The Primary Care Obstetrics Fellowship is a 12-month post-residency program that provides specialty training in the areas of operative obstetrics and high-risk maternity care, combined with continued Family Medicine exposure. Specific training includes cesarean sections, operative vaginal deliveries, prenatal and postpartum management, obstetrical ultrasound, and assisting with our organizations higher risk OB clinic.
Additionally, the fellows will gain knowledge in high-risk maternity care throughout the spectrum of pregnancy: antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum. This is integrated with a continued Family Medicine experience through a regular continuity clinic.
Located primarily between St. Luke’s Hospital, Boise Campus, and the Full Circle Health, Family Medicine Residency of Idaho (FMRI) – Boise, the fellows have opportunities to work with some surrounding hospitals to enhance their operative skills.
We currently recruit two fellows each year.
Two fellows are selected each year. Applicants must have completed a 3-year ACGME accredited Family Medicine Residency and be board certified in Family Medicine. At this time, we are not able to sponsor visas for the fellowship. The fellowship year starts approximately the last week of July. This varies by academic year. Please submit the following to apply:
- A copy of your CV
- Concise personal statement detailing the following:
- Reasons for pursuing additional training in obstetrics, specifically surgical obstetrics.
- Any previous experience with obstetrical care (both in residency and outside residency).
- Future career goals.
- Letter of support from your Program Director.
- Two additional letters of reference, preferably from Family Medicine or OB faculty with whom you have worked closely.
- Current list of OB & GYN procedural numbers (a summary table of your specific procedures is preferable instead of your entire excel spreadsheet).
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In an effort to unify the application, interview, and acceptance process, FCH OB Fellowship is complying with standard tenets set forth for the 2026 recruitment season:
July 1, 2026: Application opening date
- Submission deadline is August 15th
August-September: Interviews
Our interviews will be offered virtually on the following days in 2026:
- Tuesday, September 15th
- Tuesday, September 22nd
- Tuesday, September 29th
Signed Statements:
- On or before interview day, applicant will sign a statement agreeing to hold no more than 1 fellowship offer for more than 72 hours.
- On or before interview day, applicant will sign a statement agreeing to notify all programs at which they have interviewed when they accept a position elsewhere.
Sept 30, 2026: Interviews Complete
October 1, 2026: Target date to make initial offers to applicants
Oct 12, 2026: Date before which programs will not require applicants with an offer from their program to respond. (They will hold their spot for them until that date)
72 hours: Minimum time frame to be granted by program to applicants for a decision on a fellowship offer, before offering the spot to another applicant. (This includes any offers made after October 9, 2026).
Email applications to:
Amy Atondo, Fellowship Program Coordinator.
Subject Line: OB Fellowship Application
Direct Inquiries:
Amy Atondo
Fellowship Coordinator
P: (208) 514-2500 x1074
AmyAtondo@fullcircleidaho.org
777 N Raymond Street Boise, ID 83704
- Salary: $85,470 (’26-’27 Academic Year)
- Twenty-two (22) days paid vacation per year. (View Family Leave Policy)
- Educational funds in the amount of $3,500 for related CME.
- Required conferences:
- Advanced OB US course
- ALSO Instructor Course
- Critical Care Conference in November
- Three additional days for CME allowed to use at your discretion
- Required conferences:
- Health, Dental, vision, Life Insurance options for fellow and immediate family.
- Disability Insurance for fellow.
- Malpractice Insurance and Workers’ Compensation Insurance.
- Licenses and dues: Idaho board of medicine, DEA, board of pharmacy, AAFP membership.
General Overview:
- Fellowship is divided into 13 four week blocks matching the residency schedule.
- Fellows start in Block 2 (approximately the end of July) and finishes at end of Block 1 of the following academic year.
- Eleven of the 13 blocks are focused on surgical and high-risk OB (see template below).
- There are 8 weeks total of elective time split into 4 two-week experiences throughout the year.
- This allows fellows to develop additional skills of their choosing.
