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UNC maternal-fetal medicine experts provide guidance on complex congenital kidney disorders

August 26, 2019
Asha Talati, MD, a fellow in UNC OB-GYN’s Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, is lead author of a new paper providing an evidence-based guide to the diagnosis and management of fetal congenital anomalies of the kidney and the urinary tract (CAKUT). “Prenatal genetic considerations of congenital anomalies of the kidney and...

Treating women with opioid use disorders during pregnancy requires integrated, collaborative care

July 29, 2019
Building models of integrated, trauma-informed prenatal care for pregnant women with substance use disorders takes time and collaboration. And, it’s a worthy task that could save the lives of women and children and stop harmful cycles for healthier generations. A new paper from UNC Horizons’ Director of Health Services Elisabeth...

Menard is a lead author of revised national guidelines on risk-appropriate maternal care

July 26, 2019
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society for Maternal–Fetal Medicine (SMFM) jointly released on July 25, 2019, updated guidance to better prepare hospitals to provide risk-appropriate maternal care. The guidelines, drafted in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), appear in the August...

UNC Horizons director is honored for outstanding scientific contribution to drug abuse research

June 26, 2019
Hendrée Jones, PhD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and executive director of the UNC Horizons program, received the prestigious 2019 Marian W. Fischman Lectureship Award June 17 at the annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) in San Antonio, Texas. This award honors the late Marian...

Buprenorphine can accelerate heart rate in pregnant women with opioid use disorders

June 25, 2019
Though the use of buprenorphine in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) during pregnancy has shown to have few impacts on fetuses and infants, a new study examining the physiological impact of the drug on pregnant women shows a significant impact on maternal heart rate. Hendrée Jones, PhD,...

Van Le is co-editor of well-known textbook on obstetrics and gynecology

June 13, 2019
Linda Van Le, MD, Leonard D. Palumbo Distinguished Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, is co-editor of the recently released 12th edition of ‘Te Linde’s Operative Gynecology.’ Many other UNC OB-GYN faculty members authored chapters in the book, including John Soper, MD, Leslie Clark, MD, Erin Carey, MD, MSCR, Amy Bryant, MD,...

ACNM names UNC Midwives a 2018 Triple Aim practice

June 12, 2019
UNC Midwives has recently achieved the designation of Best Practice for the 2018 ACNM Benchmarking Project from The American College of Nurse Midwives. The practice is being recognized for Triple Aim Achievement and a high rate of attendance at the six week postpartum visit. “Triple Aim” Best Practice recognizes practices...

UNC OB-GYN faculty are honored with 2019 Carolina Care Excellence Awards

June 3, 2019
This year 18 providers from the UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology have received the 2019 UNC Health Care and UNC Faculty Physicians Award for Carolina Care Excellence for creating exceptional experience for patients. Across UNC Health Care, 189 providers total received the 2019 award. View all UNC Health Care...

Clarke-Pearson honored with Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Education

May 28, 2019
Daniel Clarke-Pearson, MD, Robert A. Ross Distinguished Professor and Chair of the UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Education from the Academy of Educators at the UNC School of Medicine. This School confers this award annually on an exceptional member...

UNC-Chapel Hill awarded $14 million to make childbirth safer for mothers and infants

May 2, 2019
(Chapel Hill, N.C. – May 2, 2019) – A team of clinical researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received $14 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to conduct two studies aimed at improving pregnancy outcomes in the world’s poorest countries. An interdisciplinary team...

UNC OB-GYN resident Dr. Sharon Vaz wins best presentation at state OB-GYN meeting

April 9, 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Vaz, a resident in the UNC OB-GYN Class of 2019, for winning Best Resident Presentation at this year’s North Carolina OBGYN Society meeting. Vaz was honored for her presentation entitled, “The Breaking Point: Delayed vs Early Amniotomy in Labor Induction.” Vaz’s study was a retrospective cohort...

Mersereau to lead Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

April 8, 2019
Dr. Jennifer Mersereau will become the next chief of UNC OB-GYN’s Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) on May 1, 2019. The division’s longtime chief Dr. Marc Fritz has decided to step down after 26 years and will continue as a fulltime clinician and as practice director for UNC Fertility....