Dr. Katie Arendt is the medical director of Obstetric Anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic Rochester.  She completed medical school, internship and residency in anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester.  She then completed an Obstetric Anesthesiology fellowship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston and a Regional Anesthesiology fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester.  Her current research interests include the obstetric anesthesia management of labor and delivery for parturients with complex cardiac disease. She is associate professor of anesthesiology and a preliminary level ABA oral board examiner.