sarah Dobbs, MD
• Bree Harper, MD
• Lea Russell, MD

Faculty Attendees:

• Dawn Bingham, MD
• Patricia Seal, MD

4th Year Grand Rounds

February 27, 2024

• Resident Clinics & Equitable Care: Re-examining the structure and goals of resident-led clinics in OB/GYN training- Rachel Harper, MD

March 8, 2024

• Medicine on Your Plate- Jordan Cone, MD

South Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society Annual Meeting October 7 - 9, 2022

The Grove Park Inn Asheville, NC

• Jessica Cunningham, MD, PhD - “Utilizing pregnant mice to understand fetal development: the tails of a basic science researcher”. First Place Winner

• Sarah Dobbs, MD- Poster Presentation- "Abdominal Pregnancy at 23 weeks"

ACOG Districts IV and VII Annual District Meeting, Junior Fellow Advisory Council, September 30- October 2, Asheville, NC

• Eugene Kim, MD  - Poster Presentation entitled "Experience of Patients Undergoing Second Trimester Interruption of Pregnancy"

•  Eugene Kim, MD and Dr. Lea Russell, MD participated in the annual meeting representing our department

South Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society 75th Annual Meeting – Research Poster Presentation

• Jillian Claire, MD

36th annual ACRM in Chicago April 7-9- NASPAG Poster Presentation

• Rachel Allan, MD

Grand Rounds

• Lahari Shetty, MD

• Katee Wyant, MD

• Rachel Allan, MD

• Jillian Claire, MD

2022 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist, OB-GYN Resident Reporter

May 5-8, 2022, San Diego, California

• Rachel Harper, MD

Research presentation

• Anna Alappat, MD, April 2021

Grand Rounds

• Anna Alappat, MD
• Liane Gozmao, MD
• Jennifer Higdon, MD
• Nivedita Umasankar, MD

South Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Genecologist (SAASCOG), Asheville, NC

• Jennifer Higdon, MD
• Kate Fisher, MD
• Nivedita Umasankar, MD

Grand Rounds

• Katelyn Fisher, MD
• Chandler Inabinet, MD
• Andrew Mather, MD

Carolina Women’s Health Research Forum

• Liane Gozmao, MD
• Jennifer Higdon, MD
• Nivedita Umasankar, MD

South Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Genecologist (SAASCOG), Sea Island, GA

• Chandler Inabinet, MD
• Jillian Claire, MD
• Whitney Shepard, MD

 
North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, New Orleans, LA

• Nivedita Umasankar, MD

 
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) District IV Meeting, Savannah, GA

• Blake Chapman, DO

 
ACOG/CREOG Education Retreat, Memphis, TN

• Jennie Gillespie, DO

 
Carolina Women’s Health Research Forum

• Katelyn Fisher, MD
• Chandler Inabinet, MD
• Andrew Mather, MD

 
Grand Rounds

• Blake Chapman, DO
• Jennie Gillespie, DO
• Elizabeth Montague-Farwell, DO

South Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Genecologists (SAASCOG), Bonita Springs, FL

• Monica Ploetzky, MD
• Jessica Ebinger, MD
• Danielle Johnson, MD

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Annual and Scientific Meeting, Austin, TX

• Jennie Gillespie, DO

ACOG District 1&IV Annual Meeting, Charlotte, ND

• Blake Chapman, DO “Resident Reporter”

South Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, 71^st Annual Meeting Asheville, NC

• Danielle Johnson, MD

CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD

• Blake Chapman, DO