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Residency
Applying to the Program

The Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Loyola University Medical will be accepting applications only through ERAS. To ensure that your application is considered for an interview, please have your complete application submitted through ERAS by October 20, 2015.

Application requirements:

  1. A complete ERAS application including personal statement, research experience, publications, medical school transcripts, and any honors or distinctions obtained during medical school or elsewhere.
  2. Three to four letters of recommendation.
  3. Take and pass Step 1 of the USMLE.
  4. Take and pass the Clinical Skills portion of Step 2 before the match.
  5. Foreign medical graduates must have one year of clinical experience in the United States. Observerships and research are not considered clinical experience. Clerkships at American hospitals are clinical experience.
  6. Foreign medical graduates should be ECFMG certified before applying.
    1. We have no policy regarding year of graduation
    2. We accept J-1 visas
    3. We do not sponsor H1B visas

Applications will be reviewed by the program directors and invitations to interview will be e-mailed at the end of September / early October 2015.

The LUMC Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency Program will be conducting applicant interviews on the following dates: 

  • Wednesday, November 11th, 2015
  • Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
  • Wednesday, December 9th, 2015

The Ob/Gyn residents host an informal gathering the evening before the interview dates for those applicants who can attend.

The Interview day begins at 7:00 am to allow the applicants exposure to the department educational lectures and an opportunity to meet our faculty. Interviews will commence after grand rounds and applicants will meet with the Program Director, the Chair and 3 to 4 department faculty. The day will end with a late luncheon for the applicants and residents. A final agenda will be sent to invited applicants closer to the date of the interviews.

If you have any questions regarding the application process, please e-mail the program coordinator, Diane Jaworski, at djawors@lumc.edu.

Updated on 11/24/2015.