Advanced Residency Programs and Fellowships

Thank you for your interest in post-graduate surgical education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. All Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) residencies and fellowships are available through the Department of Surgery at the University of North Carolina Hospitals.

Advanced Residency Programs:

          Cardiothoracic Surgery
               Program Director: Michael Mill, MD
               Program Coordinator: Shelby Long, 919-966-3381

          Plastic Surgery
               Program Director: C. Scott Hultman, MD
               Program Coordinator: Sharon Sullivan, 919-843-1287

          Surgical Critical Care
               Program Director: Renae E. Stafford, MD
               Program Coordinator: Jesse Deshane, 919-966-4389

          Vascular Surgery
               Program Director: Mark Farber, MD
               Program Coordinator: Debbie Alberti, 919-966-3391   

Fellowship Programs:

          Abdominal Transplant
               Program Director: David A. Gerber, MD
               Program Coordinator: Jessica Storie, 919-966-8008

          Burn Surgery
               Program Director: Bruce A. Cairns, MD
               Program Coordinator: Kim Collins, 919-966-3693

          Craniofacial
               Program Director: John van Aalst, MD
               Program Coordinator: Sharon Sullivan, 919-843-1287    

          Laparoscopy and Advanced GI Surgery
               Program Director: Timothy M. Farrell, MD
               Program Coordinator: Kathleen Dulaney, 919-843-7163

          Laparoscopy and Endourology
               Program Director: Culley C. Carson III, MD
               Program Coordinator: Lynn West, 919-966-2574

          Surgical Oncology
               Program Director: Hong Jin Kim, MD
               Program Coordinator: Donna Cavallo, 919-966-5221

          Urodynamics, Neurourology and Female Urology
               Program Director: Culley C. Carson III, MD
               Program Coordinator: Lynn West, 919-966-2574

Post-Graduate Training Program:

          Trauma Research Fellowship
               Principal Investigator: Jeffrey A. Frelinger, PhD
               Program Coordinator: Suzan deSerres, 919-966-8548