- Examples could include: NICU, gynecologic surgery, urology, general surgery, adult inpatient attending
- Fellow can still participate in the morning 0730 c/section during these blocks as available.
- Call can be continued throughout this block depending on the elective.
- Clinics, both MFM Continuity and FM Continuity, would continue with slightly more FM Continuity clinic, averaging 3 sessions/wk.
Goals for the Fellowship:
- Learn the surgical skills of cesarean delivery and post-operative management.
- Gain further knowledge in assisted vaginal delivery.
- Gain knowledge in high risk pregnancy management: antepartum, intrapartum, post-partum.
- Assist with labor management, both normal and abnormal, in order to know when to go to c-section.
- Obtain techniques to perform OB Ultrasound through all stages of pregnancy.
- Increase obstetrical knowledge through a reading schedule.
- Maintain Family Medicine skills through participation in continuity clinic.
Objectives for the Fellowship:
- Perform 100-150 c/s as the primary surgeon, and over 200 c/s total.
- Participate in as many vaginal deliveries as allowable throughout the year.
- Follow high risk patients daily, either on antepartum or from admission through delivery and then postpartum.
- Follow laboring patients while on call.
- Participate in MFM US clinic twice/block and take a qualified US course, preferably at the beginning of the year.
- Follow a structured reading plan during the year, which includes up to date articles from OB/GYN Journals, textbooks including Gabbe and Williams, and review of ACOG Compendium.
- Assist with teaching the annual Full Circle Health ALSO course in April and June.
- Follow a continuity panel of FM patients on a weekly basis.
- Give a Grand Rounds type lecture to a large medical audience toward the end of the year
- Participate and assist in quarterly OB Journal Club.
- Participate in morning OB lecture series and afternoon teaching sessions for the residents when able.
Typical OB Fellow 4-Week Block Schedule:
One fellow starts on week 1 of the schedule while the other fellow starts on week 3 and each works sequentially through the 4-week schedule.
Week 1:
| AM/PM | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0730 CS | 0730 CS | |||||
| AM | MFM Attending / Call | Round FM Clinic (1030 start) | MFM Attending / Call | US/Genetics/ Admin/Research | MFM Attending/ Call (24hr) | Post-call rounds |
| PM | Call (off at 7pm) | FM clinic | Call (off at 7pm) | FM Clinic | Call (24hr) | Off |
Week 2:
| AM/PM | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0730 CS | 0730 CS | 0730 CS | ||||
| AM | Round FM Clinic (1030 start) | MFM Attending / Call | Yellow Risk | MFM Attending / Call | US/Genetics/ Admin/Research | |
| PM | MFM Continuity Clinic | Call (off at 7pm) | FM Clinic | Call (off at 7pm) | FM Clinic |
Week 3:
| AM/PM | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0730 CS | 0730 CS | |||||
| AM | MFM Attending / Call (24hr) | Off | MFM Attending /Call | US/Genetics/ Admin/Research | MFM Attending / Call | MFM Attending/ Call (off at 12pm) |
| PM | Call (24hr) | Off | Call (off at 7pm) | FM Clinic | Call (off at 7pm) | Off |
Week 4:
| AM/PM | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0730 CS | 0730 CS | 0730 CS | ||||
| AM | Round FM Clinic (1030 start) | MFM Attending / Call | Yellow Risk | MFM Attending / Call (24hr) | Off | |
| PM | MFM Continuity Clinic | Call (off at 7pm) | FM Clinic | Call (24hr) | Off |
The Daily Routine
| On-call Fellow | Non-call Fellow |
|---|---|
| Show up at sign-out at 7am in the Bonner Conference room (next door to fellow call room). You run the computer to review pertinent vitals, labs, fetal monitoring, update handoffs, etc. | If post-call, attend 7 am sign out prior to 0730 section If not post-call, arrive at 7am to meet the 7:30 c-section patient. Generally, do not need to be present for sign-out. |
