Governor Roy Cooper recently appointed High Point neurosurgeon Dr. Michaux R. Kilpatrick, MD, PhD, to a three-year term on the Board. Kilpatrick will serve through October 31, 2020.
Dr. Kilpatrick’s practice focuses on diagnosing, evaluating, and treating disorders of the spine, brain, and peripheral nervous center in adults. She currently practices with UNC Health Care Regional Physicians Neurosurgery in High Point.
Dr. Kilpatrick, a native of High Point, attended Hampton University in Virginia, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, magna cum laude. She completed her medical degree at the UNC School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a doctorate in neurobiology at the same institution. Dr. Kilpatrick completed postgraduate training in neurosurgery at UNC Hospitals and went on to complete a fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Kilpatrick is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.
Dr. Kilpatrick is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the National Medical Association. She serves on the Surgery Governance and Professional Improvement committees of the UNC Health Care High Point Regional Health System, where she was named the 2016-2017 Specialist of the Year.
