August 2, 2023
Five Residents Selected to Receive 2023 Cefalo House Officer Awards
The 2023 awards were given to Michael Cunningham, MD, Alexander Fenn, MD, Calvin Gross, MD, Wesley Roten, MD, and Krishan Sivaraj, MD.
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June 7, 2023
Goldstein Represents UNC at White House Smoking Cessation Forum
Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, traveled to the White House on June 1 for the Cancer Moonshot Smoking Cessation Forum. The meeting highlighted the Biden Administration’s commitment to tackling the single biggest driver of cancer deaths in this country—smoking—and efforts underway across sectors to equitably expand access to effective smoking cessation support.
May 23, 2023
New Psychiatric Program to Serve Military Members and Civilians in Southeastern North Carolina
The initial class of seven psychiatric residents will begin the four-year program in June 2024 and will have opportunities to care for a variety of patients, including individuals serving in the military, providing firsthand experiences treating conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury.
May 11, 2023
A Daughter’s Gift: UNC Hospitals Performs First Living Donor Liver Transplant in Twenty Years
Meredith Stiehl received a partial-liver transplant from her daughter Kenan, the first-ever living donor procedure at UNC Hospitals to be conducted in twenty years. Chirag Desai, MD, FACS, led the care team that performed the procedure.
May 10, 2023
UNC School of Medicine Seeks Chair for the Department of Anesthesiology
The selected individual will lead a diverse group of faculty and staff members and will oversee all aspects of the Department, including clinical practice, education, research, and fiscal management consistent with the strategic planning of the UNC School of Medicine, UNC Hospitals and UNC Health.
March 28, 2023
Celebrating our Physicians and APPs’ Exemplary Practice of Carolina Care
This year, UNC Hospitals and UNC Faculty Physicians celebrate the empathy and expertise of 202 of our physicians and advanced practice providers with the 2023 Award for Carolina Care Excellence. This year, patient feedback put these providers in the top quartile nationally.
February 22, 2023
COVID-19 Study looking for Participants
Carolina Stress Initiative seeking healthcare workers ages 25-50 for study.
February 2, 2023
Whole Community Connection Awards Rural Community-Academic Partnerships
WCC supports cohorts of leaders to advance health equity in rural North Carolina by increasing local power to focus on priorities by and at the community level and co-creating a model of relationship centered engagement.
January 12, 2023
From Dr. Burks: Reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On Monday we will observe Martin Luther King Jr Day. The King Center has chosen “It Starts with Me” as the theme of this year’s observance. This theme should be familiar to you all as one of our system values, but in the context of Dr. King’s life and mission, It Starts with Me takes on a deeper significance.
January 5, 2023
UNCMC Rapid Response Nurse Feature: Erin Shelton
The UNC Medical Center’s Adult Rapid Response System recognizes the nurses that ensure rapid response events are successful.
December 14, 2022
A Message from Dr. Burks: Reflecting on 2022
Our mission to promote the health and wellbeing of the people of North Carolina and beyond has sustained us through the many challenges we have faced. I am grateful to each of you for how you have come together to develop solutions that improve the ways we work together, and the ways we care for our patients across the State and beyond.
December 12, 2022
Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine Consultation Clinic Relaunches
With expanded hours and telemedicine visits, the Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine Consultation Clinic serves patients affected by cancer across the UNC Health System.