January 17, 2018
Nash UNC Health Care Names L. Lee Isley as CEO
Isley has served as CEO for Granville Health System in Oxford, NC, since 2006, and has held a variety of roles in his 30-year health care career.
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December 14, 2017
UNC School of Medicine to Launch Computational Medicine Program
Led by Timothy Elston, PhD, and Chuck Perou, PhD, the university-wide program aims to advance personalized medicine for patients.
October 25, 2017
UNC Medical Center Offers Innovative Non-surgical Treatment for Enlarged Prostate
Prostatic Artery Embolization (PAE) is a catheter-based procedure to help improve symptoms caused by an enlarged prostate.
October 24, 2017
FDA approves eculizumab for generalized myasthenia gravis
UNC's James F. Howard, MD, was the lead investigator in the clinical trial that led to FDA approval.
August 30, 2017
UNC Health Care and Carolinas HealthCare System Announce Plan to Form New Organization and Provide Solutions for Healthcare’s Most Pressing Challenges in North Carolina and Beyond
New organization will provide greater access to world-class care for North Carolinians.
August 17, 2017
372 UNC Health Care physicians named to 2017-2018 Best Doctors in America® list
Only four percent of doctors in America earn this prestigious honor.
August 7, 2017
UNC residency programs ranked highly on Doximity reputation scores
Three UNC Hospitals residency programs ranked either first or second for best reputation among the nation’s residency programs, and 21 ranked in the top 50.
January 19, 2017
UNC Senior Alliance Chosen as Medicare Next Generation Accountable Care Organization
This innovative model expands services available to patients.
September 19, 2016
Eleven UNC Hospitals residency programs ranked in top 30 by Doximity
UNC’s residency programs in Anesthesiology, Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Medicine/Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Radiation Oncology and Urology are all ranked in the top 30 programs nationwide in the Doximity Residency Navigator.
July 30, 2016
UNC Hospitals to build Surgical Tower in front of N.C. Memorial Hospital
When the tower is complete it will provide patients and families with easier access to surgical services and create a more modern façade at the front of N.C. Memorial Hospital.
January 5, 2016
Female Urologists Still Earn Less Money Than Their Male Counterparts
Despite Gender Disparity in Compensation, Increasing Number of Women Entering the Field, According to New Study Published in The Journal of Urology®
October 29, 2015
386 physicians from UNC Health Care named to prestigious 2015-2016 Best Doctors In America® list
Only five percent of doctors in America earn this prestigious honor, decided by impartial peer review.