Laura Hester, MD

Dr. Hester is the Medical Director of the Chatham Hospital Emergency Department. She supervises a group of 8-10 UNC Family Medicine faculty members who provide emergency services at this hospital, along with managing a required PGY 3 Family Medicine rotation and a senior UNC medical student elective in Rural Emergency Medicine. Dr. Hester’s goal is to entice and empower more physicians to consider a career in a rural setting.