Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chairmans Welcome
DR. KELLIE FLOOD-SHAFFER, INTERIM CHAIR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, AND RESIDENCY PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Welcome to the web site of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at TTUHSC, Lubbock. I am pleased that you are taking the time to visit us. Our web site has been redesigned to be more useable and informative for you. We want to allow you to become acquainted with our faculty, residents and staff as well as our clinical, educational and research activities. I am very proud of our faculty and staff. They are focused on excellence in obstetrics and gynecology. Their enthusiasm and dedication to teaching, patient care and academics is our greatest asset. Our facilities and equipment are first rate.
The Center for Perinatal Medicine is a high level diagnostic center for ultrasounds, genetics and fetal testing services. The ultrasound equipment and computerized reporting/archival system is state of the art. We have a number of other specialty clinics including Gestational Diabetes clinic, High Risk Obstetrical Clinic, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Clinic, and Colposcopy Clinic in addition to regular OB and Gyn Continuity of Care clinics for all residents. We have begun the expansion of our private practice office in South Lubbock and will soon move into a brand new state of the art resident clinic facility, the Texas Tech Physician Medical Pavilion. The Pavilion includes an electronic medical record system which, in collaboration with University Medical Center, is fully integrated and provides continuously updated patient care worksheets as well as archived data for all TTUHSC and UMC patients.
The department also provides ample opportunities for research for students and residents. Each resident is assigned a research mentor in the first year and is expected to present a finished project in the third or fourth year at our annual Resident Research Day. The faculty are actively engaged in a variety of research endeavors across all areas of the specialty. Dr. Sam Prien, PhD is the Departments director of research. Dr. Priens laboratory is located within the department and serves as a unique resource for both basic science and clinical research.
Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with our faculty, residents and staff. They are wonderful group and are responsible for the quality of our program. We take great pride in our residency training program as well as the quality of the experience that we offer to medical students. Whether you are interested in residency training or a fourth year medical student elective, please do not hesitate to contact me or any of our faculty and we can answer any questions that you have about our programs. Take your time and enjoy getting to know us. We hope to get to know you in the future.
We are in a time of transition. Change and growth are inevitable. We have made, and continue to make great strides as we strive for the highest levels of excellence in resident training. We are in the process of recruiting and interviewing the very best nationally-known candidates for the Chairmans position. We are optimistic that the new Chair will be identified and named by the end of the academic year. New faculty are also being actively recruited. Our outlook is now, and continues to be EXCELLENT!