Many UHP physicians have teaching responsibilities for residents, fellows, and medical students.  The UMKC SOM accepts students directly out of high school for a six-year combined baccalaureate/Doctor of Medicine program.  The UMKC SOM Graduate Medical Education program supports over 30 residencies and fellowships.

UH is known as “Kansas City’s Essential Hospital” and is the safety net healthcare system for Jackson County/Kansas City, MO.  UH is an academic medical center, serving as the primary teaching institution for the UMKC Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, and Pharmacy.  A 547-bed, not-for-profit health system, UH delivers the highest-quality medical care for our patients, with compassion, empathy, and unparalleled dedication to service.  During the 2020 pandemic, UH has been recognized as a regional leader in COVID care and testing.

University Health Physicians, the academic group practice for the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine seeks a full time faculty member for the Department of Ob/GYN at University Health. UH provides the expertise of academic medicine the region’s largest safety-net academic hospital.  The ideal candidate is a BC/BE Ob/Gyn physician who provides excellent full scope obstetric and gynecologic care, in the office and hospital.  The selected candidate would join a group of Ob/Gyn specialists, female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgeons as well as several maternal-fetal medicine specialists. Opportunities for medical student and resident education, in-office procedures and daVinci robotic surgery are also available.

The OB/GYN Faculty will provide full-spectrum OB & GYN care at our UH-TMC campus.

Responsibilities include: 

• Patient management in our newly renovated state-of-the-art Labor & Delivery unit
• Full-spectrum outpatient OB/GYN management in our brand new clinics
• Busy GYN Operating Room opportunities, including daVinci robotic surgery
• Care of Antepartum & Postpartum patients. 
• Provide coverage for GYN inpatients including full spectrum operating as well as emergency surgical care for gynecologic patients presenting through the ED.  
• Opportunity for private patient care in University Health
• Serve as an expert clinical resource for L&D staff along with routine patient assessment and triage
• Supervise and instruct University of Missouri Kansas City OB/GYN residents as well as the UMKC School of Medicine rotating students. 

Academic appointment and salary will be commensurate with background.  In addition to a busy residency program of 32 residents, the Department of OB/GYN, primarily located in Kansas City, Missouri, has a maternal-fetal medicine fellowship program, and exciting opportunities for research and academic achievement.