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Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program

Montefiore Einstein delivers high-quality care to a diverse population, presenting our fellows with unique challenges and opportunities. Our program aims to improve the health of our patients through compassionate care, scientific discovery, humanistic education, and community engagement.

Georgios Doulaveris, MD, Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program

Georgios Doulaveris, MD, Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program

Why our program could be right for you

Fully accredited by the ACGME, our fellowship provides a comprehensive clinical and academic foundation, preparing the next generation of leaders in Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Each fellow’s career path is unique, and our mission is to cultivate individual strengths and interests while ensuring exposure to the full breadth of our subspecialty. Our fellows receive rigorous training in all aspects of MFM, including fetal medicine and surgery, ultrasound and prenatal diagnosis, labor and delivery, antepartum inpatient care, critical care, and women’s global health. In addition, opportunities abound in laboratory and translational research, clinical research, public and community health, as well as patient safety and quality improvement. This individualized and flexible approach allows each fellow to develop deep expertise in areas aligned with their career aspirations, while benefiting from the diverse resources and mentorship available at a leading academic medical center.

Our 2026 program at a glance

3-year Fellowship

  • PGY-5: Ultrasound, Antepartum, Genetics, Critical Care, and Research
  • PGY-6: Ultrasound and Research
  • PGY-7: Ultrasound, Research, Labor & Delivery, and Elective 

Call Schedule

  • PGY-5 & 6: Seven in-house calls per quarter 
  • PGY-7: Six in-house calls per quarter

 Didactics

  • Every Tuesday at 7am-9am: Resident Statistics or Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) Conference, Department Grand Rounds
  • Every Tuesday at 9am: Fellow didactics lecture series. Year-long didactic program covering all of ABOG core curriculum topics
  • Every Tuesday at 10am: MFM Division Meeting: guest speakers, protocol reviews, research updates, journal clubs
  • Maternal Medicine Rounds: Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. Multidisciplinary rounds for medically complex patients in MFM care (including MFM, OB Anesthesia & other subspecialists)
  • Fetal Diagnosis Rounds: Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. Review of cases of diagnosed fetal abnormalities. Multidisciplinary Rounds including Fetal Medicine, Genetics, Neonatology and pediatric subspecialists)
  • Obstetric Simulation Days for OBGYN residents and MFM fellows
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellow Professional Development Series

Breakdown of fellow duties by level

PGY-5

  • 4 months Inpatient Antepartum Service
  • 3 months Ultrasound
  • 2 months Reproductive Genetics
  • 1 month Critical Care
  • 2 months Research
  • Continuity Clinic at Wakefield Hospital every Thursday

PGY-6

  • 2 months Ultrasound
  • 10 months Research 
  • Continuity Clinic at Comprehensive Family Care Center (CFCC) every Wednesday

PGY-7

  • 2 months Ultrasound
  • 2 months Labor & Delivery
  • 2 months Research
  • 6 months Elective rotations
  • Continuity Clinic at Comprehensive Family Care Center (CFCC) every Friday
  • 4 months of placenta accreta spectrum care coverage

A Curriculum That Shapes Leaders in MFM

Our Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship provides a comprehensive and balanced curriculum that integrates clinical training, research, and leadership development. Fellows progress through a structured three-year program designed to cultivate expertise across all aspects of the subspecialty.

  • First Year: Rotations focus on inpatient antepartum care, ultrasound, reproductive genetics, critical care, and introductory research
  • Second Year: Emphasis is placed on advanced ultrasound training and dedicated research time
  • Third Year: Fellows engage in advanced ultrasound, a supervisory labor and delivery rotation, elective experiences, and continued research

In addition, each fellow gains 4–6 months of concentrated experience in placenta accreta spectrum care and maintains a weekly continuity clinic throughout all three years.

Our fellows receive extensive training in genetic procedures (amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling), fetal echocardiography, and neurosonography. They also gain exposure to advanced fetal therapy procedures, including fetal blood sampling and transfusion, shunt placement, multifetal reductions, microwave ablation, and fetoscopy. This breadth of experience equips graduates with the skills and confidence to provide high-quality, innovative care and to emerge as leaders in Maternal Fetal Medicine.

Our Bronx population’s high-risk complexity makes our MFM fellowship one of a kind. We learn from diverse diagnoses, patients, and colleagues, experience the full breadth of MFM, and stay rooted in our generalist foundation on Labor and Delivery.

