Education

Fellows

Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program

The Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine maintains an ABOG accedited three year fellowship. The program is designed to prepare fellows for an academic career in Maternal Fetal Medicine. Upon completion, each fellow will be an astute clinician who will have managed a vast array of complicated pregnancies. This individual will develop an area of expertise and will be able to plan and complete clinical and basic research projects related to this area. The fellow will also develop excellent teaching skills.

The Ohio State University Medical Center serves as a regional perinatal center for central and southeastern Ohio. The hospital performs over 4,000 deliveries annually, over 600 of which are maternal transports. The Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine maintains an active fetal therapy unit which performs:

cordocenteses
intrauterine transfusions
placental laser therapy for twin/twin transfusion

The division also has active clinical programs in:

diabetes mellitus
preterm labor prevention
hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
ultrasound

The multidisciplinary genetics program includes:

cytogeneticists
a molecular geneticist
clinical geneticists
genetics counselors
MFM specialists

Over 500 amniocenteses and chorionic villus samplings are performed annually through the program. The division’s perinatal research laboratory performs basic research in prematurity, diabetes, and preeclampsia. The lab performs cell culture, protein chemistry, ELISA, and all aspects of molecular biology. The division is part of the NICHD MFM Units Network. Opportunities exist to collaborate with researchers in other departments. Fellows are encouraged to participate at national meetings.

For more information regarding our fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine please contact:

Philip Samuels, MD
Fellowship Director
samuels.8@osumc.edu

Kacy Botkin
Fellowship Coordinator
kacy.botkin@osumc.edu

Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Program

The Division of Gynecologic Oncology maintains an ABOG accredited 3 year fellowship which consists of one year of research followed by two years of clinical training. The goal of the Ohio State University Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship is to train gynecologic oncologists who are exemplary physicians to care for and provide consultation and comprehensive management to patients with gynecologic cancer. This is accomplished through training fellows to be:

surgeons, who are able to manage a full range of technical surgical issues and complex medical problems that arise in women with gynecologic cancers;
teachers, who can transmit the information learned during their fellowships to the patients they manage as well as to other medical personnel (i.e. obstetrician/gynecologists);
researchers, whose investigation of the clinical and basic scientific questions will lead to improved outcomes in women with gynecologic cancers.

For more information regarding our fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology please contact:

David Cohn, MD
Fellowship Director
david.cohn@osumc.edu

Jan Testa
Fellowship Coordinator
jan.testa@osumc.edu