From a young age, I knew I wanted to be a physician like my father, and I’m honored to join him in practice here. I cherish the opportunity to build trusting relationships and provide care for women throughout all stages of life. My OB-GYN care involves preventive care, managing chronic diseases, weight management, guiding women through pregnancy and childbirth, advocating during vulnerable moments, treating infertility, and performing gynecologic surgery. Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my husband and family, traveling, cooking, baking, staying active through running, Orangetheory Fitness classes, Peloton rides, and pickleball. I live in Greensboro, North Carolina, with my husband and two cats, and I am an active member of the Greek Orthodox Church community.

I’ve always expressed a passion in caring for women and children. I first started my career as a nurse in acute care general pediatrics. While working as a pediatric nurse, I often would interact with first-time mothers and women in the postpartum period when they visited their hospitalized newborns. This interaction sparked my interest in Women’s health because these women would often need anticipatory guidance pertaining to breastfeeding, newborn care, etc. Later in my nursing career, I ventured out and became a Women’s Health nurse (mother/baby nurse and labor and delivery nurse) which provided me with an opportunity to observe a certified nurse midwife. I fell entirely in love with midwifery. Being able to empower, strengthen and advocate for women during all faucets of life and being able to provide newborn care and care for the new family is the greatest fulfillment and honor.

Coming from a nursing background, I decided I wanted to provide compassionate care and strong provider-patient relationships. I believe in creating a safe space where patients can speak freely about their health concerns. I strive to make my patients comfortable by being an active listener as soon as they meet me. Women’s health provides a unique opportunity in medicine to interact with patients throughout different stages of their lives. I began my nursing career in critical care and emergency medicine. Eventually, I went back to school to become a nurse practitioner and now specialize in women’s health. In my free time, I enjoy traveling with my husband, spending time outside with Lincoln (my English Golden Retriever), and watching college football.

I treat women in various stages of life, from adolescence through menopause. I have always been fascinated with the miracle of life. My fascination grew after speaking to my mother about her birth experience with me and how she felt her doctors and nurses engaged with her while delivering a 28-week-old baby in the early 1980s. As a young teen, I knew that I wanted to become a midwife and that this profession encompassed everything I wanted to do: encourage, support, and empower women. I enjoy being able to connect with younger patients and making them feel comfortable as they transition into adulthood. I am passionate about providing safe holistic, and compassionate care to patients and their families. I love being a part of their journey in wellness and during important, life-changing moments in their lives, whether it is becoming a mother for the first time or welcoming a new addition to the family. I have two teenagers: a son and a daughter. During our free time, we enjoy spending time with family and friends, traveling, watching movies, and just hanging out with each other and our dogs.

When I was 16 years old, I had the surprising experience of delivering my baby sister on my mom’s bathroom floor. That moment inspired me to become a midwife and care for women and their families in North Carolina. I am passionate about providing holistic, compassionate midwifery care during pregnancy, birth, and throughout the lifespan, focusing on supporting the family unit. In my spare time, I love hanging out with my fur babies, traveling, and spending time with friends and family.

UNDERGRADUATE…
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Asheville, NC

MEDICAL DEGREE…
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC

MASTERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH…
University of North Carolina School of Public Health
Chapel Hill, NC

RESIDENCY….
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Allentown, PA

CERTIFICATIONS….
Board Certified – American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

I am a father of three wonderful children, Demetra, Sophia, and Janse (all poised to be physicians) and the husband of a great wife, Theodora, to whom I have been married for 28 years.  As a retired Navy Commander, I have witnessed the delivery of health care in many different settings and I have participated in women’s health care now in Burlington, NC since 2001.  I enjoy the diversity of my profession from caring for young healthy pregnant women, to menopausal females, to complicated patients with life threatening diseases.  As a Board Certified Ob/Gyn, my training has been broad and thorough which has allowed me to offer a variety of treatment plans including minimally invasive surgeries for heavy menstruation, to corrective procedures for prolapse and surgery to repair urinary leakage.  I have a passion for exercise and staying fit and I try to help my patients to do the same.  I would be honored if you chose me to be your doctor.

Undergraduate:
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Medical School:
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
Internship:
U.S. Naval Medical Center

Flight Surgeon Training:
Naval Aerospace Medical Institute

Residency:
U.S. Naval Medical CenterFamily
San Diego, California 1993-1996

Professional Organizations:
Diplomat American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology;
Fellow, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology;
Participation in Clinical Trials (Research)

Publications:
Clinicopathologic Variables Predictive of Residual Dysplasia After Cervical Conization. Journal of Reproductive Medicine. April 1997. (Lead Author)

Clinical Interests:
Obstetrics: high risk pregnancies including insulin dependent diabetics, thyroid disease, history of preterm labor, pregnancy induced hypertension, genetic amniocentesis, multiple gestations, history of fetal loss, first trimester genetic screening.

Gynecologic: menstrual irregularities, osteoporosis, decreased sexual drive, urinary incontinence, abnormal pap smears, breast cancer risk and treatment options, pelvic pain including endometriosis, treatment for infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, fibroid tumors and ovarian cyst treatment, polycystic ovarian disease and excessive hair growth.

Surgical: minimally invasive treatment options for heavy uterine bleeding including endometrial ablation, tension free vaginal tape for treatment of urinary incontinence, repair of prolapse vaginal tissue, hysteroscopy, laparoscopy and hysterectomies.