Stephanie Hopp, DO, MHS, MS

PGY-6

A world-renowned faculty

Georgios Doulaveris, MD

Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship
Interim Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health
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Rodney Wright, MD

Vice Chair, Obstetrics
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health
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Paul D. Bobby, MD, MBA

Director, Antepartum Service
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health
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Pe’er Dar, MD

Vice Chair, Obstetrical Ultrasound & Fetal-Medicine
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health
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Fatima Estrada Trejo, MD

Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health
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Carly Hirschberg, MD

Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health
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Iffath Hoskins, MD

Vice Chair, Faculty Development, Recruitment & Retention, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health
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Susan Klugman, MD

Vice Chair, Genetics and Precision Medicine
Program Director, Reproductive Genetics Fellowship
Director, Reproductive and Medical Genetics
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health
Professor, Pediatrics
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Daniel Kuhr, MD

Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health
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Lilly Y. Liu, MD, MPH

Director, Critical Care Obstetrics
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
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Sara Rabin-Havt, MD

Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health
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Shamantha Reddy, MD

Chief, Obstetric Anesthesiology
Professor, Anesthesiology (Obstetric Anesthesiology)
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Sandra Reznik, MD

Associate Professor, Pathology
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health
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Kavita Vani, MD

Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health
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Sarah J. Weingarten, MD

Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health 
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Diana Wolfe, MD

Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health
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Current fellows

Avish Arora, MD, PhD

PGY-7

Shobha Jagannatham, MD

PGY-7

Nawras Zayat, MD

PGY-7

Anna Weinstein, DO

PGY-6

Stephanie Hopp, DO, MHS, MS

PGY-6

Alyssa Yeung, MD

PGY-6

Sameera Vangara, MD

PGY-5

Sameer Khan, DO

PGY-5

Our MFM fellowship creates bright, compassionate, thoughtful, and dedicated MFMs! Fellows benefit from an abundance of research opportunities, a diverse patient population, and a supportive community.

Carly Hirschberg, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health (Maternal Fetal Medicine)

An academic hospital adjacent to Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Our fellowship is based at Jack D. Weiler Hospital, a 421-bed private hospital and New York State–designated Regional Perinatal Center. Training is supported by four ultrasound units that serve as a major referral network for complex fetal anomalies. Fellows learn in a highly collaborative environment, leading weekly multidisciplinary conferences with neonatology, anesthesiology, and other maternal and pediatric subspecialties.

The Maternal Fetal Medicine team works seamlessly with specialized services, including Cardio-Obstetrics, the Women’s Blood Disorder Clinic, the Diabetes in Pregnancy Program, Reproductive Psychiatry, and a dedicated Fourth Trimester Clinic for postpartum care. Fellows also take on active roles in quality improvement initiatives, centers of excellence committees, and medical education.

This rich training environment ensures that graduates emerge as leaders, fully prepared to advance maternal-fetal health in both academic and clinical arenas.

Weiler Lobby

Offering patients a range of programs and specialty services

Montefiore Einstein Wakefield Hospital serves the North Bronx with a broad range of specialty services, including a New York State–designated Level 3 Perinatal Center. MFM fellows rotate at Wakefield Hospital for ultrasound and fetal testing and participate in continuity clinic there during their first year of fellowship, gaining valuable experience caring for a diverse, high-risk obstetric population.

 

A partner teaching hospital designated as a Level 1 trauma center

Jacobi Medical Center is a 457-bed hospital and home to the only burn unit in the Bronx. As part of NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public health system in the country, Jacobi serves a diverse and medically complex patient population. Our MFM fellows rotate at Jacobi Medical Center for ultrasound training during their first year of fellowship, gaining valuable experience in a high-volume, safety-net setting within the hospital’s modern Ambulatory Care Pavilion.

Admission and Application Process

Qualifications

To apply to the Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program, you must:

  • Have successfully completed four years of an ACGME-accredited postgraduate program in Obstetrics & Gynecology in the United States or Canada prior to the date on which your fellowship would begin and have passed USMLE Step III by January of the year you would begin the program to ensure licensure
  • We do accept foreign medical graduates. However, Montefiore Medical Center sponsors J1 visas and H1B visas as long as the $100,000 fee is not applicable

Number of Positions

Three positions are available for the 2028 academic year in the Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program at Montefiore Medical Center

Important Dates:

  • Monday, April 27, 2026 - Deadline for applications to be included in the first notification
  • Monday, May 18, 2026 - Single notification date for interviews
  • Tuesday, May 26, 2026 - Initial deadline to accept or decline interviews
  • Wednesday, June 24, 2026 - Match Opens
  • Wednesday, July 15, 2026 - Ranking Opens
  • Wednesday, September 9, 2026 (9PM ET) - Rank Order List Certification Deadline
  • Wednesday, September 23, 2026 (12PM ET) - Match Day
  • Number of Positions Available for 2027-2028 - 3
  • Length of Program - 3 years

How to Apply

To apply for a Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship position, you must submit an application using the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). https://www.aamc.org/services/eras/

We will use signaling in the ERAS application starting this year. Paper applications are not accepted for fellowship positions

Appointments for the fellowship program are made through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Applicants must register through the NRMP. http://www.nrmp.org/

The following supplemental materials are required for program acceptance consideration:

  • Curriculum Vitae
  • A Personal Statement
  • At least three letters of recommendation from faculty members familiar with your performance (one letter must be from the Residency Program Director)
  • Official USMLE Transcript
  • Official Medical School Transcript
  • Photograph
  • Medical Student Performance Evaluation
  • CREOG Scores (optional)

Have questions? Get in touch.

Lekesha Charles
718-430-3152
lecharles@montefiore.org

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