John M. Thorp, MD,

Distinguished Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division Director, UNC Women's Hospital

John M. Thorp, MD is the interim director of the North Carolina Program for Women’s Health Research. He is a distinguished professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and division director for Women’s Primary Healthcare. Thorp is also a professor of maternal and child health in the School of Public Health and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Radiology. Thorp is the director of the Maternal-Fetal Care Unit at the University of North Carolina Women’s Hospital, the medical director for the Horizons Perinatal Substance Abuse Program. He is also the co-director of the Institute for the Generalist Physician in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.