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Daytime In House Attending Program

Every day at each institution, there is an Attending assigned to supervise residents. This attending is the same every week allowing for good contunity of teaching.


Thomas Dolnicek MD, Monday Providence Hospital

Dr. Dolnicek

Dr. Dolnicek is an experienced OB/Gyn who has won numerous teaching awards over the years. In addition to his responsibilities as IHA, his practice (Womens Center for Continence and Pelvic Medicine) is the site of the Urogynecology rotation. Dr. Dolnicek also participates as one of the Continuity Clinic faculty on Wednesday afternoons.


Michelle Reinke-Young DO, Monday Providence Park

Dr. Reinke-Young

Dr. Reinke-Young is one of our graduates (former Administrative Chief Resident) who covers Providence Park on Mondays. She is a talented physician who enjoys supervising and teaching residents. She is also a member of a busy practice (Associates in OB/Gyn) allowing the residents to work with her a lot during their residency.


Sherryl Hinton, MD, Tuesday Providence Hospital

Dr. Hinton

Dr. Hinton has been a recognized teacher in the department for years. She is the latest addition to our In House Attending Faculty, and she is a welcome addition. She is well liked and respected by the other faculty and the residents. She currently is in a busy OB/Gyn practice, and looks forward to joining with this years graduate Dr. Sidhu.


Alan Newman, MD, Tuesday Providence Park

Dr. Newman

Dr. Newman also enjoys teaching and supervising residents. He is a member of Associates in OB/Gyn as well.


Sheri Graf DO, Wednesday Providence Hospital

Dr. Graf

Dr. Graf has been on Wednesdays for quite some time now. She covers the residents in Labor and Delivery while they are in their didactic sessions. In addition, she is currently in the process of becoming a certified simulation instructor.


Michelle Herman DO, Wednesday Providence Park

Dr. Herman

Dr. Herman is a well respected attending who has been covering Wednesdays since graduating from our residency program. She is a member of a busy private practice (Womens Health Consultants) and was one of our first surgeons trained to use the Davinci Robot.


Joseph Prezzato MD, Thursday Providence Hospital

Dr. Piboon

Dr. Prezzato has been teaching residents since finishing his residency here at Providence. He is a well respected teacher who is also a former graduate. In his year, Dr. Prezzato was the administrative chief resident. He is actively involved with the Robotics program, and is helping to get our residents certified to work on the robot in the OR.


Lester Voutsos MD, Thursday Providence Park Hospital

Dr. Voutsos

Dr. Voutsos has a long history of teaching residents having been on the teaching faculty at Sinai Hospital before it closed. He is a member of a busy private practice (Womens Health Consultants) and has the honor of being named the Section Chief of Obstetrics for the Department.


Sharon Miller MD, Friday Providence Hospital

Dr. Miller

Dr. Miller has an excellent rapport with the residents and is a pleasure to work with. She is in solo practice and has been the Friday attending for some time now. She is an outspoken member of the Faculty.


David Clarke MD, Friday Providence Park Hospital

Dr. ClarkeDr. Clarke is an experienced OB/Gyn who has been teaching in multiple different settings throughout his career. He is a member of a busy practice (Providence OB/Gyn) and serves as the Associate Chair of the Department.


Evening In House Attending

Basically, any attending that is a member of the OB/Gyn department has the option of serving as the overnight IHA. They are allowed to continue as long as they get receive good teacing evaluations from the residents. As such, almost every member of the department will take a turn.


Continuity Clinic Faculty

We have dedicated Faculty that function each day in the continuity clinic. These Faculty members help to provide a consistent level of supervision and continuity of care.


Monday: High Risk Clinic

The MFM Faculty (listed below) cover the High Risk Clinic. Patients with High Risk pregnancies in the Continuity Clinic are referred to the High Risk Clinic where the MFM Resident and Faculty manage the pregnancies.


Tuesday: Anthony Boutt MD

Dr. BouttDr. Boutt is a long standing member of the department who has won many teaching awards over the years. He asked to become a full time Clinic Faculty because he loves teaching.


Wednesday: Thomas Dolnicek MD

Dr. Dolnicek

As mentioned above, Dr. Dolnicek is also one of the Clinic Faculty.


Thursday: Jeanne Debono MD

Dr. Debono

Dr. Debono is a well respected gynecologist who also has a busy gynecologic practice. She enjoys teaching and supervising residents. She now serves as the Clinic Director.


Friday: Lakshmi Gavini MD

Dr. Gavini

Dr. Gavini is the Friday attending. She has also won multiple teaching awards over the years. Her current clinic interest is Robotic Surgery.


Sub-Specialty Faculty

Maternal Fetal Medicine/Perinatology

Dr. Welch Dr. Blessed There are 2 physicans who serve as the Maternal Fetal Sub-specialists: Robert Welch MD and William Blessed MD. Dr. Welch is also the Department Chairman and the Associate Residency Director. Dr. Blessed is the Division Director.


Gynecologic Oncology

Dr. Malviya

Dr. Vinay Malviya is our Gynecologic Oncologist. He has one of the busiest oncology practices in Michigan. He provides the full range of care including surgery and chemotherapy. Residents on his service are also actively involved in Tumor Board.


Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

Dr. Carole Kowalczyk has a busy infertility practice. The residents rotate with her during their rotation. In addition, as a part of the service the residents get an opportunity to participate in a large volume ultrasound clinic.


Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

Dr. Dolnicek Dr. Dodds Dr. Thomas Dolnicek and Dr. Robert Dodds supervise the Urogynecology rotation. Residents spend time in their office participating in the office evaluations, urodynamic testing and pessary management. They also attend surgery with the two physicians to learn the principles of surgical prolapse and incontinence management.


Minimally Invasive Surgery/Robotics

Dr. Gavini

We have an active and growing Robotics program. The effort has been led by Dr. Lakshmi Gavini (a former graduate). In addition to the robotics program, Dr. Gavini has been appointed as the Section Chief of Gynecology. We currently have more than 20 approved Robotic Proctors!

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