September 13, 2023
David Zvara, MD, will serve as the next chief medical officer for UNC Hospitals, effective Monday, Oct. 30. In June, UNC Hospitals announced Tom Ivester, MD, MPH, would move into a focused chief quality officer role upon the appointment of a new chief medical officer. The executive leadership restructuring will better support hospital operations as …
September 13, 2023
The Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society at UNC-Chapel Hill is proud to announce its fall 2023 inductees. AOA was founded in 1902 and is dedicated to a belief in improving care for all by recognizing high educational achievement, honoring gifted teaching, encouraging the development of leaders in academia and the community, supporting the …
September 13, 2023
Matt Nielsen, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Urology and director of quality for UNC Faculty Physicians, has been appointed to the National Quality Forum (NQF) Diagnostic Excellence Committee, under the NQF Advancing Measurement of Diagnostic Excellence for Better Healthcare Initiative. In its report Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, the National Academy of Medicine …
September 12, 2023
UNC School of Medicine IT is planning to implement a change related to Microsoft Safe Links on the morning of Sept. 21. There should be little to no impact to users. What is Microsoft Safe Links? Microsoft Safe Links is a security feature that works behind the scenes to check a list of known, malicious …
September 12, 2023
IRIS: The Arts and Literary Journal at the UNC School of Medicine is now accepting submissions for its winter 2023 issue. Submissions are open to all UNC School of Medicine students, faculty, staff, alumni and UNC-Chapel Hill health professions graduate students. Submissions are due Oct. 13 at 11:59 p.m., and may include poetry, essays, short …
September 8, 2023
The Office of Graduate Medical Education at UNC Hospitals announced that Ty Fraga, PhD, was named the first annual Melainie Bolick Program Coordinator of the Year. Fraga began in her current role at UNC as the program coordinator for the Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program in 2018 and has decades of experience in graduate medical …
September 8, 2023
The Offices of Medical Student Education is seeking outstanding clinical educators and clinician advisors for positions in the 2024-25 academic year. In the Foundation Phase, the pre-clinical period of medical student education, there are opportunities to lead small groups in two courses: a). Case-Based Learning (CBL) series (housed within the Medical Sciences courses) and b). …
September 8, 2023
The UNC School of Medicine Simulation Center (SET Center: Simulation, Experiential Learning and Training Center) is recruiting its first cohort of SET Center facilitators. This group would serve as simulation and/or POCUS (point-of-care ultrasound) facilitators for medical student education. As SET facilitators, faculty will assist with hands-on delivery of educational sessions that use simulation to …
September 7, 2023
Ben Chi, MD, Annie Louise Wilkerson, MD ’36, Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, will assume interim leadership of the Center for Women’s Health Research (CWHR). Chi succeeds Wendy Brewster, MD, PhD, who tragically passed away. In his role, Chi will oversee all activities of CWHR, a …
September 7, 2023
Elizabeth Runyon has been named Chief of Staff to CEO of UNC Health and Dean of the UNC School of Medicine Wesley Burks. In this role, Runyon will collaborate directly with Burks and other UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine leaders to develop and execute strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with the health system’s mission …
September 6, 2023
Chirag Desai, MD, has been appointed as the next division chief of abdominal transplant surgery in the Department of Surgery and executive medical director of the UNC Healthcare Center for Transplant Care, effective Sept. 1. After completing his surgical training and practicing as an attending surgeon in Mumbai, India, Desai completed a fellowship in multi-organ …
September 6, 2023
This content is Onyen protected. Please enter your Onyen to log in and view it.