{"id":1443,"date":"2023-08-04T22:37:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T22:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=1443"},"modified":"2024-05-06T16:27:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T16:27:00","slug":"john-thorp","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/people\/john-thorp\/","title":{"rendered":"John Thorp Jr., MD, MSCS"},"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>I am a native North Carolinian who started OBG residency at UNC in 1983 and have worked here since. My clinical focus is on preterm birth, perinatal substance abuse, and office gynecology. I have contributed to research innovations including limited use of episiotomy, progesterone to prevent recurrent preterm birth, magnesium for neuroprotection, and timing of labor induction. I recently completed a certificate program at Duke Divinity in Theology, Medicine, and Culture.<\/p>\n<p>Preferred Name: John<\/p>\n<p>Pronouns: he\/him\/his<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Certificate in Theology, Medicine, Culture- Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC; 2023<\/li>\n<li>Master Science Clinical Leadership- Duke University, Durham, NC; 2005<\/li>\n<li>Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship- University of North Carolina Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC; 1987-1989<\/li>\n<li>Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency- University of North Carolina Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC; 1983-1987<\/li>\n<li>Doctor of Medicine- Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; 1979-1983<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Arts, Zoology- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; 1975-1979<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Board Certifications:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Preventive Medicine-Addiction, 2018- present<\/li>\n<li>Maternal Fetal Medicine, 1990-present<\/li>\n<li>Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1989-present<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical trials<\/li>\n<li>Preterm birth<\/li>\n<li>Perinatal addiction<\/li>\n<li>Clinical ethics.<\/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=Thorp+JM+Jr&amp;cauthor_id=37726016\"><strong>Dr. Thorp&#8217;s PubMed listing.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3262,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"ud_division":[81,88,65,45],"class_list":["post-1443","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-general-obstetrics-and-gynecology","ud_division-general-obstetrics-gynecology-and-midwifery-clinical-providers","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>John Thorp Jr., MD, MSCS - 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\/john-thorp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"John Thorp Jr., MD, MSCS - UNC Department of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Division: General Obstetrics, Gynecology and Midwifery Personal Biography: I am a native North Carolinian who started OBG residency at UNC in 1983 and have worked here since. 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