Dr. Caryn M. Hertz - Director of Anesthesia

Caryn M. Hertz, MD is a Board Certified Anesthesiologist and has worked in the field for over 20 years. She has devoted her professional career to the subspecialty of ambulatory (outpatient) anesthesia. She has been working with Dr. Gary Berger at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center since 1995.

Originally from Queens, New York, Dr. Hertz attended college at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, graduate school at The University of Pennsylvania, and medical school at the University of Rochester. She completed her residency in anesthesiology at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston (a Harvard affiliate) and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After finishing her residency, she was employed at Duke University Medical Center for 5 years, specializing in preoperative assessment and ambulatory surgery. Dr Hertz has worked at Chapel Hill Surgical Center ever since.

Dr. Hertz says, “I am dedicated to making each patient’s surgery comfortable and safe. Working regularly with Dr. Berger has enabled me to truly optimize and continually improve the Tubal Ligation Reversal experience for our patients.”

Dr. Hertz and her family have lived in Chapel Hill since 1989. Having relocated from the Northeast, they very much enjoyed the mild weather, beautiful environment, and remarkable community here in Chapel Hill.

Dr. Berger’s Comment

One of the many things that makes tubal reversal surgery safe and comfortable at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center is the close coordination among the professional staff who work together every day. This makes the tubal reversal procedure go smoothly and without any unnecessary waste of time for the patient who is under anesthesia. It is like a finely tuned orchestra, with each player knowing exactly what the other is doing. This coordinated team work comes only with constant repetition. The surgical and anesthesia staff at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center practice together each day, and doing four procedures a day allows us to work toward the goal of perfection in patient care. It is the goal that we all strive for each day, with each patient, and each tubal ligation reversal. Other doctors and nurses who have visited our facility are amazed at how quickly patients recover from their operations.