More than 135 Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG) clinicians are celebrating significant employment anniversaries with OBHG in 2023.
Two OBHG clinicians are celebrating 15-year anniversaries, 25 clinicians are celebrating their 10-year anniversaries and 110 clinicians are celebrating five-year anniversaries!
We are so proud to acknowledge the long-term dedication of our clinicians. We recently caught up with some of the clinicians celebrating milestone anniversaries in 2023 to capture some of their reflections:
“Yes, 10 years! It’s been wonderful! This has definitely been the right career fit for me. I chose OB/GYN after I delivered my first baby as a fourth-year medical student. I was recovering from breast cancer treatment, and I asked God to show me what kind of doctor He wanted me to be. Well, there was nothing like it. The experience was amazing helping a mother bring a newborn baby into the world. There was so much joy, and it felt rewarding. Somehow, the experience gave me hope for living. OB/GYN was also unlike other medical professions in that I could spend time in office with patients, do surgeries in the OR, and do deliveries in the hospital. I loved the variation in my day.
When I married and we adopted a newborn baby in 2010, I knew my schedule had to change. I wanted to spend more time being a mommy. OBHG seemed like the right fit giving me freedom to work only 7-9 days a month, so I could be home the rest of the time. I joined the St. Vincent Evansville program in 2013 and I’ve had a wonderful experience. The private physicians and nursing staff are wonderful there, and I love my team. We are a family.
Over the past 10 years, I’ve seen a major demand for OB hospitalist programs all over the US. It really makes sense because we provide necessary life-saving care almost every day. I can’t tell you how many times in the last 10 years I’ve done a stat C-section for placental abruption, or I’ve done a precip delivery in OBED, sometimes a breech extraction, or I’ve been at the bedside in seconds of a seizing or hemorrhaging patient. My advice to new OB/GYNs is for them to realize that we OB hospitalists are here for them. We’ve got their back, so to speak. If they need any help, we’re here for that reason.”
Dr. Denise Bruneau
“I have enjoyed working with the OBHG team for the last 10 years. We have a complete team of experienced board-certified OB/GYN physicians, nurses, midwives, OB/GYN residents, and NICU personnel which makes it a safe work environment. As an OB/GYN in private practice incorporating both clinic and hospital work since 2001, being an OB hospitalist for the last 10 years has been a bonus with opportunity to transition to full time hospital work later down the road. I also appreciate all the OBHG ancillary staff who have helped organize, develop, and facilitate the completion of the required perinatal Relias bundle courses as well as OBHG protocols to maximize our OB knowledge and minimize legal exposure and risk. I feel honored to be part of the well-respected nationally recognized OBHG team.”
Dr. Mary Jo Urso, FACOOG
“I started out as a solo private OB/GYN practitioner who was struggling financially. I started working part-time with OBHG to make some extra money. After a short time, I realized all the benefits of being an OB hospitalist with OBHG. I decided to close my OB practice and join OBHG full time. That was the best decision ever. Being an OB hospitalist, I was able to still do what I loved without the headaches of dealing with insurance companies. With the added free time, I was able to continue to serve my private patients with natural bio-identical hormone therapy, which I had been doing for the past 15 years. As a result of this, my stress level decreased significantly.
When I started with OBHG 10 years ago, there was only one program in the state of Georgia. Now there are at least 10 programs. The OBHG model is here to stay, and I am very happy to be a part of this growing OBHG family.”
Dr. Carlo Lee
“I came to OBHG looking for a temporary position. My experience has been good; I realized very quickly that OBHG provided me with a life balance; personal, professional, and satisfactory clinical patient care and I have made a career out of it. Thank you OBHG for what you are doing for OB/GYNs, hospitals and patients alike. It’s working!”
OBHG has evolved excellently and emerged as a first in class brand in the industry. The rapid growth of the company has been a pleasant surprise; in personnel and support, expanding into all regions of the U.S. and hospitals literally on the waiting list for OBHG program; some private physicians in these hospitals closing their offices to join OBHG; buying into this concept and model are new OB/GYNs, hospitals and patients alike.”
Dr. Tochukwu Onyekwuluje
“Working for OBHG has changed my life for the better in so many ways. When I finished residency, I didn’t even know that becoming an OB Hospitalist was an option (and, if I recall, it was just starting to become a career at that time). I went from a small (1 in 2 call situation) private practice in which I worked virtually 24/7 that greatly impeded my personal health and in which I was professionally frustrated to having a life, improving my mental and physical health, and to finding a career that is so rewarding that I cannot imaging ever going back to being a generalist. OBHG, from the beginning, has been supportive of my personal and professional goals and needs. They have offered professional education and growth opportunities that I never would have expected and that have allowed me to advance in my career as an OB hospitalist on a persistent and steady growth track. I have found working for OBHG to be an amazing opportunity professionally. My first role as an OB hospitalist came at just the right time when I was considering leaving medicine altogether due to burn out and frustration. OBHG allowed me to recapture my love of my specialty and my patients. I’ve become a better clinician, a better team-member, a better leader, all with the help of OBHG. I credit a lot of my growth and achievement to Charlie Jaynes, my first MDO, who mentored me and allowed me grace when I made mistakes. He taught me so many things and helped me to overcome many hurdles. I will always be grateful to him for his support over the years in OBHG.
Working as an OB hospitalist has become THE sought-after role for many providers as it has such an excellent ability to achieve work-life balance and it allows OB/GYNs to be purely medical providers rather than insurance handlers, secretaries, nurses, and the other myriad of roles you are expected to fill as generalists in a practice setting. Having an OB hospitalist provider in-house has virtually become the standard of care, even at smaller institutions, for the safety and superior care it provides to patients and staff alike.”
Dr. Debbie Bredestege