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Background: During the first trimester of pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy is the leading cause of maternal mortality. Diagnosis and management of ectopic pregnancies require that health care providers maintain vigilance. Providing a variety of surgical and medical treatments at night can be challenging to the on call team in a teaching hospital. We present four cases of ectopic pregnancies managed over a 15 hour period by the night on call gynecology team.Cases: Case 1, 26-year-old women diagnosed with a ruptured ectopic pregnancy that required emergent laparotomy and blood transfusion. In Case 2, 27-year-old women underwent dilation, curettage and minimal invasive surgery of operative laparoscopy for ruptured ectopic pregnancy. In Case 3, a 24-year-old woman with unruptured ectopic pregnancy was treated with methotrexate. In Case 4, 35 yearold women underwent minimal invasive operative laparoscopy for unruptured ectopic pregnancy. Conclusion:Despite technological advances in early diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy with the use of transvaginal sonogram and serial β-HCG titers, patients still present to the emergency department with ruptured ectopic pregnancy necessitating acute surgical interventions. This is especially prevalent in inner city hospital catchment area where patients often wait until development of severe symptoms before presenting for medical care. Therefore, diagnosis of ectopic pregnancies warrens a high index of suspicion and treatment plans that are individualized, particularly to area of services with attention to patient compliance.