{"id":1387,"date":"2023-08-04T21:51:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T21:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=1387"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:56:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T12:56:38","slug":"erin-carey","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/people\/erin-carey\/","title":{"rendered":"Erin Carey, MD, MSCR"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Division:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/6divisions-and-services\/minimally-invasive-gynecologic-surgery-migs\/\"><strong>Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Personal Biography:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Erin Carey is an expert in the medical and surgical care of benign gynecologic conditions including abnormal uterine bleeding, uterine fibroids, endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain. She has served on the national Fellowship Board of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (FMIGS) and the interdisciplinary board of the International Pelvic Pain Society. She is a NIH funded clinical scientist, and her long-term goal is to develop personalized mechanism-based treatment strategies for patients with complex gynecologic conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Preferred Name: Erin<\/p>\n<p>Pronouns: she\/her\/hers<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Pain Medicine &#8211; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; 2012-2013<\/li>\n<li>Master of Science in Clinical Research \u2013 Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; 2010-2012<\/li>\n<li>Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Fellowship- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; 2010-2012<\/li>\n<li>Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency \u2013 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; 2006-2010<\/li>\n<li>Doctor of Medicine \u2013 University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO; 1999-2006<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Liberal Arts \u2013 Combined BA\/MD program; University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO; 1999-2006<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Board Certifications:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2013-present<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Uterine leiomyoma<\/li>\n<li>Endometriosis-associated pain<\/li>\n<li>Chronic pelvic pain<\/li>\n<li>Vulvodynia<\/li>\n<li>High tone pelvic floor dysfunction<\/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:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/myncbi\/erin.carey.1\/bibliography\/public\/\"><strong>Dr. Carey&#8217;s PubMed listing.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1823,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"ud_division":[81,88,71,107,119,82],"class_list":["post-1387","ud_entry","type-ud_entry","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ud_division-department-clinical-providers","ud_division-department-of-obstetrics-and-gynecology","ud_division-division-directors","ud_division-migs-division-director","ud_division-migs-fellowship-director","ud_division-minimally-invasive-gynecologic-surgery","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Erin Carey, MD, MSCR - UNC Department of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/people\/erin-carey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Erin Carey, MD, MSCR - UNC Department of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Division: Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Personal Biography: Dr. Erin Carey is an expert in the medical and surgical care of benign gynecologic conditions including abnormal uterine bleeding, uterine fibroids, endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain. 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