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John Valgus has accepted the position of assistant director of pharmacy overseeing Hematology/Oncology and Pediatric Clinical/Distributional Pharmacy Services; Kayla Waldron has accepted the position of assistant director of pharmacy overseeing Adult Acute and Ambulatory Clinical Services. Please read this message from Scott Savage, PharmD, executive associate dean of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy congratulating them on their new positions.

When injected into tumors, this therapy forms a gel to attack cancer cells. (Gu Lab)

The lab of Zhen Gu, PhD, in the joint UNC-NC State biomedical engineering department developed a biodegradable hydrogel scaffold system to release chemotherapeutic and immunotherapeutic drugs at the tumor site.

On March 1, 2018, a new UNC Health Care system policy and agreement for telecommuting will go into effect. Changes to reimbursement for home internet and phone service under the new policy may be found at this link.

(from left to right) Patricia Roush, Andrea Bucker, Sarah McCarthy, Annelle Hodges, Angela Higgins, Alyssa Flippo, Megan Frey, English King, Christine Demason, and Debbie Gunter.

The UNC Hospitals Department of Audiology is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Pittsboro. The office is located at 57 Grant Drive, Pittsboro NC and is in the same complex as UNC Specialty Care at Pittsboro.

The UNC School of Medicine ranks 16th overall in NIH funding; 6th among public universities. The department of cell biology and physiology is the highest ranked at 2nd overall.

Stephanie D. Davis, MD, has been appointed Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine and Physician in Chief of UNC Children’s Hospital effective July 23, 2018.

UNC Medical Center will offer Paid Time Off (PTO) sell-back election periods quarterly to employees. To be eligible for the sell-back options, employees must have at least 88 hours of PTO available.

The UNC Family Medicine Center is pleased to launch a new comprehensive urgent care practice conveniently located on UNC Chapel Hill’s campus. Located at the intersection of Manning Drive and 15-501, UNC Urgent Care at The Family Medicine Center provides convenient access to comprehensive urgent care services.

In the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings, pharmacology and toxicology were lumped into one category and ranked first among public universities. Among all universities around the globe, UNC pharmacology/toxicology ranked second behind Harvard.

Following the retirement of Carolyn Marlow, former Director of the Sponsored Programs Office (SPO), SPO has divided its responsibilities into two departments to enhance the administrative support it provides to the School of Medicine: the SPO and the Office of Professional Service Contracts and Affiliations (OPSCA).

CMS has updated the teaching physician requirements related to Medical Student documentation. Read a memo from Julie Byerley, MD, MPH, Vice Dean for Education, on the implications of the change.

On Friday, Feb. 2, UNC Health Care celebrated the addition of its 13th affiliate hospital, UNC Rockingham Health Care, in Eden, N.C.

Category: News

Waldron and Valgus accept positions as Assistant Directors of Pharmacy Services

New therapeutic gel shows promise against cancerous tumors

Telecommuting Policy Update

UNC Hospitals Department of Audiology Announces New Pittsboro Office

UNC SOM lands 16 departments in top 25 for NIH funding

Davis named Chair of Department of Pediatrics

PTO Leave Sell Back Program: Feb. 1 – 24

New UNC Urgent Care at The Family Medicine Center now open!

UNC School of Medicine departments rank high on “Best Global Universities” list

Announcing the School of Medicine Sponsored Programs Office reorganization

Policy change from CMS: Medical Student Documentation Allowed to Support Clinical Billing

Eden welcomes UNC Rockingham Health Care