Maternal and Fetal Medicine Staff Physician

The Cleveland Clinic is seeking a board certified/board eligible Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) physician to join our dynamic and diverse group of 22 MFMs. With approximately 13,000 births in our integrated healthcare system, the Cleveland Clinic is one of the largest providers of obstetrical services in the Midwest. The clinical scope of our MFM practice is broad and includes active clinical service on labor and delivery and antepartum, obstetrical ultrasound and prenatal diagnostic procedures, perinatal consultation for the management of high-risk patients, and multiple dedicated subspecialty MFM clinics including: maternal cardiac disease, neurovascular obstetrics, diabetes in pregnancy, the fetal care center (complex fetal anomalies/genetic diagnoses), the center for complex surgical obstetrics, and uterine transplantation. We have a large and growing fetal therapy program that is a collaborative partnership between our MFM Division and our Children’s Hospital. Our Maternal-Fetal Medicine team is supported by genetic counselors, experienced sonographers, and advanced practice providers. The MFM division is involved in undergraduate medical education through the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Our graduate medical education programs include an innovative, tracking Ob/Gyn residency and a MFM Fellowship program. Our division is committed to research and is an active member of the Case Western Reserve University site of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) research network. Cleveland Clinic provides numerous opportunities and resources for career development, including in education, research, innovation, and patient care. This full-time position would also include an academic appointment at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. Compensation is commensurate with the selected candidate’s experience.

Please submit a cover letter and CV to:

Justin Lappen, MD, Section Head, Maternal Fetal Medicine

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