Clinical Assistant Professor
UNC School of Medicine / Department of Neurosurgery
Dr. Carolyn Quinsey is an Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery at UNC, specializing in minimally invasive surgery and neuroendoscopy. She completed her neurosurgical residency at UNC, and her pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at Oregon Health Science University.
Dr. Quinsey is devoted to training the next generation of neurosurgeons both in the United States and abroad. She is currently the associate program director of the UNC Department of Neurosurgery where she directs the skull base lab for residents. She travels to Africa regularly and is currently developing a program to train neurosurgeons in Malawi. Dr. Quinsey’s international public health initiative is to provide ongoing education in subspecialty areas, and to help doctors in Africa find the resources and support they need to provide self-sustaining neurosurgical care.