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Mission Statement

The mission of the Henry Ford Health Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship is to train physician leaders prepared to confront the most pressing challenges in perinatal care. Grounded in a quaternary-care, urban academic health system that serves a socioeconomically and racially diverse patient population, the program graduates subspecialists who combine clinical excellence with a commitment to improving outcomes for every patient, advancing scholarly inquiry, and delivering compassionate, patient-centered care.

Our fellows develop advanced competencies in the management of complex medical, surgical, and obstetric conditions during pregnancy; in prenatal diagnosis and high-level obstetric imaging; and in multidisciplinary consultation and critical care. The program equips each graduate with the evidence-based knowledge, procedural proficiency, and clinical judgment necessary to practice maternal-fetal medicine independently and to serve as a trusted consultant to colleagues across disciplines.

Central to our mission is the drive to reduce unacceptably high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality, to improve neonatal outcomes—particularly those related to prematurity—and to ensure that every patient in our community receives the highest standard of care regardless of background or circumstance. As an academic partner of Michigan State University and a cornerstone of the Henry Ford Health system, the fellowship fosters the development of graduates who will advance the field through research, education, advocacy, and leadership at local, regional, and national levels.

Program Aims

The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital is based at a high-volume, quaternary-care academic medical center in the city of Detroit. Fellows train alongside a distinguished and growing MFM faculty while caring for a complex, high-acuity patient population that reflects the breadth of pathology encountered across the full scope of the subspecialty. Leveraging our partnership with Michigan State University and the expanding Henry Ford Health network—including the joint venture with the Ascension system (now HF-Providence, HF-St. John, HF-Genesys, HF-Rochester)—the program provides fellows with broad clinical, research, and educational experiences that prepare them to lead and innovate in any practice setting. Our core strength is the richness of experience fellows gain daily through our patient population, the complexity and advanced pathology of the conditions we manage, the collaborative spirit of our multidisciplinary teams, and the diverse career pathways our graduates pursue.

We strive to graduate maternal-fetal medicine subspecialists who:

• Are capable of the independent practice of maternal-fetal medicine and can provide expert, comprehensive consultation to obstetrician-gynecologists and other physicians and providers across disciplines
• Deliver timely, evidence-based, skillful, and compassionate care to pregnant patients with complex medical, surgical, and obstetric conditions that exceeds the expectations of patients and peers
• Demonstrate proficiency in advanced prenatal ultrasound, fetal diagnosis essential to the practice of modern perinatology
• Provide care that is sensitive to each patient’s individual circumstances, recognizing the social, economic, and systemic factors that influence maternal and neonatal outcomes in the communities they serve
• Work collaboratively and effectively within multidisciplinary and inter-professional teams, including genetics, critical care, neonatology, cardiology, and other medical and surgical subspecialties
• Contribute meaningfully to the advancement of maternal-fetal medicine through independent, hypothesis-driven research, scholarly publication, and presentation at regional and national meetings
• Demonstrate the highest ethical and professional standards, including a commitment to patient safety, quality improvement, and lifelong learning
• Are well prepared to achieve subspecialty board certification by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Embrace roles as educators, mentors, and leaders who are equipped to shape the future of perinatal care in academic, clinical, and community practice settings