Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship

The mission of the program is to train future leaders in Maternal-Fetal Medicine with complementary skill sets in maternal care, fetal ultrasound, and clinical research.

We’re dedicated to nurturing and guiding the future generation of physicians, recognizing that our trainees are the cornerstone of the future of women’s healthcare. A three-year fellowship program in MFM is structured to provide each fellow with a broad-based experience across all clinical and research aspects of MFM, so that graduates will be well prepared for careers as academic clinicians and clinician-scientists.

In addition, the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine offers a combined four-year fellowship program providing training in both Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Clinical Genetics in conjunction with the Department of Medical Genetics.

Objectives

• To successfully care for medically complex women
• To diagnose and manage fetal and obstetrical complications
• To perform complex maternal surgery
• To perform diagnostic fetal procedures and basic fetal interventions
• To understand and apply core clinical research concepts.

Structure of the Fellowship

A three-year fellowship program in Maternal-Fetal Medicine is structured to provide each fellow with a broad-based experience in all of the clinical and research aspects of maternal-fetal medicine.

• Outpatient: 6 months
  This rotation is designed to provide the fellow with experience in managing high-risk medical complications in the prenatal care setting
• Inpatient Labor and Delivery: 2 months
• Inpatient Antepartum: 4 months
  This rotation is designed to provide the fellow with experience in inpatient high-risk antepartum and complex postpartum care as well as critical care in pregnancy.
• Surgical Intensive Care Unit: 1 month
• Ultrasound: 6 months
  This rotation is designed to provide the fellow with a broad range of experience in fetal ultrasound, including genetic screening, 1st trimester ultrasound, fetal echocardiography and diagnostic procedures
• Genetics: 2 months
  These two rotations are designed to provide the fellow 1) a general understanding of the principle of genetics across a variety of specialties and 2) a focused rotation in prenatal genetic counseling
• Electives: 4 months
• Research: 12 months

Application Process

Application to the UAB Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Training program should be done via ERAS.

The basic criteria for downloading an applicant file consist of the following items:

• Three letters of recommendation
• Letter of recommendation from Program Director
• Personal statement
• Photo
• CV

The deadline for applications is April 27, 2026.

Single notification date for interviews is May 18, 2026

Fellow Resources

Medical Education

• MFM-Neonatal Conference is an integrated conference between MFM and Neonatal Fellows
• Fellow Research Conference is a conference where updates on fellow research projects are given, in particular the thesis project, to identify any barriers to progress. Also discussion during the Fellow Research Conference will focus on importance, design, and feasibility prior to development and presentation of said project
• Joint MFM Peds Cards Conference is a conference to review plans of care for patients with an identified fetal cardiac defect and to review outcomes for recently delivered patients.
• Adult Congenital Heart Disease Conference is a conference used to review plans of care for patients with heart disease and to review outcomes for recently delivered patients.
• MFM Journal Club is a conference where the fellow is expected to select a journal article for discussion.
• Joint Anesthesia-QI Conference is a conference where the Fellow is expected to present a case with timeline and identification of potential process improvements
• Wednesday AM Conferences are either an Ultrasound lecture based on a rotating curriculum or an US conference where the Fellow will present pertinent history and organize images for the case presentation from interesting cases. A fetal care attending will ask appropriate questions of the other fellows such as describe the findings, differential diagnosis, prognosis, etc.
• Friday AM didactics will be on a rotation and consist of maternal care topics and genetics curriculum
• Each Fall, a comprehensive three-half-day Research Boot Camp is presented. The Research Boot Camp equips fellows with foundational training in how to design, conduct, and present high-quality research in Maternal-Fetal Medicine. It typically covers core concepts like study design, biostatistics, database navigation, IRB processes, QI methodology, and scientific writing,

Leadership

Akila Subramaniam, M.D., M.P.H.

Fellowship Director
Professor
asubra@uab.edu
Room 10270

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