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Obstetrics Fellowship

As a part of the continued growth and expansion of our program, the UT-Nashville Family Medicine Residency Program added a one-year fellowship in obstetrics that began in the summer of 2019. The fellow helps oversee the care of prenatal patients at the Ascension Saint Thomas Medical Partners Saint Louise Family Medicine Center, where the family medicine residency clinic is located. The fellow will participate in vaginal and cesarean deliveries at Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford, where approximately 3000 babies are born each year. The mission of this fellowship is to train family medicine physicians to address gaps in maternity care through training in full spectrum obstetric care, demonstrating competency and safety in performance of normal and operative vaginal deliveries, cesarean delivery, both low risk and complicated antenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care, standard obstetric ultrasound, and office gynecologic procedures.

Contact Information

Fellowship Director
Lindsay Green, MD – lindsay.green@ascension.org

Fellowship Coordinator
Alex Hill – FMnashville@ascension.org

Application Requirements

Application requirements and an application link will be posted in Summer 2026.

Former OB Fellow, Dr. Tyler Sams

Fellow Rotation Schedule (Sample)

Fellow Case Numbers

Dr. Tyler Sams Case Numbers 2023-2024

Current Obstetrics Fellow

Profile photo of Alahna Smith, M.D.
Alahna Smith, M.D.


Family Medicine Residency Training – East Tennessee State University Bristol

Obstetrics Fellowship Alumni

  • 2019-2020: Tanner Evans, M.D. – Cogdell Memorial Hospital, Snyder, TX
  • 2021-2022: Rachel O’Beirne, D.O. – Ochiltree General Hospital & Perryton Health Center, Perryton, TX
  • 2023-2024: Tyler Sams, D.O. – La Familia Medical Center, Santa Fe, NM
  • 2024-2025: Sarah Ruthford, D.O. – Highpoint Health Partners with Ascesion Saint Thomas, Carthage, TN