11/09/2025
🌟 Celebrating Dr. Mary Frances Moody! 🌟
On Wednesday, we had the joy of celebrating Dr. Mary Frances Moody, who received the Lifetime Service Achievement Award from the Medical Staff!
Former physician Dr. Allison Jacokes had the honor of presenting the award and gave a heartfelt speech recognizing Dr. Moody as a natural-born leader with a rare gift for identifying challenges, finding solutions, and bringing together the right people and resources to make lasting improvements.
Dr. Moody’s impact on women’s healthcare in our community is extraordinary. In 2001, with the support of Valerie Bedsole, Dr. Paula Gizzie, and Dr. Linda Mohr, she founded Associates in Women’s Healthcare—Raleigh’s first all-female OB/GYN practice.
Over her 20+ years on staff at Rex, Dr. Moody has:
👶 Delivered thousands of babies
👩⚕️Performed countless surgeries
🤝 Served on the OB/GYN Executive Committee (2005–2020)
🌸 Led as Vice Chair (2015–2016) and Chair (2017–2018) of the OB/GYN Department
🤖 Launched the gynecologic robotic surgery program and became the first gynecologist to perform robotic procedures at Rex
🏥 Helped establish the OB Hospitalist Program and OB Emergency Room
🩺 Designed key safety protocols and the OB Emergency Simulation Program for nurses and physicians
Dr. Moody went on to serve as Vice President of the Medical Staff in 2019 and President in 2020, guiding her colleagues through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic with grace and strength.
We are so proud of Dr. Moody’s brilliance, leadership, and unwavering dedication to women’s health.
Congratulations, Dr. Moody, on this well-deserved honor! 💐
