Sixty years ago, a group of visionaries created a four-year medical school and a hospital. The goal was to persuade the people and their representatives in Raleigh to support an enormously ambitious plan to improve health care by building new hospitals, upgrading old ones and training more doctors. World War II had just ended, and … Read more

UNC Family Medicine announces a record year for private fundraising, making fiscal year 2012 its best ever. “Without question this was a remarkable fundraising year for the department of Family Medicine,” said department chair, Warren Newton MD MPH. “Businesses, Foundations and individuals understand that advances in primary care represent the most promising ways to dramatically … Read more

Ranked number two in the nation, UNC Family Medicine has earned a national leadership role in primary care research, education and patient care innovation. The 2012 Annual Report provides the details behind the department’s tremendous success. It is our duty and pleasure to report back to you on our efforts to transform the health care … Read more

The UNC Family Medicine Center is a Patient -Centered Medical Home. In a medical home, the practice is organized around the patient – communication is based on trust, respect and shared decision-making. Patients want access to personalized, coordinated and comprehensive primary care and medical information when they need it, when it’s convenient for them. The … Read more

UNC Family Medicine’s Dr. Margaret L. Gourlay is the lead author of a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study finds that women aged 67 years and older with normal bone mineral density scores may not need screening again for 15 years. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The U.S. Preventive Services … Read more

Researchers from UNC Family Medicine released a study showing that fewer cigarette butts are being found on college campuses since new policies banning tobacco use were adopted, suggesting that restricting tobacco use on school property effectively reduces smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke. The study, published online by the journal Tobacco Control, was conducted as … Read more

A statewide media campaign aimed at reducing teen tobacco use has reached record levels of awareness among North Carolina youths and is reaching those at highest risk for future tobacco use, according to an evaluation by UNC Family Medicine researchers in the UNC Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program. “The TRU media campaign appears increasingly successful … Read more