December 2012 - Highlights & Honors http://www.med.unc.edu/obgyn Take a look at our highlights and honors from this month. daily 1 2013-01-06T08:02:16Z 18 UNC OB-GYN Physicians Listed on Best Doctors in America® 2013 http://www.med.unc.edu/obgyn/highlights-honors/18-unc-ob-gyn-physicians-listed-on-2013-best-doctors-list The Best Doctors database recognizes the top 5 percent of the nation’s doctors in its database. The 18 UNC OB-GYN physicians are among approximately 47,000 doctors from the United States chosen through a peer-reviewed survey and research conducted by Best Doctors. Below is the listing of our physicians listed this year:

John F. Boggess, MD

Kim Boggess, MD

Wendy R. Brewster, MD, PhD

Nancy C. Chescheir, MD

Daniel L. Clarke-Pearson, MD

Wesley C. Fowler, Jr., MD

Marc A. Fritz, MD

Paola Alvarez Gehrig, MD

William H. Goodnight III, MD

David A. Grimes, MD

Catherine Matthews, MD

M. Kathryn Menard, MD

John T. Soper, MD

John Steege, MD

Alison M. Stuebe, MD

Robert Strauss, MD

John M. Thorp Jr., MD

Linda Van Le, MD

]]> No publisher Juli B Kidd MFM Blog GynOnc Urogyn Dec2012H&H 2013-01-10T19:20:00Z News Item Annual Staff Excellence and Star Awards http://www.med.unc.edu/obgyn/highlights-honors/Dec_2012/StaffAwards Listed are the award recipients from this year's annual Holiday Party. Each year the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology recognizes two outstanding SPA staff members with the Staff Excellence Award.   Listed below are the two recipients as well as recipients of this year's Star Awards.  All staff nominated for the Staff Excellent, receive a Star Award.

Star Award Recipients

Crystal Austin
Kia Barbee
Latisha Baldwin
Beverly Ferguson
Krishna Foust
Karen Ingram
Heidi Laws
Elizabeth Monk
April Moore
Katrina Moore
Christy Moss
Joanie Mucario
Latisha Murray
Stephanie O’Donnell
Cindy Parker
Deborah Privette
Gwen Settlemyre
Anne Shortliffe
Sherri Singleton

To view all the photos from the Holiday Party, click here.

]]> No publisher Juli B Kidd Dec2012H&H 2012-12-04T19:40:00Z News Item In The News http://www.med.unc.edu/obgyn/highlights-honors/Dec_2012/InTheNews A collection of news and media coverage of UNC OB-GYN. Dec 7, 2012 | News14 Carolina New in utero surgery opens doors for spina bifida patients

Dec 13, 2012 | University Gazette Dr. Jeffrey Stringer talks about moving his entire research team to UNC

Dec 19, 2012 | The Scientist Magazine® Year of the Fetus Emily Hardisty quoted

Dec 20, 2012 | NY Times - Well Blog Living With Cancer: Dancing With N.E.D.

Jan 4, 2013 | TIME.com Is the med community failing breastfeeding moms? Alison Stuebe quoted.

]]> No publisher Juli B Kidd Dec2012H&H 2012-01-30T14:30:00Z News Item NATIONAL APPOINTMENT | Parham http://www.med.unc.edu/obgyn/highlights-honors/Dec_2012/soper-accepts-champion-award-for-n.e.d.-the-band Dr Parham has recently been appointed to sit on the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) ad hoc Subcommittee on HIV and AIDS Malignancy Dr. Groesbeck Parham, MD is Co-Director of the CIDRZ Cervical Cancer Prevention Program and the African Centre for Excellence for Women’s Cancer Control, and Professor of Gynecologic Oncology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologic at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr Parham has recently been appointed to sit on the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) ad hoc Subcommittee on HIV and AIDS Malignancy. The mission of this Subcommittee is to advise the NCI Director and Board of Scientific Advisors on its research portfolio in AIDS and HIV-associated malignancy.

]]> No publisher Juli B Kidd GlobalWomens Dec2012H&H 2012-12-04T19:40:00Z News Item NEW LOCATION | UNC Fertility http://www.med.unc.edu/obgyn/highlights-honors/Dec_2012/new-location-unc-fertility UNC Fertility opened in Briar Creek Medical Complex On January 2, 2013, UNC Fertility opened the doors to their new practice in Briar Creek Medical Complex in Raleigh.

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]]> No publisher Juli B Kidd Dec2012H&H 2013-01-07T20:03:17Z News Item Presentations http://www.med.unc.edu/obgyn/highlights-honors/Dec_2012/presentations Across the nation and beyond, look to see where UNC OB-GYN presentations were given this month. Individual:
  • Bryant, A
    What’s new in contraceptive management and family planning.  Pharmacology Update 2012. 
    Sponsored by the Center for Lifelong Learning, School of Nursing , UNC at Chapel Hill.  December 7, 2012.
  • Lippmann QK, Garcia K, Smith J, Van Le L, Rahangdale L.
    Poster Presentation: Acceptability of intravaginal 5-fluorouracil cream for treatment of CIN 2.
    International Papillomavirus Conference, Dec 2012.
]]> No publisher Juli B Kidd Dec2012H&H 2011-12-01T18:00:00Z News Item PROMOTION | Connolly http://www.med.unc.edu/obgyn/highlights-honors/Dec_2012/connolly-promoted AnnaMarie Connolly, MD with UNC Urogynecology has been promoted from Associate Professor to Full Professor. Dec 21, 2012 - Based on excellence in educational scholarship, Dr. AnnaMarie Connolly has been promoted to Professor.

]]> No publisher Juli B Kidd Urogyn Dec2012H&H 2013-01-07T20:03:17Z News Item Publications http://www.med.unc.edu/obgyn/highlights-honors/Dec_2012/publications This is the listing of departmental publications for the month.
]]> No publisher Juli B Kidd Dec2012H&H 2012-01-03T15:25:00Z News Item TENURE | Chi http://www.med.unc.edu/obgyn/highlights-honors/Dec_2012/chi-tenture Benjamin Chi, MD with UNC Global Women's Health has been granted tenure. Dec 21, 2012 - Based on excellence in research, Dr. Benjamin Chi has been granted tenure as an Associate Professor.

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