Ritchie Delara, MD, FACOG, FACS is currently a third-year fellow in Gynecologic Oncology at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.  She received her Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from the University of Hawaii.  She completed her Ob/Gyn residency at Cleveland Clinic Akron General then went on to complete fellowship training in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona.  During her MIGS fellowship, she published over 15 manuscripts and won several awards including "Best Paper Submitted by an AAGL Fellow" presented by the AAGL Foundation in 2020. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and earned a Focused Practice Designation in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery.  She practiced for two years at the University of Colorado before returning for a second fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology.