Triangle Catholic Medical Association Chapter Officers
President- Lori Schweickert MD
Dr. Schweickert is a graduate of Creighton University School of
Medicine, a Jesuit University in Omaha, NE. After completing her General
Psychiatry Residency at Duke University and a Fellowship in Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry at UCLA, she is now the Medical Director of 3C
Family Services in Cary, NC, and holds an adjunct clinical appointment in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Duke University. Dr. Schweickert has led short term medical mission teams in Honduras, Thailand, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Haiti. She is a member of the Newman Catholic Student Center Parish at UNC - Chapel
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E-mail Dr Schweickert at: [email protected]
E-mail Dr Schweickert at: [email protected]
Secretary- John Thorp MD
John M. Thorp, Jr.
is Hugh McAllister Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
His research involves three signature themes: fertility, families, and children; biological
and social interactions; and place, space, and health.
He is medical director of HORIZONS, a 10-year old program that addresses the needs of pregnant and postpartum women with alcohol or substance use problems. He has worked outside of academia in the non-profit sector as a consultant for organizations located in South America and Africa to help establish hospitals and train traditional birth attendants in the use of clinical intervention procedures. Most recently, he has helped the UNC OB-GYN Department establish a clinical training program in Lilongwe, Malawi. In 2013 he was named Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UNC and has directed the Women’s Primary Care Division for the last decade. Dr. Thorp is a member of the Catholic Community of St Thomas More in Chapel Hill.
He is medical director of HORIZONS, a 10-year old program that addresses the needs of pregnant and postpartum women with alcohol or substance use problems. He has worked outside of academia in the non-profit sector as a consultant for organizations located in South America and Africa to help establish hospitals and train traditional birth attendants in the use of clinical intervention procedures. Most recently, he has helped the UNC OB-GYN Department establish a clinical training program in Lilongwe, Malawi. In 2013 he was named Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UNC and has directed the Women’s Primary Care Division for the last decade. Dr. Thorp is a member of the Catholic Community of St Thomas More in Chapel Hill.
Treasurer- Dennis O'Donnell MD
