Susan Evers, associate chair of administration for the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, will retire effective July 1, 2023.
Evers has a long history of distinguished service to the UNC-Chapel Hill community, first serving as a clinic manager for UNC Hospital Oral Medicine Service starting in 1989. Starting in 1995, she helped to build the newly created Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation as their inaugural associate chair for administration.
In 2013, she joined the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, where she has served for the last decade. As ACA she has helped attend to clinical, research and teaching missions of her department and has served as a representative and advocate for her department in meetings with School of Medicine leadership.
Evers has been honored at the national level for her work. In 2022, she received the Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Pathology Chairs.
In addition to her leadership, Evers has been honored to mentor several rising administrators who have gone on to leadership roles in our system, and she is proud to have been a part of their journey.
Dani Burns has accepted the role of interim ACA for the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.