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Key Points Question  Can novice clinicians accurately estimate gestational age using a low-cost, battery-powered ultrasonography probe with integrated artificial intelligence (AI) image interpretation? Findings  This prospective study enrolled 400 pregnant individuals with due dates confirmed by first-trimester ultrasonography. At follow-up visits randomly assigned throughout gestation, novice clinicians using an AI-enabled device estimated...

A joint team of investigators from the University of North Carolina and the University of Zambia has published a landmark clinical study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The study, led by UNC Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Jeffrey S. A. Stringer, demonstrates that artificial intelligence (AI)...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine’s Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine has enrolled the first patient in the world in a groundbreaking international Azalea Trial. The Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, in collaboration with the UNC Fetal Care Center, is conducting a trial for a...

Dr. Genevieve Neal-Perry, Chair of the UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, was selected as one of the key speakers at the WCPI Capitol Hill Congressional Briefing on July 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Dr. Neal-Perry shared her expertise on menopause and women’s health.  The Women’s Congressional Policy Institute (WCPI)...

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.