| Note: most community OBs like to have rounding done on post-partum patients before 7am. Please adjust your arrival time to allow for this depending on the number of patients to see. | Note: most community OBs like to have rounding done on post-partum patients before 7am. Please adjust your arrival time to allow for this depending on the number of patients to see. |
| Function as Junior Attg/Assistant – Do your rounding, help the residents with ante patient rounding. Pending the size of the list, you will be assigned some patients to round on (generally 1-3 post-op patients). | Do your private pt rounding either before or after the 7:30 c-section. |
| At 8am go to L&D multidisciplinary rounds. | If post-call, go home after 0730 section. If not post-call, finish notes/charting and complete any admin work prior to clinic. |
| At 9 am attend MFM/OB Hospitalist rounding in resident room (code 1351). You will run Epic during the rounds and assist with pulling up EFM to review, adding orders, etc. | Non-call fellow does not usually show up for table rounds. |
| If possible, attend resident teaching at 11am in the resident room (code 1351) | |
| Do notes/c-sections/teaching as it comes up during the day. | |
| At 5pm check out with the OB Hospitalist, MFM, and the residents on call in the resident room. | |
| At 7 pm, on 12-hour call days, once work is finished you may head home. | |
| At 8pm (on 24hr call days), go to L&D for PM nursing multidisciplinary rounds. |
Full Circle Health – Idaho Street
The Idaho Street location is our newest clinical space, having recently relocated to a new spot in downtown Boise. The patient mix has historically had emphasis on pediatrics, obstetrics and women’s health, but now has broad patient panel reflective of Full Circle Health patients, including rapidly increasing geriatrics and multiple languages. In addition to the continuity clinics, there are dedicated OB clinics on Monday and Wednesdays, gynecology clinics on Mondays and a pediatrics clinic each day. There is a musculoskeletal focus with OMT, FDM and Integrative medicine/acupuncture specialty clinics housed here. All Full Circle Health residents are able to experience these clinics. Two R2s and two R3s are empaneled at Idaho Street each year. Attending support is mainly by the family medicine faculty who see their own patients at Idaho St, but many other faculty members often rotate through.
St. Luke’s Medical Center Boise Campus
For more than 100 years, St. Luke’s Medical Center Boise Campus has been committed to serving the needs of a growing region. Founded in 1902 as a six-bed frontier hospital, St. Luke’s Boise is now Idaho’s largest health care provider, and the flagship hospital of St. Luke’s Health System.
St. Luke’s Boise is known for its centers of excellence in cancer, heart, and women’s and children’s care. Among our many services, we are home to St. Luke’s Heart, St. Luke’s Mountain States Tumor Institute’s largest clinic, St. Luke’s Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, and St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital, the only children’s hospital in Idaho.
Known for its clinical excellence, St. Luke’s Boise has been nationally recognized for quality and patient safety, and is proud to be designated a Magnet hospital, the gold standard for nursing care.
St. Luke’s Meridian Medical Center
St. Luke’s Meridian has been meeting the needs of west Ada County families since 2001. From nationally-recognized nursing to state-of-the-art technology, you’ll find the high quality, compassionate care that’s been the hallmark of St. Luke’s for more than 100 years.
Conveniently located in the population center of our valley, St. Luke’s Meridian is a Magnet-designated hospital—the gold standard for nursing excellence. We’re home to Idaho’s busiest emergency department and offer advanced inpatient and outpatient surgery, mother-baby services, diagnostics from x-ray to MRI, state-of-the-art cancer treatment, critical care, a chest pain center, and more. The campus also includes a wide range of primary and specialty physician clinics and Idaho’s largest and most comprehensive cardiac rehab center.
