Overview

We are proud to share our Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and Banner Health with you. Our program provides comprehensive education to promote evidence-based care for obstetric patients in a manner based on excellence, collaboration, innovation, community, diversity, and leadership.

Our comprehensive curriculum encompasses every facet of high-risk pregnancy care, from preconception through the postpartum period. Educational opportunities occur through our high acuity, high volume maternity services, comprised of approximately 15 000 annual deliveries between Banner University Medical Center and Banner Desert Medical Center, with thousands more via referral throughout the Banner Heath system across Arizona. Didactic activities include weekly teaching sessions, monthly maternal as well as fetal boards, monthly journal clubs, various multidisciplinary meetings, as well as fellows-as-educators in teaching sessions with our 36 residents. Rotations include inpatient services and outpatient clinic, as well as ICU rotations in adult critical care and the NICU. There is a fellow high-risk clinic, where fellows will learn to function as a Maternal-Fetal Medicine attending with residents, sonographers, and staff. We offer at least 12 months of protected research time with the opportunities in both basic science and clinical research. 

The aim of our fellowship is to help each learner identify, cultivate, and nurture your own special interests for the mastery of the skills needed to achieve your goals as a Maternal-Fetal Medicine physician. 

The objective of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship at the College of Medicine – Phoenix is to train fellows:

  • To gain knowledge and experience across the full breadth of our specialty.
  • To become a master of teaching, and helping to promote evidence-based care from the bedside through all areas of education.
  • To foster an interest in, and develop the ability to understand, appraise, and conduct research with the pursuit of improving patients' lives through knowledge, clinical care, and bettering of the human condition.
  • To promote patient-centered care through compassionate collaboration with patients, colleagues, staff, and students.
  • To aid in the progress of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, supporting the advancement of our profession.
  • •    To help cultivate personal and professional harmony, during fellowship and throughout one’s career.