Application procedure

Thank you for your interest in our Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency Program.  Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center is a not-for-profit tertiary-care teaching hospital licensed for 330 beds in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago with 14,609 admissions, 180,381 outpatient visits, and 2,370 births.

• Level I Trauma
• Level III NICU
• Recognized by the Human Rights Campaign 7 years in a row for LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality
• HIMSS Level 7
• Chicago's only Resource Hospital Coordination Center for leading mass disasters

We will be accepting applications for the 2024-2025 academic year via ERAS only (www.aamc.org/eras).  No paper, fax, or email applications will be considered. Our program is a 4-year training program with 3 positions available every year. 

Applicant criteria:

1. Interest in serving a diverse patient population, including a large Hispanic population and LGBTQ+ population.
2. Interest in living, working, and serving an urban community hospital in Metro Chicago.
3. Interest in teaching, including medical students, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine residents, and junior OB/Gyne residents.
4. Interest in working in a dynamic team-oriented department where certified nurse midwives, nursing, staff, attending physicians: laborist, generalist, subspecialty, and resident physicians are your colleagues.
5. The ability to work in a professional environment and provide honest, constructive criticism.
6. Open-minded to constructive criticism and self-improvement.
7. Adaptable in a dynamic fast-paced work environment.
8. Dedicated to clinical and non-clinical excellence.

NRMP code: 2117220C0

Applications will be considered when all of the following application documents have been received: 

• A complete ERAS application (available at http://www.aamc.org/students/eras/start.htm). This includes:

  - Personal statement

  - Deans letter

  - USLME/ and/or COMLEX transcripts

  - Three letters of recommendation:

  - If you are transferring from another program one of these letters must be from your current/previous Program Director.

  - One SLOE (recommended)

Interview dates and deadline for applying

We participate in the standards for OBGYN application/interviews and program signaling as suggested by the CREOG APGO guidelines.

• Deadline for application submission is October 1, 2023.
• Interview offers will be released on 10/24/2023, with rolling offers afterwards.
• Interviews will be scheduled on a first come, first-serve basis.
• Candidates will have the recommended 48 hours to reply to the interview offer.
• We are limiting our program interview invitations to the number of interview slots available.
• Virtual Interview dates: Tuesdays (11/14/2023, 11/21/2023, 12/05/2023) and Thursdays (11/02/2023, 11/09/2023, 11/30/2023)

If you have not received an invitation for an interview by December 2, 2023, we regret to inform you that we are unable to accommodate you for a residency interview.

Thank you for taking the time to review our website. We hope it will answer your questions, but if you have additional inquiries or comments please contact the Residency Program Administrator, Charlotte Hammond-Brown, at 773-296-5590.