Year 1:
- 6 Months Clinical MFM – L&D
- 3 Months MFM Imaging
- 1 Month Critical Care
- 2 Months Research
- Weekly MFM Office session
The fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Hawaiʻi combines exceptional training for future maternal-fetal medicine specialists in clinical practice and academic medicine. The fellows will acquire knowledge of the basic and clinical facets of perinatal medicine and develop skills for the conduct of clinical and/or basic research related to our sub-specialty. Fellows will gain an extensive knowledge base and develop wide experiences in the management of common and unusual obstetrical and medical complications, including those conditions unique to Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Rim. This will enable them to both manage such patients and function as a consultant for obstetricians requesting input.
Graduated fellows will be able to serve as an expert in his/her community, advising others in the application of new knowledge. We anticipate they will become clinician-researchers and advance medical knowledge in the MFM discipline.
MFM Fellowship educational activities takes place on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. In addition to the formal lectures, fellows also participate in the following weekly conferences:
Weekly: MFM-NICU Conference
Weekly: Research Lab Meeting
Monthly: Genetics Education
Other Conferences: Prenatal Pediatric Conference (Fetal Boards), Evidence Based Medicine
The Fellow will also have the option to complete a MS in Clinical Research during the second and third years of the fellowship. Courses are held at the JABSOM Kaka’ako Campus. The MSCR program is administered by the University of Hawaii at Manoa. More information can be found here: docs/QHCR_CR_Flyer.pdf
Website: https://qhs.jabsom.hawaii.edu/education/qhcr/
All Fellows Will Adhere to the 80-Hour Workweek
Revised 06/17/2021
MFM Fellows are paid via the Hawaii Pacific Health Medical Group (HPHMG).
1st year: 72,600.00
2nd year: 75,200.00
3rd year: 77,800.00
During their time in Fellowship, fellows also carry the title of Clinical Instructor with the University of Hawaii.
Sample: Fellowship Training Contract
Sample: Fellowship Clinical Coverage Agreement
Elizabeth Mercer, MD
2nd Year Fellow
Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children (KMCWC) is the primary clinical learning environment for the MFM fellowship and is the tertiary care referral center for the State of Hawaiʻi, US Pacific Territories and Associated Nations with over 6,200 deliveries performed annually. The MFM Labor & Delivery rotations are at KMCWC as are the Ultrasound rotations and MFM electives. All MFM office based clinics are at this site. The Maternal-Fetal Medicine core faculty are the only faculty providing supervision for the inpatient MFM L&D service with weekly rotation of the responsibility. As the MFM L&D service is separate from the general OB/GYN L&D service, the patient care based learning experience is enriched for all the medical and obstetrical complications of pregnancy. The patients are admitted to the MFM L&D service either as a maternal transport from another island or hospital on Oʻahu, transfer of care from one of the general OB/GYNs, or from the MFM office. The average daily census is 6-7 patients with over 300 MFM admission and 150 consults/comanage per year. On this service the MFM fellow is given the responsibility of acting as the junior attending managing the admission, daily management, delivery, and postpartum care of the patients.
Specifics of the hospital include
The main location for MFM outpatient clinical work is the Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children Fetal Diagnostic Center. In this unit, MFM office visits are conducted as well as fetal ultrasounds, GYN ultrasounds and antepartum testing. The unit is AIUM accredited for OB, GYN, and Fetal ECHO ultrasounds with over 17,000 ultrasound procedures and over 6500 antepartum testing evaluations annually.
Queen's is the largest full service medical center on Oʻahu and the only Level I trauma center in the state of Hawaiʻi. There are approximately 1,000 deliveries performed at Queen's annually as a low risk L&D with a Level I nursery. Queens' is the clinical learning environment for the MFM Fellows if they choose to have a Surgical IUC rotation here and for obstetrical cases requiring delivery at Queen's for maternal medical needs such as cardiac care or neurosurgical care which usually is between 5-10 cases per year.
The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) is located in Kakaʻako. The Kakaʻako campus is comprised of two main buildings: the Medical Education Building and the Biosciences Building. Courses for the Masters of Science in Clinical Research Program are held at JABSOM. The Dean of JABSOM is T. Samuel Shomaker, MD, JD, MSM.
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Men-Jean Lee, MD
mjlee3@hawaii.edu