Surgical obstetrics
150+ cesarean deliveries with progressive autonomy. Operative vaginal deliveries built into the rotation schedule.
Sioux Falls Women’s Health Fellowship · PGY-4
Prepare to bring advanced women’s healthcare to your community.
Offered through Sioux Falls Family Medicine Residency, this 11-month family medicine–obstetrics fellowship prepares physicians to serve rural and underserved communities. Gain extensive experience in surgical obstetrics and office-based gynecologic procedures, training alongside OB-GYN providers in an unopposed setting. You’ll also care for your own family medicine patient panel and help teach our residents.
150+
Cesarean deliveries
During the 11-month fellowship
11 mo
Fellowship length
August 1 start
Unopposed
Training setting
Alongside OB-Gyn providers
1
FM clinic panel
Maintained throughout
Training scope
What you will do during fellowship in Sioux Falls
Gynecologic office procedures
LEEPs, colposcopy, endometrial biopsy, IUD placements, and the full scope of common ambulatory GYN procedures.
High-risk pregnancy management
Co-management with MFM at a tertiary care center — diabetes, hypertensive disorders, preterm labor, abnormal placentation.
Neonatal resuscitation
Routine and complex resuscitation experience in the OB and L&D setting.
Eligibility
Who can apply
Applicants must have completed a 3-year ACGME-accredited Family Medicine Residency and be eligible to train in Sioux Falls. Applicants must be:
- Board certified in Family Medicine, or
- In your third year on track for certification by August 1.
Application materials
What to send
- Current CV
- 2-page personal statement
- Program Director letter of support (or Medical Director if practicing)
- Two additional reference letters — preferably one FM and one OB/GYN
- OB and GYN procedure numbers from the past 2 years
- ABFM examination score or In-Training Examination score
Personal statement
Two pages three prompts
Your statement should address:
- 1 Motivation for additional obstetrics training, particularly surgical obstetrics
- 2 Previous obstetrical experience — residency and beyond
- 3 Career goals after fellowship
Application timeline
Key dates
- 01
Late Sept – early Oct
Interviews
- 02
November 15
Fellows selected
- 03
August 1
Fellowship begins
Fellowship contact
Send application materials to Sioux Falls
Fellowship applications are reviewed by the Sioux Falls Family Medicine Residency. Materials should be sent to the contacts below — not the Pierre Rural program office.
Thinking about fellowship?
Start a conversation with Dr. Clouse.
You don’t have to wait until you’re ready to apply. Ask about the patients you’ll care for, the skills you’ll build, and a typical week at our Sioux Falls training sites. We’d be glad to help you explore whether the fellowship fits your goals.