Obstetrics & Women’s Health Fellowship

Program goals & information

To equip FM trained physicians with women’s health experience to adequately care for women during their pregnancy and delivery.
To train FM physicians to perform operative vaginal delivery and cesarean section deliveries.
To train FM physicians to care for pregnant women during higher risk pregnancies.
To train FM physicians in colposcopy, LEEP, IUD/Nexplanon insertions and removals as needed to practice independently

Program Location

Cahaba Medical Care Clinics

RURAL: Bibb/Perry County (Centreville, Woodstock, Marion locations)

URBAN: Jefferson County (Bessemer, West End, Ensley, Fairfield locations)

Hospitals

BIBB COUNTY: Bibb Medical Center

JEFFERSON COUNTY: UAB Medical West, St. Vincent’s

Experience

Participate in, and eventually run, prenatal clinics at various locations
Become proficient in obstetrical US, including transvaginal studies, by working with experienced ultrasonographers in busy practice at various locations
Manage obstetrical triage including labor rule out, decreased fetal movement, possible rupture of membranes, and pregnancy loss
Manage inductions of labor, spontaneous labor, preterm labor, PPROM, shoulder dystocia
Perform operative vaginal deliveries and cesarean sections assisted by boarded FM-OB or ObGyn.
Manage complications of pregnancy including gestational DM, preeclampsia, cholestasis
Manage high risk obstetrical patients including those with pregestational DM, chronic HTN, multiple gestation, thyroid disease, autoimmune disorders.
Maintain a private panel of family medicine patients throughout fellowship. If fellowship lasts longer than a year, as proficiency develops, can decrease US days and increase personal clinic days.
Participate in weekly book club that incorporates ACOG practice bulletins and chapters in Gabbe’s “Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies”

Procedures:

Women’s Health procedures: Colposcopy, LEEP, IUD insertion and removal, Nexplanon insertion and removal, endometrial biopsy

Obstetrical Procedures: Operative vaginal deliveries, Cesarean section deliveries (with or without tubal ligations), Ultrasounds

Other: Circumcision

Fellow B has the opposite schedule (so when Fellow A is Week 1, Fellow B is Week 2 and then they switch). Week A is classically considered the “Jefferson County Week” so call Monday-Thursday is for deliveries in Jefferson County. Week B is “Bibb County Week” and call is Monday-Thursday for deliveries at Bibb Medical Center. Weekend call (Friday-Sunday) is for the entire organization and is every other weekend.

APPLICATION

Applicants must be board certified (or board eligible) in Family Medicine and have completed an ACGME accredited residency program by the start of the fellowship. Applicants must be US citizens or have valid work authorization; we do not accept or sponsor visas.

This fellowship is not ACGME accredited, but is recognized by the ABPS.

We will begin accepting applications on July 1, 2024.

Application deadline will be August 31, 2024.

Interviews will be conducted in the fall of 2024, with fellows confirmed by January 2025.

Fellowship will be one year in duration (July 2025 - June 2026).

Three(3) letters of recommendation (1 from your residency’s program director)
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Copy of USMLE or COMLEX transcript
Copy of medical school diploma
Copy of medical school transcript
Copy of current state medical licensure
Answers to the following:
- Write 1-2 paragraphs describing your long term career goals and your interest in women’s health and obstetrics.
- List any previous obstetrical expereience
- Describe what you would like to gain from this fellowship

Submit a copy of your supporting materials to Brittany Hudson at brittany.hudson@cahabamedicalcare.com