Your clinical practice will unfold within a thoughtfully structured week designed to balance the demands of complex surgical oncology with the meaningful continuity of outpatient care. Three days each week, you’ll see 20–23 patients in clinic—guiding women through initial cancer diagnoses, performing follow-up evaluations, and witnessing firsthand the gratitude of restored health. These aren’t just appointments—they’re transformative encounters where expertise and compassion intersect.
As the regional referral center for complex gynecologic care, you’ll manage a diverse patient population that keeps your practice intellectually stimulating and clinically broad. While oncology remains your primary focus, challenging benign cases—from massive fibroids and severe endometriosis to complex adnexal masses—ensure you maintain the full breadth of your fellowship training. With current consultation wait times of 18–19 days, your arrival directly enhances access to care as the team launches an accelerated triage system prioritizing suspected malignancies.
Unlike many subspecialty environments, this position prioritizes work-life balance. Call duties follow a 1:6 rotation (moving to 1:7 upon your arrival) and—importantly—are daytime only. From 8 AM to 5 PM during your call week, you’ll manage inpatient consults and urgent gynecologic issues, while after-hours care transitions seamlessly to the OB/GYN team. That means no overnight calls, no weekend rounds unless following your own surgical patients, and the freedom to maintain consistent family time.
While your clinic and surgical responsibilities continue during call weeks, your colleagues share a strong culture of collaboration and triage, ensuring non-urgent matters are appropriately deferred. This structure maintains your ability to deliver focused, high-quality patient care—without sacrificing personal wellbeing.
As part of your academic appointment through Baylor College of Medicine, you’ll work with 20 OB/GYN residents who rotate through the service. These learners bring enthusiasm, skill, and a genuine eagerness to absorb surgical techniques and clinical judgment under your mentorship. Education occurs organically—in the OR, in clinic, and during tumor board discussions—rather than through rigid academic quotas or publication demands.
Residents handle much of the documentation and assist meaningfully in surgery, increasing efficiency rather than slowing workflow. You’ll model not only technical excellence but also the empathetic communication critical to guiding newly diagnosed cancer patients. Ongoing quality initiatives—like improved inpatient cancer diagnosis tracking—place you at the heart of continuous program enhancement.
Your two weekly dedicated surgical days provide protected time for the advanced procedures that define gynecologic oncology. While current OR schedules are tight, leadership has formally committed to expanding surgical resources across the organization’s “Big Six” priority lines—including cancer care and OB/GYN—ensuring your cases receive the priority they deserve.
You’ll perform the full range of procedures, from radical hysterectomies and staging surgeries to complex debulking and advanced minimally invasive techniques. The mix of oncology and challenging benign surgery keeps your skills sharp while sustaining variety and satisfaction in your operative practice.
This environment offers the sophistication of academic medicine without the bureaucracy. You’ll make patient-centered decisions—not insurance-driven ones—implement new treatment protocols without excessive committees, and retain the clinical autonomy that allows you to practice medicine as it was meant to be practiced: focused on healing and human connection.