Located within Children's Wisconsin in Milwaukee, you'll gain experience with complex and diverse patient populations during your rotations at the Froedtert Birth Center.
Quick Facts
- Level IV Perinatal Center, providing on-site medical and surgical care of the most complex maternal conditions and critically ill pregnant women and fetuses throughout antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care
- Designated as a Center of Excellence by the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology
- Recognizes institutions and programs that demonstrate excellence in obstetric anesthesia care and to set a benchmark of expected care to improve standards nationally and internationally
- The criteria for the COE designation cover all aspects of obstetric anesthesia care, and include: personnel and staffing; equipment, protocols, and policies; simulation and team training; obstetric emergency management; cesarean delivery and labor analgesia care; recommendations and guidelines implementation; and quality assurance and patient follow-up systems
- One of just 14 facilities nationwide recognized with this distinction in 2019; designation is valid for four years