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On Dec. 3, President Barack Obama gave remarks on the Affordable Care Act and quoted Dr. Sam Weir from UNC Family Medicine. We’ve highlighted the mention of Dr. Weir in a transcript of the President’s remarks. Remarks by the President on the Affordable Care Act South Court Auditorium Eisenhower Executive...

Despite the recent recession, states increased the overall number of loan repayment programs designed to recruit health care professionals to live and practice in underserved communities, according to research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The most popular of these incentive programs offer young physicians, dentists, mental...

The American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) presented Dr. Martha Carlough and the faculty of the University of North Carolina’s Department of Family Medicine with the prestigious “Collaborating Physician Award” for 2013. The American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) presented Dr. Martha Carlough and the faculty of the University of...

This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® radio, Dr. Warren Newton, Vice-Dean and Director of North Carolina AHEC, will speak about AHEC: Past, Present and Future in Health Care Transformation. This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be talking with Dr. Warren Newton, Vice-Dean and Director of North Carolina AHEC,...

Dr. Peter Rizzolo, retired family medicine faculty member and Faculty Development Fellow, has recently released a new novel. Dr. Peter Rizzolo, retired FM faculty member, has a new novel that has recently been released. FORBIDDEN HARVEST dramatizes the ethical and moral issues related to organ transplants and reveals what goes...

Dr. Anthony Viera was featured recently in a segment on WRAL News. The segment was about promoting healthier food choices using graphics and physical activity measures. Dr. Anthony Viera was featured last week in a segment on WRAL News. The segment was about promoting healthier food choices using graphics and...

Anthony Viera MD MPH, distinguished associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the School of Medicine, wins teaching award. Dr. Viera, Scholarship Co-Director in the Faculty Development Fellowship won both a Distinguished Teaching Award and a Teaching Innovation Award this year. Since the beginning of his medical career,...

Warren Newton, MD, MPH, will lead NC AHEC beginning in September The UNC School of Medicine announced that Warren Newton, MD, MPH will continue the NC AHEC legacy as director, effective Sept. 1, 2013.“As a family physician, scholar and teacher, Dr. Newton has an impressive track record of leadership both...

Associate Director of the Faculty Development Fellowship, Dr. Todd Zakrajsek, was recently elected to the Steering Committee of the National Academies Collaborative. Todd’s 3-year term will commence at the AAMC meeting this coming November. Dr. Todd Zakrajsek is an Associate Professor in the School of Medicine and the Department of...

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The UNC Rex Mammography Van came to the Family Medicine Center to provide patients with free or low cost mammograms. That day, the Family Medicine Center staff wore pink in honor of breast cancer awareness. The mission of UNC’s mobile mammography program is to take high-quality mammography services to areas...

UNC Family Medicine physician, Katrina Donahue, MD MPH, is part of a team of researchers to receive more than $2 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study glucose monitoring in non-insulin treated patients living with type 2 diabetes, The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has approved a research...

UNC’s Dr. Adam Goldstein and colleagues discuss in the New England Journal of Medicine medical, ethical, and legal concerns about physician involvement in concealed weapons permits. They argue that standards, protocols and new policies are needed for physicians to adequately assess a patient’s physical or mental competency in concealed-weapons permitting....

Anthony Viera MD MPH, distinguished associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the School of Medicine, was one of 24 recipients of the 2013 University Teaching Awards. Dr. Viera, and three other faculty members, received the Distinguished Teaching Awards for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction. Winners of the 2013 University Teaching...