Yearly Archives: 2024

WRAL News talked to UNC Health certified nurse-midwife Meg Berreth and UNC Health OB-GYN Katelin Zahn, MD, about natural ways to manage pain during childbirth. “Meg Berreth, CNM, MSN, is a certified nurse-midwife and an assistant professor in the Midwifery Division at the UNC Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Katelin Zahn, MD,...

Doctors Meredith Newton, Yuri Sebastião, and Asha McClurg have been accepted into The Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP). This is one of the many programs and initiatives through the Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development at UNC School of Medicine. According to the site, “LAMP has been designed to assist junior...

Kavita Shah Arora, MD, MBE, MS from the UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, JAMA. To read the publication by Drs. Kavita Arora and Mara Buchbinder visit here.  Please help us congratulate Dr. Kavita Arora on her hard work. ...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine – Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology had numerous faculty and trainees at the annual Alan W. Cross Evening of Scholarship on Thursday, May 16th. The Academy of Educators (AOE) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of...

Dr. Eduardo Lara-Torre discusses the Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology program at UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine.

Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, and Lisa Rahangdale, MD, MPH, presented at the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP) meeting on May 4, focusing on the latest advancements in topical therapies for cervical pre-cancer treatment in the U.S. and around the world. Dr. Mungo and Dr. Rahangdale, both obstetricians/gynecologists...

Faculty, residents, and medical students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology attended the annual The Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology (SASGOG) and The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)conferences.  According to SASGOG, its mission is to “support...

UNC School of Medicine 4th-year medical student Emily Broaddus has plans to start her residency in June. She shares more about the devastating loss of her partner which led her to want to pursue patient advocacy, reproductive justice, research and education.

Amy Bryant, MD, MSCR has been selected to be inducted into the University of North Carolina’s Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) National Medical Honor Society. Dr. Bryant was nominated by one of her former medical students who felt that she embodies the values of AOA and wrote that she...

Certified Nurse-Midwife Shannon Maaske, CNM, MSN, of UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has been inducted into the American College of Nurse Midwives Fellowship. According to the American College of Nurse-Midwives site: “The Fellowship in the American College of Nurse-Midwives (FACNM) is an honor bestowed upon those midwives whose demonstrated leadership...

Faculty and residents from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine – Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, attended and presented at the 39th Annual William Droegemueller Departmental Research Day on May 8th, 2024.  The School of Medicine had six resident speakers present inside Kenan Center at...

Dr. Katherine Tucker joined UNC as an Assistant Professor in the Gynecologic Oncology Division in 2020. Since joining the faculty, she has been actively engaged in wellness initiatives, both locally and nationally. Within the gynecologic oncology division, Dr. Tucker has organized regular in-person wellness gatherings for faculty, fellows, and staff,...