{"id":1428,"date":"2023-08-04T22:27:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T22:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=1428"},"modified":"2025-05-16T17:56:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:56:44","slug":"kavita-arora","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/people\/kavita-arora\/","title":{"rendered":"Kavita Arora, MD, MBE, MS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Division:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/divisions-and-services-2\/general-obstetrics-gynecology-and-midwifery\/\">General Obstetrics, Gynecology and Midwifery<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Personal Biography:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Arora is an expert in disparities surrounding sterilization (permanent contraception) and reproductive bioethics. She has served as the Greenwall Fellow in Bioethics for the National Academy of Medicine, Chair of the national ethics committee of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, on the national ethics committee of the American Medical Association, on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities, and on the Governing Council for the Young Physicians Section of the American Medical Association. She was named a 40 under 40 leader in minority health by the National Minority Quality Forum. Clinically, she is passionate about contraceptive care, LGBT health, abnormal uterine bleeding, fibroids, and minimally-invasive gynecologic surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Preferred Name: Kavita<\/p>\n<p>Pronouns: she\/her\/hers<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Master of Science in Clinical Research &#8211; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; 2016-2019<\/li>\n<li>Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency &#8211; McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; 2010-2013<\/li>\n<li>Obstetrics and Gynecology Internship &#8211; Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA; 2009-2010<\/li>\n<li>Master of Bioethics &#8211; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2007-2009<\/li>\n<li>Doctor of Medicine &#8211; Jefferson Medical College,\u00a0 Philadelphia, PA; 2005-2009<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Science &#8211; The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; 2003-2005<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Board Certifications:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2014-present<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sterilization<\/li>\n<li>Contraception<\/li>\n<li>Disparities<\/li>\n<li>Reproductive Bioethics<\/li>\n<li>Reproductive Justice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Recent Publications:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For a complete list of recent publications, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=Arora+KS&amp;cauthor_id=36800858\"><strong>Dr. Arora&#8217;s PubMed listing.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2107,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"ud_division":[81,88,71,65,45,111,168],"class_list":["post-1428","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-general-obstetrics-and-gynecology","ud_division-general-obstetrics-gynecology-and-midwifery-clinical-providers","ud_division-gogm-division-director","ud_division-rural-obgyn-fellowship-director","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kavita Arora, MD, MBE, MS - 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\/kavita-arora\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kavita Arora, MD, MBE, MS - UNC Department of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Division: General Obstetrics, Gynecology and Midwifery Personal Biography: Dr. Arora is an expert in disparities surrounding sterilization (permanent contraception) and reproductive bioethics. 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