Section of Women’s Health

The overall goals of the Section of Women’s Health are:

• To provide high-quality, gender-specific, primary care for women, focusing on primary care issues and reproductive health issues
• To develop educational opportunities for medical students and housestaff
• To develop and expand research efforts in health outcomes research dedicated to women

Faculty members are based at UPMC Montefiore, UPMC Shadyside, and the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS). These sites provide interdisciplinary, gender-specific, primary care and gynecologic care for women. The Section also provides education and training and research programs to students, fellows, and residents. These programs include:

• Center of Excellence in the delivery of comprehensive women’s health at both UPMC Montefiore and the VAPHS
• Women’s Health Residency Track, part of the Internal Medicine Residency Training Program and the first of its kind in the country
• Largest Women’s Health Fellowship Program in the country
• The Center for Women’s Health Research and Innovation, a well-established health services research program focused on the impact of gender and gender-specific illness in women’s health