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Surgeon’s Assistant Program 1970s – 1980s: NC Memorial Hospital

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Dr. W. Paul Biggers

A 1963 graduate of UNC School of Medicine and a J.P. Riddle Professor of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. W. Paul Biggers (1937-2000) directed the Surgeon’s Assistant program in the 1970s and 1980s.

Medical Illustration and Photography of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill records, 1950-2009 #40307, University Archives, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Robert L. Hollingsworth, PA-C

A 1981 graduate of UNC’s Surgeon’s Assistant Program, and a certified physician assistant, Bob Hollingsworth has been a physician assistant in Red Springs, North Carolina since 1996. Students in UNC’s Physician Assistant Program will do rotations in Red Springs.

Listen to Robert Hollingsworth talk about his experience as a physician assistant in rural North Carolina at the September 26, 2017 Bullitt History of Medicine Club meeting.

Hollingsworth was a Special Forces medic at Fort Bragg before entering the Surgeon’s Assistant Program. After graduation, he practiced in Fayetteville, North Carolina until moving to Red Springs.

Diploma Diploma belonging to Bob Hollingsworth, confirming his graduation from UNC’s Surgeon’s Assistant Program. Courtesy of Robert L. Hollingsworth, PA-C
Diploma belonging to Bob Hollingsworth, confirming his graduation from UNC’s Surgeon’s Assistant Program.
Courtesy of Robert L. Hollingsworth, PA-C

 

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Legends and legacies: a look inside: four decades of surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1952-1993

This history of UNC’s Department of Surgery includes information about the former Surgeon’s Assistant program.

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