SOAP Center of Excellence Designees

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The SOAP Center of Excellence (COE) designation recognizes demonstrated excellence in obstetric anesthesia care. Congratulations to the following institutions and obstetric anesthesia programs that have attained this prestigious designation.


2022 Designees & Renewals

The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) is pleased to announce the following institutions and obstetric anesthesia programs have attained the prestigious SOAP Center of Excellence (COE) designation:

  1. NYU Langone Hospital- Brooklyn – Brooklyn, NY
  2. Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital - Petach Tikvah
  3. Staten Island University Hospital Northwell Health - Staten Island, NY
  4. UHealth – the University of Miami Health System - Miami, FL
  5. The University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA
  6. University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, MacDonald Women’s Hospital – Cleveland, OH
  7. Virginia Mason Medical Center – Seattle, WA

The following institutions and obstetric anesthesia programs have renewed the prestigious SOAP Center of Excellence (COE) designation initially granted in 2018:

  1. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  2. Brigham and Women's Hospital
  3. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  4. Colorado Fetal Care Center, Children's Hospital Colorado
  5. Columbia University
  6. Duke University
  7. Hospital e Maternidade Santa Joana
  8. Icahn School Of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  9. Johns Hopkins Hospital
  10. Juntendo University Hospital
  11. Massachusetts General Hospital
  12. Mercy Hospital St. Louis
  13. Mount Sinai West
  14. North Shore University Hospital
  15. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  16. Ochsner Health
  17. Overlook Medical Center
  18. Penn Medicine Princeton Health
  19. Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns
  20. Sparrow Hospital
  21. Stanford University School of Medicine
  22. Texas Children's Hospital-Pavilion for Women
  23. Tufts Medical Center
  24. University Of California, San Francisco
  25. University Of Minnesota Medical Center
  26. University of New Mexico
  27. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  28. Wake Forest Baptist Health
  29. Washington Hospital Center - Med Star
  30. Washington University School of Medicine
  31. Weill Cornell Medicine- New York Presbyterian

The COE designation was awarded March 31, 2023, to the institutions and obstetric anesthesia programs listed above and will remain valid for four years. Designees will reapply during the 2026 cycle for renewal in 2027.


2021 Designees

  1. Al Wakra Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
  2. Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
  3. Baptist Medical Center South, Jacksonville, Florida
  4. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
  5. Clements University Hospital at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
  6. Kitasato University Hospital, Sagamihara City, Japan
  7. Memorial Hermann Hospital – Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas
  8. NYC Health and Hospitals/Elmhurst, Elmhurst, New York
  9. Parkland Health, Dallas, Texas
  10. Pro Matre Paulista-Grupo, Santa Joana, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  11. University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, Colorado
  12. University of Texas Medical Branch – Galveston, Galveston, Texas
  13. Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York

The COE designation was awarded March 31, 2022, to the institutions and obstetric anesthesia programs listed above and will remain valid for four years. Designees will reapply during the 2025 cycle for renewal in 2026.


2020 Designees

  1. Clinica Universitaria Bolivariana – Medellin, Columbia
  2. George Washington School of Medicine – Washington DC
  3. Hamad Medical Corporation, Women’s Wellness & Research Centre  Doha, Qatar
  4. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian – Newport Beach, CA
  5. Loma Linda University – Loma Linda, CA
  6. Long Island Jewish Medical Center – Hyde Park, NY
  7. Minneapolis Anesthesia Partners – Plymouth, MN
  8. National Center for Child Health and Development – Tokyo, Japan
  9. Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center – Columbus, OH
  10. Sidra Medicine – Doha, Qatar
  11. Stony Brook Medicine – Stony Brook, NY
  12. Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento – Sacramento, CA
  13. UC Davis Medical Center  Sacramento, CA
  14. University of Alabama at Birmingham – Birmingham, AL
  15. University of Chicago – Chicago, IL
  16. Virginia Commonwealth University Health System – Richmond, VA
  17. Yale New Haven Hospital, York Street Campus – New Haven, CT

The COE designation was awarded March 12, 2021, to the institutions and obstetric anesthesia programs listed above and will remain valid for four years. Designees will reapply during the 2024 cycle for renewal in 2025.


2019 Designees 

  1. BC Women's Hospital – Vancouver, British Columbia
  2. Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin Froedtert Hospital Birth Center – Milwaukee, W
  3. Hackensack University Medical Center – Hackensack, NJ
  4. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA
  5. Kaiser Permanente, Roseville Women & Children’s Hospital – Roseville, CA
  6. Mayo Clinic – Rochester, MN
  7. Miller Women's and Children's Hospital – Long Beach, CA
  8. Missouri Baptist Medical Center – St. Louis, MO
  9. UAMS College of Medicine – Little Rock, AR
  10. University of Maryland Medical Center – Baltimore, MD
  11. University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine – Ann Arbor, MI
  12. University of Utah – Salt Lake City, UT
  13. Vanderbilt University – Nashville, TN
  14. Virtua Voorhees Hospital, West Jersey Anesthesia Associates – Voorhees, NJ

The COE designation was awarded March 25, 2020, to the institutions and obstetric anesthesia programs listed above and will remain valid for four years.  Designees will reapply during the 2023 cycle for renewal in 2024.


 2018 Designees 

  1. Albany Medical Center – Albany, NY
  2. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Boston, MA
  3. Brigham and Women's Hospital – Boston, MA
  4. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – Los Angeles, CA
  5. Colorado Fetal Care Center, Children's Hospital Colorado – Aurora, CO
  6. Columbia University – New York, NY
  7. Duke University – Durham, NC
  8. Hospital e Maternidade Santa Joana – Sao Paulo, Brazil
  9. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai – New York, NY
  10. Johns Hopkins Hospital – Baltimore, MA
  11. Juntendo University Hospital – Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
  12. Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC – Pittsburgh, PA
  13. Massachusetts General Hospital – Boston, MA
  14. MedStar Washington Hospital Center – Washington DC
  15. Mercy Hospital St. Louis –  St. Louis, MO
  16. Mount Sinai West – New York, NY
  17. New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell – New York, NY
  18. North Shore University Hospital – Manhasset, NY
  19. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine – Chicago, IL
  20. NYU Langone, Tisch Hospital – New York, NY
  21. Ochsner Hospital – New Orleans, LA
  22. Overlook Medical Center – Summit, NJ
  23. Penn Medicine Princeton Health – Plainsboro, NJ
  24. Regional One Health – Memphis, TN
  25. Saddleback Memorial Medical Center – Laguna Hills, CA
  26. Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns – San Diego, CA
  27. Sparrow Hospital – Lansing, MI
  28. Stanford University – Stanford, CA
  29. Texas Children's Hospital, Pavilion for Women – Houston, TX
  30. Tufts Medical Center – Boston, MA
  31. University of California San Francisco – San Francisco, CA
  32. University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, MN
  33. University of New Mexico – Albuquerque, NM
  34. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill – Chapel Hill, NC
  35. University of Washington – Seattle, WA
  36. Victoria Hospital – London, Ontario
  37. Wake Forest University Health Sciences – Winston Salem, NC
  38. Washington University School of Medicine – Chesterfield, MO
  39. Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center – San Francisco, CA

The COE designation was awarded March 25, 2019, to the institutions and obstetric anesthesia programs listed above and will remain valid for four years.  Designees will reapply during the 2022 cycle for renewal in 2023.