UT Regional One Physicians (UTROP) is recruiting a board-certified Maternal-Fetal Medicine physician to serve as Director of Labor & Delivery at Regional One Health in Memphis, Tennessee. The role combines leadership of the labor and delivery service with high-acuity maternal care, teaching, and clinical work across several Memphis hospitals.
Regional One is the region's tertiary referral center for high-risk obstetrics. Other hospitals transfer their sickest obstetric patients here, and many patients combine serious medical disease with social challenges that complicate their care. This role suits an MFM who wants to care for critically ill mothers and complex pregnancies every day.
| Employer | UT Regional One Physicians, with a UTHSC faculty appointment |
|---|---|
| Title | Director of Labor & Delivery |
| Primary Hospital | Regional One Health, Memphis, TN |
| Clinical Schedule | 4 days of direct patient care per week |
| Call | Home call; 1:5 weekends |
| Deliveries | More than 3,000 per year at Regional One |
| MFM Involvement | About 50% of L&D patients |
| Teaching | OB/GYN residents, MFM fellows, and medical students |
UTROP is rebuilding its MFM division. The plan is to strengthen the core faculty in Memphis first, then reopen satellite MFM and ultrasound access points as staffing allows. Relatively few MFMs practice in the Memphis market outside UTROP.
The division also needs experienced physicians between its senior and early-career faculty. You would mentor younger faculty and fellows and help guide the program through its next stage.
You would serve as Director of L&D from the start. The role keeps you active in the daily work of the unit. Responsibilities include:
Protected administrative time and a leadership stipend are set with each candidate based on your needs and preferences.
Your weekly schedule spans Regional One, three partner hospitals, and the Le Bonheur Fetal Center.
| Site | Clinical Work |
|---|---|
| Regional One Health | High-risk clinic with residents and fellows, NST and antenatal testing, antepartum rounds and consults, surgical cases, MFM ultrasound |
| Regional One Specialty OB Clinics | ID, HIV, diabetes, and substance use clinics for pregnant patients |
| Baptist Women's | High-risk pregnancy clinic, inpatient rounds and consults, surgical cases |
| Baptist East | Inpatient rounds and consults, surgical cases |
| Methodist Germantown | Inpatient rounds and consults, surgical cases |
| Le Bonheur Children's Hospital | Fetal Center clinic |
MFM faculty set the L&D plan each morning at 7:30 AM. Tuesday is the academic day, and planning starts at 7:00 AM.
Rounds follow on L&D and the antepartum unit, with teaching for residents and medical students.
The rest of the day is spent in high-risk clinic with residents and fellows, or at the sites listed above.
If you want to keep reading ultrasound or doing genetics work, the division supports it.