{"id":1386,"date":"2023-08-04T21:50:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T21:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=1386"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:23:38","slug":"omar-young","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/people\/omar-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Omar Young, MD, FACOG"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Division:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/5divisions-and-services\/maternal-fetal-medicine\/\">Maternal Fetal Medicine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Personal Biography:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Omar M Young is aa Clinical Professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, where he serves as the Vice Chair of Education as well as the Associate Residency Program Director. He is a clinical-educator that is grounded in providing significant and impactful educational experiences. His educational scholarship focus is on mentorship\/sponsorship and curriculum design.<\/p>\n<p>Preferred Name: Omar<\/p>\n<p>Pronouns: he\/him\/his<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship- Magee-Womens Hospital; Pittsburgh, PA, (2012-2015)<\/li>\n<li>Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency- Yale University; New Haven, CT, (2008-2012)<\/li>\n<li>Doctor of Medicine- Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians &amp; Surgeons; (New York, NY), (2004-2008)<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Arts- Washington University in St. Louis; St. Louis, MO, (2000-2004)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Board Certifications:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/li>\n<li>General Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology, (2015-present)<\/li>\n<li>Maternal-Fetal Medicine, (2017-present)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical obstetrics<\/li>\n<li>Mentorship\/sponsorship in medicine<\/li>\n<li>Diversity\/equity\/inclusion in OBGYN medical education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"color: inherit;font-size: 24px\">Recent Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For a complete list of recent publications, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=Young+OM&amp;cauthor_id=25030271\"><strong>Dr. Young&#8217;s PubMed listing.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6482,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"ud_division":[166,81,88,48,71,43,161,132],"class_list":["post-1386","ud_entry","type-ud_entry","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ud_division-cardiovascular-care","ud_division-department-clinical-providers","ud_division-department-of-obstetrics-and-gynecology","ud_division-department-vice-chairs","ud_division-division-directors","ud_division-maternal-fetal-medicine-clinical-providers","ud_division-medical-education-division-director","ud_division-vice-chair-education","odd"],"acf":[],"ud_entry_custom_fields":{"ud_last_name":"Young","ud_first_name":"Omar","ud_gallery_summary":"","ud_telephone":false,"ud_email":"","ud_positions":[{"ud_title":"Vice Chair of Education, OBGYN"},{"ud_title":"Medical Education Division Director"},{"ud_title":"Associate Residency Program Director"},{"ud_title":"Clinical Professor, Maternal Fetal Medicine"}],"ud_options":[],"ud_sort_order":""},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2023\/08\/omar-young-blur-e1749575312365.jpg","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2023\/08\/omar-young-blur-e1749575312365-252x300.jpg","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2023\/08\/omar-young-blur-e1749575312365.jpg","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2023\/08\/omar-young-blur-576x1024.jpg","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2023\/08\/omar-young-blur-e1749575312365-150x150.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ud_entry\/1386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ud_entry"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ud_entry"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ud_division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ud_division?post=1386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}