Jennifer Cook, MD (she/her)
OB Fellowship Director
Dr. Jennifer Cook grew up in Boise, Idaho, and then moved east for schooling, attending Johns Hopkins University for undergraduate and Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina for medical school. After a quick consideration of going into Orthopedics, she regained her senses and matched into the Family Medicine Residency at Phoenix Baptist Hospital in Phoenix, AZ, where she served as Chief Resident from 2003-04. She then moved closer to home, completing an OB Fellowship at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, WA. After joining the faculty at Swedish Family Medicine, Cherry Hill for a short time, she headed down to New Zealand, where she practiced as a GP in a nationalized health care system, traveled as much of the sheep laden countryside as possible, and picked up a wonderful kiwi souvenir, her husband, Jason.
After three years she decided it was time to come home to Boise and joined the Full Circle Health in January of 2009. Her curricular area of interest is the obstetrics experience, inclusive of directing the OB Fellowship. During her free time she enjoys going to the park with her three kids, political disputes with her husband, aerobic exhaustion of many varieties, and knitting anything possible.
Suzanne M. Anstine, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Suzanne Anstine, MD is a laborist with St. Luke’s Labor and Delivery. Dr. Anstine has cared for women for many years in a general obstetrics and gynecology practice at St. Luke’s in Boise. She has special interest in high-risk obstetrics and enjoys working with resident physicians. Medical School: Loma Linda University Residency: Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center Board Certification: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Alexis Bridges, DO
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Alexis Bridges, DO specializes in caring for women with high-risk pregnancies due to complex fetal or maternal health conditions. She has specialized training in fetal diagnostics via ultrasound as well as diagnostic procedures such as amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling. Her clinical interests include diabetes, hypertensive disorders, preterm birth, and medical education.
Dr. Bridges is passionate about helping families navigate these difficult and often stressful times in a way that is patient-centered and evidence-based. Her philosophy focuses on providing individualized, up-to-date education, counseling, and support so that her patients can make the best decision for themselves, their pregnancies, and their families.
In her free time, Dr. Bridges enjoys spending time outdoors with her family.
Justin Bruner, MD
OB Hospitalist
Justin Bruner, MD is an OB Hospitalist and cares for his patients as individuals and is an advocate for women’s health.
Dr. Justin Bruner grew up in Kirkland, Washington, just east of Seattle. After high school, he attended Brigham Young University, where he received his bachelor’s degree in history. He took a two-year break from his studies to serve a mission for his church in Hong Kong, where he learned to speak Cantonese. After graduating from BYU, he received a master’s Degree in biomedical sciences from Midwestern University.
Dr. Bruner enjoys spending time with his family, camping, skiing, working in his yard, reading, and finding opportunities to serve in the community. Every chance he gets, he enjoys watching the Mariners and Seahawks.
Anna Curtin, MD
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Anna Curtin, MD attended University of Washington for medical school and residency. She then completed a MFM Fellowship at UC Davis Medical Center.
Cyndi Hayes, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Hayes grew up in Meridian, Idaho and then attended Stanford University, majoring in Human Biology. She went to the University of Washington School of Medicine as an Idaho WWAMI student and then completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Union Memorial Hospital and Franklin Square Hospital Center in Baltimore, Maryland before returning to Boise. She was in private practice in Meridian before joining the Full Circle Health faculty in 2008. In 2013, she became an OB Hospitalist for St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center where she enjoys teaching the residents and high-risk obstetrics.
Bradley Holbrook, MD
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Bradley Holbrook, MD attended Eastern Virginia Medical School and then completed an OB/GYN residency and MFM Fellowship at University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. He joins us from Montana.
Mary Janowiak, MD
OB Hospitalist
Mary Janowiak, MD is an OB Hospitalist at St. Luke’s Boise. Prior to joining the St. Luke’s team, she was a general OBGYN in Boise for 15 years.
Dr. Janowiak is enthusiastic about teaching the family medicine residents so women can continue to have access to quality obstetric care especially in rural areas of the United States.
Richard M. Lee, MD
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Dr. Lee is board certified in maternal-fetal medicine, a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and a member of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. He has interests in preterm delivery, recurrent pregnancy loss, antiphospholipid syndrome and thrombophilias. He earned his medical degree from the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He completed his obstetrics and gynecology residency at the University of Utah and his maternal-fetal medicine fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is fluent in Spanish.
