Why Tufts MC
Did you know Tufts Medical Center is the oldest hospital in Boston? Tufts Medical Center was established as the Boston Dispensary and was the first operating medical center in New England- and the third in the United States. It was commissioned by Paul Revere
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Overview

Residents complete their training at Tufts Medical Center, a world-class academic medical center located in Boston and the principal teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine. It also sponsors nineteen specialty ACGME-accredited clinical training programs.

Tufts Medical Center is a 415-bed robust organization, providing everything from routine medical care to treating the most complex diseases affecting adults and children. Tufts Medical Center provides heart, kidney and bone marrow transplants, is a level I trauma center, provides comprehensive neurological and neurosurgical care, and offers cutting-edge cancer treatments.

Tufts Medical Center is also home to The Boston Gamma Knife Center, the first and only Gamma Knife Center in Massachusetts and northern New England.

The diversity, equity and social justice committee

We recognize that a diverse physician workforce enables the creation of a more just and equitable women’s healthcare field. To that end, we seek to recruit and support diverse residents that reflect the broad diversity of the patients that we serve. The Diversity, Equity and Social Justice Committee is a resident-led group that provides programming and support for all residents. Past programming has included:

  • ALIES: Creating a resident curriculum on gender diverse patients
  • Diversity &Inclusion Working Group: Establishing a hospital-wide committee with residents from all departments to discuss recruitment with the GME office
  • Implicit Bias Training: A didactic and grand rounds series with various guest speakers on the harms of implicit 

We are always seeking suggestions and new voices. Please do not hesitate to connect with us.  

tuftsdesjcommittee@gmail.com

Research

Our residents produce an impressive volume of high quality scientific research in all areas of OBGYN and present at national meetings and publish in peer reviewed journals every year. As early as 6 months into your residency you will begin to receive emails prompting you to brainstorm research areas and look at the projects done by other residents in our program with whom you may collaborate. Our research curriculum also offers courses in a variety of areas that will help you in developing your own project such as “How to do a literature Search” to “How to write an abstract.”

For a full list of the resident and faculty research projects in the past few years please see our research page.

Wellness

At Tufts Medical Center we believe that the wellness of our residents is critical to their ability to achieve and provide the best care to their patients. We know that wellness means something different to everyone and as program directors we believe in finding a balance for each individual resident.

We also sponsor group activities!  Each year, one of the chief residents takes on the role of Wellness Chief to help coordinate monthly activities for the residents to mitigate the stressors of residency training.  Some of those activities include meditation, exercise and gratitude exercises. Each year the residents participate in ACOG’s wellness week and schedule daily events during that time which have included rock climbing, exercise classes, and relaxing down-time. The residents enjoy a 24 hour retreat annually, participating in both team building and wellness events. Our GME office also sponsors activities each year in August for the residents to plan an out of work social event to kick off the new academic year – as this is Boston, a boat cruise in the “ha-bah” is a popular choice event.