Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology

The University of Maryland Section of Obstetric Anesthesiology has two full-time and 10 part-time faculty providing full time 24-hour faculty coverage of senior residents. There are approximately 1600 deliveries a year (nearly 90% obstetric high-risk), and 70% of the vaginal deliveries receive epidural or spinal-epidural analgesia. With a 28% abdominal delivery rate, this translates to about 80% of our patients receiving anesthesia. We have approximately 4,000 non-delivery admissions and are actively involved in the joint management and care of our critically ill gravidae (approximately 3-4 per month), leading to many opportunities to work with our Perinatal Medicine colleagues. There is a very active in-vitro fertilization program as well. At the end of their rotation, each resident will have taken care of at least 100-150 pregnant patients under close supervision.

This section is very active in clinical research. In addition, the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, under the direction of Hugh Mighty, M.D. (who is boarded in Critical Care and Perinatal Medicine and has a joint appointment in our department), has an active clinical research mission, including basic and clinical sciences, as well as an obstetric emergency simulator program. Obstetric anesthesiologists are welcome to collaborate on research studies of combined interest.

Meet our Obstetric Anesthesiology Faculty

Director: Andrew Malinow, M.D., Professor 

Link to Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship