Surgical obstetrics
150+ cesarean deliveries with progressive autonomy. Operative vaginal deliveries built into the rotation schedule.
Sioux Falls Womens Health Fellowship PGY-4
An FP-OB fellowship based in Sioux Falls for physicians serving rural and underserved communities
Offered through the Sioux Falls Family Medicine Residency, this 11-month fellowship is built around high-volume surgical obstetrics and the full scope of GYN office procedures. Fellows train in Sioux Falls in an unopposed setting alongside OB-Gyn providers, maintain their own FM clinic panel, and help teach Sioux Falls family medicine 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
September 15
Application deadline
- 02
Late Sept – early Oct
Interviews
- 03
November 15
Fellows selected
- 04
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.
Sioux Falls family medicine resident already
Talk to Dr Clouse about fellowship fit in Sioux Falls
Most fellows reach out long before the formal application — to ask about case mix, scope, and what the fellow's week actually looks like at Sioux Falls training sites. We welcome that conversation.