Physician services for Carol Woods’ residents are provided through a contract with the Department of Aging of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. All physicians are Board Certified in Geriatrics and in Internal Medicine, except Dr. Helton, who is Board Certified in Geriatrics and in Family Medicine. The physicians see residents in the Clinic by appointment and in the Health Center, as needed. The physicians take turns being on call for our residents, so that we have access to a Carol Woods’ physician 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
Gary S. Winzelberg, MD (At Carol Woods since 2002)
Current Medical Director for Carol Woods
Currently: Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, UNC-CH
Special Interests: Removing Restraints; End of Life Care; Was Fellow for Continuing Care Accreditation Commission (for AAHSA), Washington, DC, Revised National Accreditation Standards for CCRCs; Was Lang Scholar, Untie the Elderly Program, Kendal Corp. (Created protocol to eliminate physical restraints at 3 Nursing Homes and designed & organized US
Senate Committee on Aging Symposium), Quality Care without Restraints.
Education: MD-Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH; Masters in Public Health (MPH)-University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Internship-Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA; Residency-Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Fellowship-Geriatric Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Fellowship-Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Washington.
Andrew M. Greganti, MD (At Carol Woods since 1988)
Currently: Professor and Vice Chair, Division of Geriatric Medicine, UNC-CH (formerly Assoc. Prof. Of Geriatric Medicine, UNC-CH (at UNC since 1977)
Previously: Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Special Interests: Precepts Geriatric Fellows; many Administrative Responsibilities at Div. Of Medicine
Prolific author of Journal articles and other writings; awards too numerous to mention.
Education: MD-University of Mississippi School of Medicine Internship & Residency-Internal Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital, Univ. of Rochester
Certification in Geriatric Medicine added in 1988.
Laura Hanson, MD (At Carol Woods since 1990)
Currently: Associate Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine; Co-Director, Center on Health Ethics and Policy, School of Medicine, UNC-CH
Special Interests: Ethics, End of Life Care
Education: MD-Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Masters in Public Health (MPH)-UNC-CH; Residency-Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; Residency-Internal Medicine, NC Memorial Hospital, CH; Fellowship-Geriatrics, UNC-CH; Fellowship-Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, UNC-CH
Margaret Helton, MD (At Carol Woods since January 2007)
Currently: Associate Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine, UNC-CH; Chief Operations Officer, Dept. of Family Medicine, UNC-CH
Education: MD-University of Michigan; Residency-Family Medicine, UNC-CH; Fellowship-Family Medicine, UNC-CH; Fellowship-Geriatric Medicine, UNC-CH
