Department News
Good News for the Week
March 1, 2013 -- Comprehensive Stroke Certification Celebration; Dr. Wu Presents at Brain Tumor Trials Collaborative; Dr. Wu Gives Talk at Molecular Med Tri-CON in San Francisco; Dr. Elton on Outreach Visit with Raleigh Pediatric Associates; Mary Jane Kagarise Back on Neurosurgery Team
Good News for the Week
February 22, 2013 -- Oermann and Dr. Ewend's Manuscript to be Published; Dr. Bullitt Publishes 4 Papers in Last Year; Dr. Orning Accepts Fellowship at University of Illinois; Dr. Ewend Presented at AORN; Teaching Conferences Next Week
Good News for the Week
February 15, 2013 -- 51 Inpatient Transfers in January for Neurosurgery; Neurosurgery Receives Excellent Teaching Evaluation; Teaching Conferences Next Week
Good News for the Week
February 8, 2013 -- Two-day Course on 360° Advanced Operative Techniques, April 20-21
Good News for the Week
February 1, 2013 -- Infection Rates Decreased; Neurosurgery Team Visits Middle School; Dr. Elton Making Great Strides; First Surgical Skills Lab Training Session
Good News for the Week
January 25, 2013 -- Dr. Dan Barrow Visits UNC Neurosurgery; UNC Hospitals Receives Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers; Nurse Emily Ryan Promoted; Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Update
Good News for the Week
January 21, 2013 -- Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony to Celebrate Grand Opening of Surgical Skills Lab
Good News for the Week
January 13, 2013 -- Dr. Scott Elton Officially Joins Neurosurgery Team as of January 1; Neurosurgery Receives Excellent Evaluation:
Neurosurgery Department Welcomes Dr. Julie Sharpless
December 14, 2012
Good News for the Week
December 14, 2012 -- Meaningful Use Requirements Being Met; Department Publishes First Newsletter; Match 2013 Interviews Completed; Two of our Neurosurgeons Listed in “The Best Doctors in America 2013”; Dr. Elton Credentialed
Good News for the Week
December 3, 2012 -- Robotic Surgery Simulator Purchased for New State-of-the-art Laboratory; Dr. David Reardon Lectures at UNC Neurosurgery Conference
Good News for the Week
November 9, 2012 -- Amber Wilson Passed Certified Neurosciences Registered Nurse Exam; Pinehurst's Dr. Carson Performs Surgery at Chapel Hill; Successful 2nd Week of Resident Applicant Interviews
Good News for the Week
November 5, 2012 -- N²QOD; Jennifer Wiles Joins the Department of Neurosurgery
Good News for the Week
October 26, 2012 -- Dr. Eldad J. Hadar Named Vice Chair of Neurosurgery; The Search for Our Match 2013 Begins; New Name for Our Pinehurst Location
Good News for the Week
October 19, 2012 -- Dr. Daniel L. Barrow, Visiting Professor in Neurovascular Sciences; Dr. Eldad J. Hadar Gives Presentation for AORN; UNC Neurosurgery Outreach Visit To FirstHealth Radiation Oncology; Carolina Cares, Carolina Shares
Good News for the Week
October 10, 2012 -- New Options for Patients with Brain Tumors; Increasing the Magnetic Pull of the Spine Center; ACC O-Arm; Visit to the North Carolina Eye Bank
Good News for the Week
September 28, 2012 -- BCBS Blue Distinction Award for Spine; O-arm® Surgical Imaging System; Stryker Navigation System
Dr. Scott W. Elton Accepts Leadership of Pediatric Neurosurgery
September 7, 2012 -- Dr. Scott Elton will join the UNC Department of Neurosurgery on December 31, 2012 to Lead the Pediatric Practice.
Good News for the Week
September 4, 2012
Dr. Jing Wu Presents at ECU’s Cancer Conference
August 29, 2012 -- The UNC Department of Neurosurgery’s Dr. Jing Wu presented to the Hem/Onc Grand Rounds at The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC on August 29.
Dr. Jing Wu Presents at Wilson Medical Center’s Cancer Conference
August 23, 2012 -- Jing Wu, MD, PhD, Co-Director of the UNC Brain Tumor Program, delivered a presentation on “Malignant Glioma: Standard Treatment and Beyond” at Wilson Medical Center’s Cancer Conference on August 23.
Good News for the Week
July 30, 2012
Dr. Jennifer Orning's Once-in-a-Lifetime Trip to Nepal
July 30, 2012
Dr. Bruce Geryk in New York for PGY-5 Elective Rotation
July 19, 2012 -- Bruce Geryk, MD, works at ABC News medical desk in New York for a month on an elective rotation during his PGY-5 year.
