{"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":[],"ud_entry_custom_fields":{"ud_last_name":"Thorp","ud_first_name":"John","ud_gallery_summary":"","ud_telephone":false,"ud_email":"","ud_positions":[{"ud_title":"McAllister Distinguished Professor, General Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Midwifery"},{"ud_title":"Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology"},{"ud_title":"Professor, Maternal and Child Health"}],"ud_options":[],"ud_sort_order":""},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2023\/08\/thorpjohn-5.13-photo-scaled-1-e1715012803882.jpg","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2023\/08\/thorpjohn-5.13-photo-scaled-1-e1715012803882-225x300.jpg","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2023\/08\/thorpjohn-5.13-photo-scaled-1-e1715012803882-768x1025.jpg","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2023\/08\/thorpjohn-5.13-photo-scaled-1-e1715012803882-767x1024.jpg","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2023\/08\/thorpjohn-5.13-photo-scaled-1-e1715012803882-150x150.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ud_entry\/1443","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\/3262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ud_division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ud_division?post=1443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}