Category: General Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Midwifery

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is proud to announce that Rachel Peragallo Urrutia, MD, MS, associate professor of General Obstetrics, Gynecology and Midwifery at UNC, contributed to a national report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. She serves on the committee that authored the recently released...

Congratulations to Eduardo Lara-Torre, MD, FACOG, Vice Chair of Operations Strategy and Quality for OBGYN and Executive Medical Director for OBGYN, whose expertise and leadership contributed to the newly published Sanfilippo’s Textbook of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. His work helped shape this important resource for clinicians, trainees, and researchers in...

Chapel Hill, NC – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers played prominent roles at the 37th Annual Conference of the International Papillomavirus Society (IPVS 2025) in Bangkok, Thailand, demonstrating the university’s leadership in global efforts to prevent cervical cancer and HPV-related diseases.   Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, FACOG, Assistant...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C— Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, FACOG, an assistant professor in the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and affiliate faculty at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Center for AIDS Research and the UNC Institute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases has been selected...

The University of North Carolina School of Medicine has launched the nation’s first rural OB/GYN fellowship. The program will train physicians to offer high-quality care in a rural setting, as well as improve access for women in North Carolina’s maternity care deserts, according to a press release. “More than half...

  We’re proud to share that UNC Midwives has been recognized by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) as a 2024 Triple Aim Best Practice. This national recognition highlights our team’s exceptional performance in maternity care, aligning with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s “Triple Aim” goals: improving patient experience, enhancing population...

The department of General Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Midwifery faculty, fellows, alumni, and learners contributed across presentations and sessions at the Society of Academic Specialists in Obstetrics and Gynecology (SASGOG) Annual Meeting, held September 11–12, 2025, at the Curtis Denver in Colorado. Fellowship Alumni Meredith Wise, MD, MSCR – Named SASGOG...

UNC-Chapel Hill has been announced as the recipient of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) award. Created by the Office of Research on Women’s Health in partnership with NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices, BIRCWH is a mentored career-development program designed to connect...

UNC Health is launching an OBGYN fellowship dedicated to rural women’s health. And it’s the first of its kind in the nation, according to a news release issued by the health system and Kavita Arora, director of the UNC Rural Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellowship. “The goal of our fellowship is...

The UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has announced the launch of the UNC Rural Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellowship, a two-year training program designed to prepare OB/GYN physicians to serve in rural and critical access hospital settings. The fellowship aims to equip participants with the clinical skills, knowledge, and support...

“The block is done by injecting a local anesthetic, often lidocaine, on top of and near the cervix. Lidocaine cream and spray are additional options for patients who want to avoid needles, though there is less research on their efficacy, said Dr. Danielle Tsevat, an OB/GYN at the University of...

Dr. Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, FACOG, has been awarded the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Career Development Award to support her research on the role of the vaginal microbiome in treatment outcomes following self-administered artesunate in the R34 trial she is conducting. Dr. Mungo previously received the ASCO Young...