{"id":17037,"date":"2023-01-05T22:43:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T03:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=17037"},"modified":"2025-06-30T21:08:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T01:08:33","slug":"amy-penwarden","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/directory\/amy-penwarden\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Penwarden"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology<br \/>\nDirector &#8211; Obstetric Anesthesia Rotation<br \/>\nOB Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Education<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Fellowship: OB Anesthesiologist, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC (2017)<br \/>\nResidency: Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC (2016)<br \/>\nMedical School:\u00a0M.D. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI (2012)<br \/>\nGraduate School: M.S., Physiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (2006)<br \/>\nUndergraduate: B.S. Biology, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI (2004)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amy Penwarden, MD<\/strong>, is an Assistant Professor and member of UNC Department of Anesthesiology clinical faculty. She attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, did residency at the University of North Carolina and completed a fellowship in obstetric anesthesiology at the University of North Carolina. After practicing anesthesia in private practice for 5+ years she returned to join the faculty at the University of North Carolina in 2023. She is currently the rotation director for obstetric anesthesia and is a member of the program evaluation committee for both the residency and the obstetric anesthesia fellowship. Her research interests include improving maternity care for marginalized populations. Away from the hospital Dr. Penwarden enjoys working in her wood shop on small furniture projects and the tedium of hand quilting.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Memberships<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\u00a0American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA), NC Society of Anesthesiologists, Society of Obstetric Anesthesia Professionals (SOAP)<\/div>\n<h4><strong>Areas of expertise<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Obstetric Anesthesiology<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology Director &#8211; Obstetric Anesthesia Rotation OB Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director &nbsp; Education Fellowship: OB Anesthesiologist, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC (2017) Residency: Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC (2016) Medical School:\u00a0M.D. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI (2012) Graduate School: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/directory\/amy-penwarden\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Amy Penwarden\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19045,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-17037","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Amy Penwarden | Department of Anesthesiology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/directory\/amy-penwarden\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amy Penwarden | Department of Anesthesiology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology Director &#8211; 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