Other Volunteer Opportunities
We are proud to offer a range of opportunities for alumni to support our education mission – both here in Chapel Hill as well as in their own communities. Many of these opportunities are maintained in partnership with other departments and units across the School of Medicine and UNC Health. Please reach out to the contact listed if you would like more information.
Admissions Committee Liaison
Lisa Rahangdale, MD ‘00, Associate Dean for Admissions, invites medical alumni to volunteer to administer short-form interviews to prospective students.
Contact Admissions Office to learn more about training and timing.
Kaitlyn Wolf, Interview Coordinator for Admissions
Email: kaitlyn_wolf@med.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 966-9932
Help Our Students Travel (HOST) Program
UNC School of Medicine Student Government created this program with support from Medical Alumni Affairs to pair current students with alumni for assistance during residency interviews, personal and professional networking.
If you are interested in being paired with a student and providing advice about residency, please contact Dillon Kimmel for more information.
Dillon Kimmel, Medical Alumni Affairs
Email: dillon_kimmel@med.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-6786
Community Preceptors in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and OBGYN
Community-based NC primary care physician Preceptors play an important role in the clinical training and mentoring of our medical students.
Community Preceptors are needed for MS1 and MS2 Clinical Weeks for the (PCC) Patient Centered Care Course (two, one-week clinical rotations). They are also needed for the MS3 (CBLC) Community Based Longitudinal Care course (four months, two days/week with internal/family medicine preceptors and one day a week with pediatric preceptors). Preceptors for PCC Clinical Week and CBLC are given adjunct faculty appointments to the UNC SOM and receive access to the AHEC digital library (ADL). CBLC preceptors also receive payment for working with students.
Contact SOM to learn more.
Gina Horne, PCC Clinical Week Preceptor Liaison
Email: gina_horne@med.unc.edu
Carolina Connections
We host various sessions to introduce students to various specialties in Health Sciences professions.
As an alum, you can participate as a special guest and share your experience in your specialty, answering student questions.
Contact Lisa Long to learn more.
Lisa Long, Director of Pathway Programs
Email: lisa_long@med.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 966-7673
UNC School of Medicine Department Alumni/Advisory Organizations
- Cardiovascular Medicine Advisory Board
- Pediatrics: Denny UNC Pediatrics Alumni Society
- Obstetrics and Gynecology: Robert A. Ross Society
- Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery: Newton D. Fisher Society
- Orthopaedics: Alumni and R. Beverly Raney Professorship Weekend
- Surgery: Nathan A. Womack Surgical Society
- North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center Advisory Board
- UNC Lineberger Board of Visitors
- UNC Children’s Board of Visitors
Body Donation Program
SOM body donations support our medical, dental and other health professional training programs.
You may make arrangements to donate your body to medical education.
Amanda Mittelstadt, Director of the Anatomical Gifts Program and Experiential Labs
Email: amanda_mittelstadt@med.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 966-1134