Carol Shapiro, M.D.

Department
Board of Trustees
Biography

Dr. Shapiro has served as a member of the Board of Trustees since 2015. Dr. Shapiro, a plastic surgeon, is the Medical Director of the Wound Healing Center of Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center. She has served as President of the medical staff of the two hospitals in the county in which she practices. She has also served as President of the Prince William County Medical Society and was the first woman to be elected President of the Medical Society of Virginia. She chaired the Virginia Delegation to the American Medical Association. Dr. Shapiro has served as President of the National Capital Society of Plastic Surgeons, and was appointed to serve on the Ethics and Judicial Committees of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Additionally, she has served on the Board of Trustees of the Prince William Hospital and Potomac Hospital. Currently, she is the Vice Chair of the Potomac Health Foundation and Chairs the Grants Committee, and serves on the Board of Trustees of Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center. She recently completed a 12-year term on the Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Shapiro did her undergraduate work at the University of Pittsburgh and earned her MD at the Woman’s Medical College in Philadelphia. After completing a residency in General Surgery and Plastic Surgery at Georgetown University, she started a solo practice in Woodbridge, Virginia. For several years, Dr. Shapiro was a Clinical Instructor at Georgetown University Department of Plastic Surgery. In 1996, she earned an MBA from George Mason University.