Clinical Fellowships

Thank you for your interest in the Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship at Yale. At the center of the fellowship experience is a diverse team of anesthesiologists that bring their expertise from Yale, Stanford, Columbia, University of North Carolina, Mass General Hospital, UPenn, Beth Israel Deaconess, and UT Southwestern.

From this rich knowledge and experience base, you will receive an outstanding academic experience working closely with our nationally renowned Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) team with a central interprofessional patient-centered approach to medical care.

You will also have the opportunity to participate in various clinical research projects, laboratory research, teaching and other medical education endeavors, and quality and innovation projects. We have ongoing funded and unfunded projects including randomized controlled trials, and you also have the opportunity to design your own project.

Please look over the details of the Yale curriculum and clinical experience. We look forward to meeting you!

Our aim is to provide a rich clinical and educational environment aiming to foster growth and maturity with the overarching goal to provide a safe and nurturing birth experience for all patients.

What sets Yale apart from other fellowships is the steadfast commitment and dedication to propel you into the next stage of your career guided entirely by your individual passions and strengths. At Yale we deliver what we promise. Additionally, we are unique in that both our department Chair and Residency Program Director are obstetric anesthesiologists who are well-known in the field of obstetric anesthesiology and have a long-standing history of excellent mentorship.

Currently, we offer a one-year fellowship to one fellow.

• Weekly ACGME-required lectures
• Monthly Journal Club
• POC ultrasound training
• POC coagulation testing (with ROTEM sigma)
• End-of-year Grand Rounds lecture
• Resident simulation session
• Monthly fellow online seminar
• Monthly ethics discussion

• Clinical care: 7 months
• Research: 3 months
• MFM rotation: 2 weeks
• NICU rotation (including NRP certification): 2 weeks
• TTE rotation
• Substance Use Disorder rotation*
• Blood bank rotation*
• Global health rotation*

*available based on interest

• ACGME accreditation
• Level IV maternal care center
  • 6,000-8,000 deliveries per year
• SOAP Center of Excellence site
• Newly remodeled facility
  • Three state-of-the-art operating rooms
  • 11 labor and birthing rooms
  • 17 maternal special care patient rooms for high risk pregnancies
  • 4 recovery rooms and 8 triage rooms
  • A neonatal resuscitation area with four fully outfitted NICU headwalls
• Fetal surgeries (example: in utero myelomeningocele repair)
• Monthly joint Severe Maternal Morbidity Review Committee and the Maternal High-risk Cardiac meetings

• Examination of ultrasound techniques and use of newer technology to improve neuraxial placement for labor analgesia
• Baxter feasibility study to observe hemodynamic assessment using a Peripheral Venous Pressure prototype system in pregnant patients undergoing a scheduled Cesarean delivery
• Plethysmographic and Peripheral Venous Waveform analysis in adult surgical patients
• TAP block after Cesarean delivery: walking towards recovery
• Hypovolemia and Lower Body Negative Pressure Waveform analysis
• Baseline ROTEM values in peripartum patients with high risk intrapartum comorbidities

The Yale Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship participates in the SF Match.

Please submit these documents to anesthesiafellowship@yale.edu.

• Current Curriculum Vitae
• Three (3) letters of recommendation
• USMLE transcript
• ECFMG certificate