OB/GYN
Carolyn Harrington, MD
Carolyn J. Harrington, MD
Dr. Carolyn Harrington is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist practicing in North Potomac, affiliated with Holy Cross Hospital. She earned her medical degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine and has more than 20 years of experience in women’s health.
Why patients choose Dr. Harrington
Dr. Harrington’s independent practice on Darnestown Road gives North Potomac and Fallsgrove-area patients a locally based option for obstetric and gynecologic care, from prenatal visits to routine well-woman exams.
Clinical focus
Obstetrics, general gynecology, and preventive women’s health care.
Profile last fact-checked August 1, 2026. Information reflects publicly available sources and may change. Confirm details directly with the practice before booking.
How Dr. Harrington compares
Context from the 139 providers we track across Bethesda and Montgomery County.
The only one we list in North Potomac
The only ob/gyn provider in our registry serving North Potomac.
1 of 10 from Georgetown University School of Medicine
10 of the 107 doctors whose medical school we record studied at Georgetown University School of Medicine.
3rd longest since qualifying of our 12 ob/gyn providers
Qualified in 1981. The median for the 12 ob/gyn providers whose year we record is 1996.
Medical school: Georgetown University School of Medicine — Washington, DC, United States.
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. How we build this list.
Where Dr. Harrington sits by experience
Dr. Harrington finished medical school in 1981, 45 years ago. Of the 135 providers in our registry whose graduation year we could verify, 9 finished earlier, 122 finished later, and 3 finished the same year.
1965–69
1 provider finished 1965–19691970–74
2 providers finished 1970–19741975–79
4 providers finished 1975–1979Dr. Harrington1981
1980–84
13 providers finished 1980–19841985–89
12 providers finished 1985–19891990–94
14 providers finished 1990–19941995–99
27 providers finished 1995–19992000–04
20 providers finished 2000–20042005–09
19 providers finished 2005–20092010–14
17 providers finished 2010–20142015–19
4 providers finished 2015–20192020–24
2 providers finished 2020–2024Among the 110 physicians we list, 9 finished medical school earlier — the median for that group is 1998.
All 12 bands
| Graduated | Providers |
|---|---|
| 1965–1969 | 1 |
| 1970–1974 | 2 |
| 1975–1979 | 4 |
| 1980–1984 — Dr. Harrington | 13 |
| 1985–1989 | 12 |
| 1990–1994 | 14 |
| 1995–1999 | 27 |
| 2000–2004 | 20 |
| 2005–2009 | 19 |
| 2010–2014 | 17 |
| 2015–2019 | 4 |
| 2020–2024 | 2 |
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. Based on the 135 of 139 profiles with a graduation year we could verify against a primary source; the remaining 4 are left out rather than estimated. How we build this list.
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