Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program

Shauna Williams, MD Program Director

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship page at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School!

The Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship program is a three year program, accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The program provides training to two fellows (1-1-0) who rotate through University Hospital in Newark, NJ and Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ.

As a large inner city teaching hospital, University Hospital has a diverse and high acuity patient population. University Hospital is the main teaching hospital for Rutgers New Jersey Medical School for medical students, residents and fellows. The maternal fetal medicine-neonatology unit is a state approved level three regional perinatal center, providing the highest quality antenatal diagnostic and therapeutic services and receives both maternal and newborn transfers. Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center is a tertiary care center with 6000 deliveries per year.  The fellows participate in outpatient high risk obstetric care with New Jersey Perinatal Associates, performing fetal diagnostic procedures, consultations and ultrasounds during their two rotations there.

Fellows have opportunities to participate in basic science, translational and clinical research at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Interdepartmental collaboration is supported. Fellows also participate in clinical research projects under the supervision of the program director and other division faculty. Fellows have access to established NJMS core facilities, the Academic Computing Center and statistical support services. Research design and implementation are taught to the fellows during regular meetings with the research mentor and the program director.

Thank you for your interest in our program. I look forward to meeting you and feel free to reach out to us if you have any additional questions.

Shauna Williams, MD
Associate Professor
Program Director

For further information about the application and interview process, please direct your queries to:

Katherine Marquez
Fellowship Program Coordinator
km1375@njms.rutgers.edu
973-972-5554

Faculty: 

Joseph Apuzzio, MD              
Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Health
Director, Division of MaternalFetal Medicine
Professor of Radiology

973-972-5557
joseph.apuzzio@njms.rutgers.edu

Lisa Gittens-Williams, MD     
Professor
Director of Obstetrics, University Hospital

973-972-5344
gittenln@njms.rutgers.edu

Eve Chavi Karkowsky, MD     
Associate Professor
Vice Chair - Clinical Affairs

973-972-0695
ek866@njms.rutgers.edu

Shauna Williams, MD            
Associate Professor
Program Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship

973-972-5262
williash@njms.rutgers.edu

Kathy C. Matthews, MD

Site Director
New Jersey Perinatal Associates
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center

kmatthews@njperinatal.com