General
The Obstetrical Anesthesia Fellowship places emphasis on advanced clinical expertise, through clinical exposure, regular education/teaching opportunities, research and quality improvement activities, and leadership opportunities.
Clinical
The fellowship offers a variety of clinical experiences such as a 24-hour labor epidural service, cesarean deliveries and other obstetric surgeries, an acute post-cesarean pain service, and an obstetric anesthesia clinic for high-risk obstetric patients. The fellow will also gain experience in the use of ultrasound for neuraxial anesthesia. These activities are supported by weekly Obstetric Anesthesia rounds.
Hospital
Victoria Hospital is an academic tertiary care hospital which provides obstetrical anesthesia services for almost 6,000 deliveries per year. London Health Sciences Centre’s Women’s Care Program at Victoria Hospital is the first in Canada to be designated as a Centre of Excellence by the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) for providing safe, effective, and evidence-based Obstetric Anesthesia care. The cases are interesting and challenging as almost 30% of the obstetric patients are considered high risk. There is an approximately 80% epidural user rate and a 23% cesarean delivery rate.
