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The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill offers a 1-year ACGME accredited fellowship in obstetric anesthesiology (currently 1 fellow\/year). The program is administered at UNC Medical Center in the Women\u2019s Hospital, with >4000 deliveries a year. We are a Level 4 Maternal Care Center with a level 4 NICU and have been designated a Center of Excellence by the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology (SOAP).<\/p>\n

\"UNC<\/p>\n

Core fellowship faculty consists of 6 obstetric anesthesiologists. The fellowship curriculum is designed to graduate consultants in obstetric anesthesiology, who may be successful in academic or private practice settings depending on the fellow\u2019s professional goals.<\/p>\n

UNC Obstetric Anesthesia Fellows:<\/h4>\n

Academic Year-Fellow-Current Affiliation<\/p>\n

2025-26 \u2013 Briel Lee, MD
\n2024-25 \u2013 \u00a0Jen Tripi, MD – The Ohio State University
\n2023-24 \u2013 Erin Dengler, MD – UNC Rex Hospital
\n2022-23 \u2013 Courtney Hood, MD \u2013 Brooke Army Medical Center
\n2021-22 \u2013 Michael Hart, MD \u2013 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
\n2020-21 \u2013 Justin Swengel, MD – Tennova Healthcare
\n2019-20 \u2013 Jeremy Gue, MD \u2013 Piedmont Triad Anesthesia
\n2018-19 \u2013 Lacey Straube, MD \u2013 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
\n2017-18 \u2013 Kristin Fardelmann, MD \u2013 Yale University
\n2016-17 \u2013 Amy Penwarden, MD \u2013 American Anesthesiology
\n2015-16 \u2013 Sreenath Vellanki, MD \u2013 Medstar Health
\n2014-15 \u2013 Ben Redmon, MD \u2013 Duke Anesthesiology
\n2013-14 \u2013 Christopher Gratian, MD – Duke Anesthesiology<\/p>\n

OB Anesthesia Fellowship Program Director: Associate Professor of Anesthesiology Amy Penwarden, MD<\/strong><\/a>
\nFor more info on UNC’s Obstetric Anesthesiology fellowship program, contact program coordinator Shannon Wolfgang<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

* ACGME Accreditation 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

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