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Curriculum Vitae
Elizabeth Gomba Motyka, MD, FACOG
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Education
Postgraduate - Residency training: Department of OB/GYN, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC. 1990-1994
Doctor of Medicine, Summa Cum Laude, May 1990, University of Virginia School of Medicine. GPA 3.81. 08/1986-05/1990.
Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Summa Cum Laude, May 1986, University of Richmond. GPA 3.96. 08/1982-05/1986.
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Employment
For Women, PA- President 6/2003-present
Adjunct Associate Professor, UNC School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology 8/2003-present
Associate Professor, UNC School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology,
Wake Area Health Education Center, Wake Medical Center, Raleigh, NC. 07/1994-08/2003
Chief Administrative Resident, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.07/1993-06/1994
Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 07/1990-06/1994
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Certification and Licensure
National Board of Medical Examiners, 1993
State of North Carolina Medical License 94-00307, March 1994
Diplomate American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology 940086, November 1996
Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists September 1997
Certification in Critical Care Obstetrics November 1997
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Professional Societies
Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics 1995-present
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1992-present
American Uro-Gynecology Society 1997, Alpha Omega Alpha 1989, Phi Beta Kappa 1986
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Administrative Activities
Third Year Clerkship director for third year students Wake AHEC 1995-2002
Director of Resident Education Wake AHEC 1995-1998
Codirector of the patient education program 1994-present
Member of Wake Med Department of Ob/Gyn Quality Assurance Committee 1996-1998
Developer of the patient intake questionnaire and provider forms for clinic and triage patient care
In charge of call schedules and daily schedule-1998-2002
Teaching Responsibilities- teaching portfolio available
Continuing Education Lectures
Menopause What’s Hot?–NC/SC State Osteopathic Meeting 8/04
Menopause Post WHI?–Greensboro Family Medicine Residency Teaching Seminar 6/04
Menopause and Bioidentical Hormones –Grand Rounds UNC Family Medicine 4/04
Menopause focus on CAM- CAM Conference UNC 2/04
Alternatives to Hormone Therapy Seminar/ UNC Hospitals 12/03
Women’s Health Update /Triangle Dental Group Meeting 11/03
The 10th In-Home Breast Feeding Support Program- Breast feeding Infections 5/ 2003
The Fourth UNC Conference on Integrating CAM into Clinical Practice
Menopause What’s Hot? 3/2003
Finding Common Ground:Integrating CAM and Perinatal Medicine/ Duke Fall 01
UNC Dept of Family Medicine Grand Rounds-Menopause - Complementary and Alternative Medicine for the Menopause August 20,2001
UNC Dept of OG/Gyn Grand Rounds-Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Women’s Health Sept 20, 2000
WMC Nurses Continuing Education Seminar-Preterm Labor 1994, Operative Vaginal Delivery and Infections in Pregnancy 1996, Critical Care Obstetrics 1998
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Projects and Grants
Integrating CAM into Health-Professions Education in North Carolina. Principle Investigator: Peter Curtis, M.D. Women’s Health and Residency Education Co-investigator-5% time. Funding Level $1,619,029 million/5years from NIH
Teaching Interpersonal skills to Residents and Medical students submitted to APGO 1997, 1998, 2000 seminar and curriculum evaluation on-going topics include Mindfulness, Compassion, Holistic Birth and others
Clinical Interests- the menopause, urinary incontinence, integrative medicine
Research, Publications, & Presentations
Monahan, E. “ Medical Clearance for Gynecologic Surgery”, The Obstetrical and Gynecologic Survey, 53 (2) 117-126, Feb 1998.
Wilkinson, J., Monahan, E. and Steege, J., “Transvaginal UltrasonographicUNC Dept of Family Medicine Grand Rounds-Menopause -What’s Hot?. Complementary and Alternative Medicine for the Menopause August 20,2001 Assessment of Pelvic Fluid” Presented at North Carolina Ob/Gyn Society, May 1996
Monahan, E. Principal Investigator in study by Ethical Pharmaceuticals : “A Clinical Evaluation of the Effects of Estradiol TD and Ethicombi TD, Used Sequentially, on Estradiol-Induced Endometrial Hyperplasia.”
Rogers, R. and Monahan, E. “Postoperative Hemorrhage due to Avulsion of Perihepatic Adhesions after Pneumoperitoneum” The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, 3(4), 8/1996.
Monahan, E. Katz, V., and Cox, R. “Amnioinfusion for preventing Puerperal Infection. A prospective study.” Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 40(10): 721-3. 1995, 631-633.
Gomba, E.A. and Wolcott, W.S., A Computerized Information Retrieval System for Small Biological Collections. Virginia Journal of Science 37 (1986) 3, 166-177.
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Awards and Distinctions
William Droegemueller-Watson A. Bowes Faculty Teaching Award, 1996
American College of Obstetrician & Gynecologist, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Focus on Patient Education Award, 1996
Winn Merit Scholarship - for academic achievement, 1989
Reems Award - for outstanding biology major, 1986
Chapman Rohaly Grant in Aid - for premed varsity athlete, 1985
University of Richmond candidate for Rhodes Scholar, 1985
Mortar Board-University scholarship and leadership society, 1986