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Kavita Arora, MD,MBE,MS (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor, Division Director
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Dr. Kavita Shah Arora (she/her) is an Associate Professor with Tenure and the Division Director for General Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Midwifery at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Dr. Arora received her BS with a minor in Philosophy from the Pennsylvania State University. In 2009, she graduated with both an MD from Jefferson Medical College and a Master's Degree in Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University. She subsequently completed a Master's in Science of Clinical Research at Case Western Reserve University.

She currently serves as the Greenwall Fellow in Bioethics for the National Academy of Medicine. She has served as 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.

She has authored over 90 peer-reviewed publications and has been funded by the NIH, HRSA, Greenwall Foundation, and Society for Family Planning. Her clinical, research, and education interests center around reproductive justice and ensuring evidence-based and equitable reproductive health policy, with a focus on disparities in surgery for permanent contraception.

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

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