{"id":5704,"date":"2024-10-02T20:12:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T20:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=5704"},"modified":"2024-10-31T19:26:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T19:26:41","slug":"dr-ariana-hess-md-mph","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/people\/dr-ariana-hess-md-mph\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Hess, MD, MPH"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>DIVISION:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/general-obstetrics-gynecology-and-midwifery\/pediatric-adolescent-gynecology\/\">Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Preferred<\/b><strong> Name: <\/strong>Ariana<br \/>\n<strong>Pronouns:<\/strong> she\/her\/hers<br \/>\n<strong>Undergraduate Degree:<\/strong> Bachelor of Science &#8211; Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, 2008-2012<br \/>\n<strong>MD:<\/strong> Doctor of Medicine \u2013 Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Jalisco, MX, 2014 -2017<\/p>\n<h3>Bio:\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Ariana Hess, MD, MPH, practices both general obstetrics and gynecology as well as a pediatric and adolescent gynecology. She received her medical degree from the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine where she learned to practice in both English and Spanish.\u00a0 She completed her residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at the Medical College of Wisconsin.\u00a0 She completed a fellowship in pediatric and adolescent gynecology at Phoenix Children\u2019s. Professionally, she enjoys educating both medical students and residents about pediatric and adolescent gynecology.\u00a0 She has experience with congenital genital tract anomalies, pediatric infections, bleeding disorders, menstrual suppression, contraception, and more. \u00a0She loves chatting with patients of all ages, finding an approachable way to counsel patients and families about complicated diagnoses, and tailoring \u00a0treatment plans to individual needs. She derives great satisfaction from watching her patients grow! Her main research interests include reproductive education in adolescents and quality improvement for both healthcare providers and patients.\u00a0 In this effort to improve adolescent reproductive knowledge, she developed the Reproductive Health Knowledge Index (RHKI), a validated instrument to comprehensively measure reproductive health knowledge in female adolescents.\u00a0 When she is not seeing patients in the office, preforming surgery in the operating room, or taking call at the hospital, she enjoys drinking tea and eating tacos. She also loves practicing yoga, hiking with her dog, and traveling with her family.<\/p>\n<h3>Research Interests:<\/h3>\n<p>Her main research interests include reproductive education in adolescents and quality improvement for both healthcare providers and patients. In this effort to improve adolescent reproductive knowledge, she developed the Reproductive Health Knowledge Index (RHKI), a validated instrument to comprehensively measure reproductive health knowledge in female adolescents.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5705,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"ud_division":[88,65,106],"class_list":["post-5704","ud_entry","type-ud_entry","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ud_division-department-of-obstetrics-and-gynecology","ud_division-general-obstetrics-and-gynecology","ud_division-pediatric-adolescents-gynecology","odd"],"acf":[],"ud_entry_custom_fields":{"ud_last_name":"Hess","ud_first_name":"Ariana","ud_gallery_summary":"","ud_telephone":false,"ud_email":"","ud_positions":[{"ud_title":"Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Specialist"},{"ud_title":"Assistant Professor"}],"ud_options":[],"ud_sort_order":""},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2024\/10\/Dr.-Ariana-Hess-MD-MPH-1-scaled.jpg","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2024\/10\/Dr.-Ariana-Hess-MD-MPH-1-190x300.jpg","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2024\/10\/Dr.-Ariana-Hess-MD-MPH-1-768x1213.jpg","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2024\/10\/Dr.-Ariana-Hess-MD-MPH-1-648x1024.jpg","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2024\/10\/Dr.-Ariana-Hess-MD-MPH-1-150x150.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ud_entry\/5704","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\/5705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ud_division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ud_division?post=5704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}