Updated: May 9, 2023
Program Director:
Dr. Lara Gotha
Staff, Mount Sinai Hospital
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Toronto
Contact:
Kamil Devonish
Tel: (416) 586-4684
Email: Kamil.Devonish@sinaihealth.ca
Site: Mount Sinai Hospital
Application Deadline: Submit Application Form by September 1st of each year
To All Applicants:
If you have also applied to the U.S match through the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP), please be advised that the University of Toronto is a participating institution and adheres to the match policy. The policy states that "Applicants who have matched to a program or have accepted a position during the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP), shall not apply for, discuss, interview for, or accept a concurrent year position in another program prior to the NRMP granting the requested waiver." More information is accessible at http://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2018-MPA-Specialities-Matching-Service.pdf.
The overall goal of the Fellowship is to gain initial experience of contemporary North American tertiary-level obstetric practice as it applies to the assessment, management, and postpartum care of both high- and low-risk pregnancies.
This will include exposure to high-risk antepartum patients presenting with complications of pregnancy to Labour and Delivery Triage; coordination of high-risk and low-risk postpartum care; intrapartum management; point of care obstetric ultrasound; and liaising with multidisciplinary colleagues (i.e., nursing, midwifery, paediatrics, anaesthesia, genetics, allied health, medical/surgical specialties) and diagnostic services (i.e., pathology, medical imaging, interventional radiology).
The Fellowship is intended for overseas trained graduate specialists in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Advanced Obstetrics Fellows are expected to function at the level of a Canadian PGY2-3 resident.
The objectives of this Fellowship Program are as follows: