The Department of Women’s Health at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) offers a 36-month fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM).  The educational program is a progressive course of specialty training designed to prepare Obstetrician-Gynecologists as specialists in MFM, through didactic training, hands-on research, and extensive clinical activity. The program has initial accreditation from the ACGME.

Rigorous didactic training with MFM staff and those from other specialties including genetics, neonatal intensive care, and critical care, supplement the fellow’s clinical training. The lecture schedule is designed to cover all topics critical to MFM specialist training. In addition, the MFM Fellow is required to address the general Ob/Gyn residents and medical students. The MFM Fellow is encouraged to participate in the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM) monthly Fellow and Genetics lectures.

The MFM fellow will spend the equivalent of 12 months dedicated to academic or research pursuits. The Fellow may opt to pursue a Masters degree in Public Health or Health Education, or may pursue more traditional research pursuits in either clinical or laboratory research. There are extensive clinical and bench research opportunities within and through the California University of Science and Medicine (CalMed), and outside through partnership with Rady Childrens Hospital and the San Diego Perinatal Center (San Diego, CA). Current faculty is actively involved in research and publication.

Individuals selected for the program are physicians having completed residency in OB/GYN.  They must have exhibited academic attributes, and a primary commitment towards a career in Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Upon completion of the fellowship training, graduates are expected to achieve specialty board certification, and assume a leadership role in the community in which they practice.

Mission Statement

The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center will train competent and compassionate Obstetrician and Gynecologists in the specialty of Maternal Fetal Medicine through advancement of knowledge, innovation, and performance of excellence. The MFM Graduate will be a sub-specialist who cares for women with medical or surgical complications of pregnancy, understands their effect on mother and fetus, is up to date in the latest treatments of complicated pregnancies, and has advanced knowledge of the neonatal period to ensure a continuum of excellence in care from the newborn to fetal period.