Thomas Lee, MD, MBA
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Thomas Lee, MD, MBA provides medical care for a broad range of conditions encountered in pregnancy, such as multifetal pregnancies, diabetes, prior preterm delivery, hypertension, and preeclampsia. He also has special interests in fetal ultrasound and health care management and technology. He enjoys engaging with patients and their families to provide them with an understanding of the most up-to-date information available regarding their pregnancy, so that they may make the best decisions for them and their families.
Prior to his medical education, Dr. Lee earned his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College. He also has an MBA in healthcare management from Marylhurst University.
Dr. Lee has served on a national level as a member of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Board of Directors, as the chairperson of the SMFM Practice Management Division, and as a member of the SMFM Clinical Informatics Committee.
Katie Lliteras, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Katie Lliteras, MD has professional interests in both general and high-risk obstetrics, as well as hysteroscopy. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Seattle University and her medical degree from Creighton University. She completed her OB/GYN residency at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center and Maricopa County Medical Center. Dr. Lliteras delivers babies at St. Luke’s Boise.
Originally from the Northwest, Dr. Lliteras moved back to Boise with her husband and daughter to be closer to family. She enjoys swimming, reading, and spending time with family and friends.
Stacy T. Seyb, MD
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Dr. Seyb is board certified in maternal-fetal medicine, a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and a member of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. He currently serves as executive physician leader for St. Luke’s Health System Women’s Health Board. He earned his medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He completed his obstetrical residency at the University of Colorado and his maternal-fetal medicine fellowship at Northwestern University.
Darin L. Weyhrich, MD
Obstetrics and Genecology
Darin Weyhrich, MD is a laborist and is Idaho’s state chairman for the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is in private practice. Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Residency: University of Washington School of Medicine Board Certification: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lucia Carbajal, MD
OB Fellow 2025-2026
Dr. Lucia Carbajal grew up in Weiser, Idaho. She attended medical school at the University of Washington as an Idaho WWAMI student and then completed her Family Medicine residency at the UW’s rural training site located in Chelan, Washington. Throughout her training, she has developed strong passions for OB and reproductive health and has enjoyed her time in Central Washington developing a large panel of Spanish-speaking patients. She is very excited to continue her journey so close to her hometown at Full Circle Health!
Lucia enjoys reading, listening to true crime podcasts, checking out coffee shops, running, and going on hikes with her partner Aaron when she is not working.
Neha Malhotra, MD
OB Fellow 2025-2026
Neha Malhotra was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina. She went to the University of South Carolina for undergraduate, where she did a combined major in Spanish, Pre-med biology, and Cello Performance before matriculating to Medical School at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Her love of women’s health and obstetrics started during medical school, when she was able to rotate in rural South Carolina and take care of women from all walks of life.
Despite being a Carolina Gamecock all her life, Neha decided to leave the south and go to residency in beautiful Montana at the Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana. There, she fell in love with the Mountain West—the sights, the culture, and most importantly the people. She is excited to join the Full Circle Health OB Fellowship and continue fostering her love of women’s health.
In her free time, Neha enjoys knitting, writing, cooking, and spending time with her cat Pippin.
Cara Donnelly, DO
OB Fellow 2024-2025
Miranda Smith, MD
OB Fellow 2024-2025
Zara Bowden, MD
Surgical OB Fellow 2023-2024
Taylor Simmons, MD
Surgical OB Fellow 2023-2024
Ashwin Chandra, DO
OB Fellow 2022-2023
Caroline Flowers, MD
OB Fellow 2022-2023
Nichole Aker, DO
OB Fellow 2021-2022
Katie Bressler, MD
OB Fellow 2021-2022
Elena Phoutrides, MD
OB Fellow 2020-2021
Scott Hippe, MD
OB Fellow 2019-2020
Robert Crouch, DO
OB Fellow 2018-2019
Tom Wonderlich, MD
OB Fellow 2017-2018
