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Berreth receives nursing award from the School of Medicine

April 4, 2019
Meg Berreth, MSN, CNM, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the Division of Midwifery, is one of eight nurses who were honored April 3 at the 2019 School of Medicine Nursing Recognition Awards. Each year the medical school and its physicians recognize outstanding achievement by nursing professionals as a...

New grant allows Vora to collaborate with Duke to identify novel genes critical to human brain development

April 2, 2019
Dr. Neeta Vora, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and Dr. Erica Davis at the Duke University Center for Human Disease Modeling have been awarded an exploratory/developmental research grant (R21) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.  Their research was initially funded by...

Dr. Erin Carey’s gynecologic pain project wins $50,000 innovation award

March 29, 2019
Erin Carey, MD, director of the Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at UNC OB-GYN, is principle investigator for a project on gynecologic pain that has received a 2019 Innovation Pilot Award of $50,000 from the School of Medicine. Her co-principle investigator is Dr. Rahima Benhabbour of The Department of...

Announcing the Class of 2023

March 29, 2019
UNC’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has announced its residency Class of 2023, who found out they had matched with our department on March 15, 2019. They come from as far as Kansas and as close as our own UNC School of Medicine Our incoming residents are: Jenna Adams –...

UNC Gynecologic Oncology faculty have large presentation presence at SGO meeting

March 26, 2019
Many members of the UNC Gynecologic Oncology faculty presented at Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) annual meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, March 16-19, 2019. This was SGO’s 50th meeting on women’s cancers. To see a list of faculty and their posters and presentations, view the list here.

Where she needed to be

March 25, 2019
When University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill physician and researcher Elizabeth Stringer, M.D., M.Sc., finished her OB-GYN residency in 2001, she and her husband, Jeff, had one young child and another on the way, and were considering the next steps in their careers and lives. “We had both become...

Horton named president of the Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling

March 13, 2019
Evette Horton, PhD, assistant professor in the UNC Horizons Program, has been elected president of the Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling. Her tenure begins July 1, 2019. The Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling (ACAC) is a national division of the American Counseling Association with a mission to support...

‘I’ve learned recovery is possible.’

March 7, 2019
Samantha had “a million excuses” for why she didn’t want to come to the UNC Horizons Program, she says. She had a family who needed her – a loving son, a dedicated husband who was her high-school sweetheart, and three dogs as beloved as her child. She was also embarrassed...

‘With their support, I can push through’

March 7, 2019
Samantha’s time at the UNC Horizons Program started with a surprise. She arrived with sons B., 3, and R., 3 months, around Christmastime when Horizons’ supporters donate gifts for the program’s women to select for their children. “Knowing that I could provide something for my kids was a really big...

Parham to speak at SGO’s 50th anniversary meeting

March 5, 2019
Groesbeck Parham, MD, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology in our UNC Division of Global Women’s Health, will be a featured speaker at this year’s Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer, presenting his talk, “The creative disruption of the cervical cancer prevention status quo in an...

Tubal ligation is recommended over tubal removal for sterilization at time of delivery

March 4, 2019
For women seeking permanent sterilization as well as ovarian-cancer risk reduction at time of cesarean delivery, tubal ligation is still the best option, according to newly published research from the UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Kartik K. Venkatesh, MD, PhD, fellow in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine is lead...

UNC Horizons holiday giving reaches more families than ever

February 25, 2019
Dear OB-GYN department, donors and our community, We greatly thank you for your loving kindness and generosity that helped to make the holiday season one of happiness and gratitude for our families who receive services from UNC Horizons. This year, 66 women in treatment with us had gifts to give...