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Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown (ASTHM) and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center - Nashville offer a two-year fellowship in OB/GYN hospitalist medicine. ASTHM is the largest obstetric hospital in the state of Tennessee and the largest obstetric hospital in the Ascension system, performing over 7,000 deliveries per year. The patient population is diverse, including both routine deliveries and referrals for complex medical and obstetric care, supported by an active maternal fetal medicine service. ASTHM has maintained a full time obstetric hospitalist program for twelve years with care delivered in teams, often with the hospitalist as lead. The volume of deliveries, along with a residency program and a nurse midwifery program, provides the opportunity for a fellow to obtain a robust experience in intrapartum care at the level of the supervising physician.
Fellowship Director:
Phil Bressman, MD - phillip.bressman@ascension.org
Fellowship Coordinator:
Pamela Underwood - pamela.underwood@ascension.org
The two-year fellowship leads to the establishment of competency in all aspects of inpatient obstetric care, emergency gynecologic care, and the administration of hospital policy as outlined by the SOGH competency committee. It is expected that the graduating fellow will be qualified to serve as a senior hospitalist or director of inpatient obstetrics in a private or teaching hospital or hospital system.
The curriculum includes one month on the MFM inpatient service and 23 months on the OB/GYN hospitalist service.
The weekly schedule for the fellow on the OB/GYN hospitalist service consists of 48 clinical hours and 4 administrative hours. Weekly clinical hours will consist of 36 as obstetric hospitalist and 12 as academic attending.
The obstetric hospitalist hours will be worked in either 3 twelve hour shifts or one 12 hour shift and one 24 hour shift. These shifts will be part of the established hospitalist work schedule. For the first 6 months of the fellowship the fellow will work alongside an inhouse attending hospitalist. For the remainder of the fellowship, based on attained skill level, it is anticipated that the fellow will work the shifts with backup available
Academic shifts will involve teaching and supervision of the residents and medical students on the labor and delivery teaching service. These 12 hour shifts occur during weekday hours and are part of the established academic attending schedule separate from, but in tandem with, the hospitalist schedule.
The 4 administrative hours are spread throughout the week and consist of required committee participation, simulation activity (both participation and teaching), and scholarly activity which should include, but not be limited to, clinical research and Quality Improvement.
We are currently accepting applications for 2021.
Applicants should submit:
Current CV
Current photograph
Statement of career goals in pursuing a career as an OB/GYN hospitalist
Letter of recommendation from current program director
CREOG scores
USMLE/COMLEX scores
Please submit complete application packets via email to phillip.bressman@ascension.org.
Eligibility Requirements:
Candidates should have graduated from a US Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program prior to starting the program. This is not a reentry program; however, a board eligible candidate practicing for one or two years after residency will be considered.
2020-2021 Salary Rates:
PGY-5 | $63,060 |
PGY-6 | $65,460 |
Moonlighting within the Ascension Saint Thomas system is allowed as an additional income opportunity during both years.