The overall mission of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program at Jackson Memorial Hospital/Jackson Health System – University of Miami School of Medicine is to train compassionate leaders in Maternal-Fetal Medicine. This mission aligns with Jackson Memorial Hospital’s overarching mission to build the health of the community by providing a single, high standard of world class, cutting edge, evidence-based quality care for the residents of Miami-Dade County.
Specifically, we aim to recruit the most promising Ob/Gyn residency graduates from around the United States, to educate and train them over a period of 3 years with a view to ensuring that each fellow graduates as a highly competent MFM practitioner, and to prepare them for future careers in academic medicine, research, and/or community-based practice.
We strive to achieve these objectives within the context of a secure and nurturing learning environment that promotes excellence in prenatal diagnosis, perinatal ultrasonography, obstetric surgical training, critical care obstetrics, and inpatient and outpatient obstetric management. To meet these objectives, we expect our MFM fellows to:
- Provide comprehensive and compassionate treatment to all women and families presenting for care.
- Acquire superior surgical skills and develop the knowledge base to understand the indications for and complications of individual surgical procedures.
- Acquire competency in managing normal and complicated obstetric patients before, during, and after delivery.
- Develop the judgment required to serve as a consultant to generalist Ob/Gyn practitioners.
- Acquire the requisite skills in prenatal diagnosis and perinatal ultrasound to diagnose and counsel couples at risk.
- Demonstrate knowledge of fundamental areas of MFM as laid out in the Guide to Learning in Maternal-Fetal Medicine. The program utilizes a combination of didactic lectures, chapter reviews, journal clubs, case conferences, and research conferences to achieve this objective.