April 12, 2018
Garcia Receives Neurovirology Award
J. Victor Garcia, PhD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Global Health and Infectious Disease, is the 2018 recipient of the Opendra Narayan Lecture.
Tag: Awards and Recognition
September 18, 2017
UNC named NIH Autism Center of Excellence for third time
As part of a five-year, $7.5 million award, UNC researchers led by Joseph Piven, MD, will follow up on innovative imaging studies to create interventions to help children with autism.
August 31, 2017
2017 UNC Medical Center Exceptional Patient Service and Patient Service Star Award Winners
On Thursday, Aug. 24, Dr. Ian Buchanan, Dr. Matt Mauro, and Meghan McCann presented 30 clinics the 2017 Award for Exceptional Patient Service and 18 employees the Patient Service Star Award. Please join us in congratulating our high-performing colleagues and clinics. The complete lists of clinics and STAR recipients can be found below, as well as a clinics that received performance awards.
December 1, 2016
Ewend named President of UNC Physicians
Matt Ewend, MD, FACS, has been named President of UNC Physicians. In this role, Ewend will oversee the physician clinical enterprise of UNC Health Care, which includes more than 2,400 physicians and 600 Advanced Practice Providers in 450 practices spanning the UNC Physicians Network, UNC Faculty Physicians, and physician practices at UNC Health Care affiliate hospitals.
August 24, 2016
Frank Church delivers annual Whitehead Lecture
Frank Church, PhD, professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, delivered this year’s Whitehead Lecture. The annual event, which serves as an unofficial convocation for the UNC School of Medicine, has been held since 1947.
March 30, 2016
Celebrating Carolina Care Excellence
Each year, UNC Health Care administers the CMS-approved Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS) survey to solicit feedback from patients. One question on that survey asks patients if they would recommend their provider's office to friends and family. One hundred and thirty three of our providers had more than 94 percent of their patients respond “Yes, definitely!” to that question, which places them in the top quartile nationally.
February 2, 2012
‘Summer project’ lands on cover of Nature Genetics
A good summer project can be a great way for father and son to bond. Google the phrase “father-son summer project” and you’ll find examples of fathers and sons doing things together such as planting a garden, restoring an old truck or building a computer.