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NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES
CHARLES E. KUPCHELLA, President, University of North Dakota
H. DAVID WILSON, Vice President for Health Affairs
Dean, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
WRITERS Pamela Knudson, Amanda Scurry
CONTRIBUTORS Blanche Abdallah, Wendy Opsahl
GRAPHIC DESIGN John Lee, Victoria Swift
PHOTOGRAPHY Chuck Kimmerle, Pamela Knudson, Megan Sugden, Wanda Weber
COVER ART John Lee, Dick Larson
www.ndmedicine.org
DESIGN Eric Walter
CONTENT Amanda Scurry
NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE (ISSN 0888-1456; USPS 077-680) is published five times a year (April, July, September, December, February) by the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Room 1000, 501 N. Columbia Road Stop 9037, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037.
Periodical postage paid at Grand Forks ND.
Printed at Fine Print Inc., Grand Forks, ND.
All articles published in NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE, excluding photographs and copy concerning patients, can be reproduced without prior permission from the editor.
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Obstetrician-gynecologists in North Dakota
State Benefits as Graduates Return to Practice
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Dennis Lutz, M.D.,
Chair and Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Delivering that next level of service as a reproductive endocrinologist, Steffen Christensen, M.D., not only adds an extra dimension to health care services for women in North Dakota, he also is an excellent role model for medical students.
“They can take an elective with him to see if that’s a subspecialty they want to pursue,” says Dennis Lutz, M.D., chair and professor of obstetrics-gynecology, Minot. UND M.D. graduates choose OBGYN at a rate of 12 to 14 percent, two to three times the national average. Graduates must leave the state for training, but the good news, he says, is “we get about 40 percent coming back” to the state to practice.
“Almost all of the 50 OBGYNs practicing in North Dakota are members of the medical school faculty,” Lutz says. The group is split pretty evenly between the genders, with no great variations statewide. About 60 percent of the faculty are under the age of 50.
“Our specialty was male-dominated for a long time,” but the tide is turning as more women choose to enter the field, he notes.
“Seventy-five to 80 percent of residents (in training) are female.”
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