July 17, 2025
An ad hoc committee has been appointed to undertake a routine review of the UNC Department of Emergency Medicine and the leadership of its chair, Jane Brice, MD, MPH. The review is a standard procedure of UNC-Chapel Hill and will take place on October 8. The review committee invites your input: If you would like …
July 17, 2025
An ad hoc committee has been appointed to undertake a routine review of the UNC Department of Neurosurgery and the leadership of its chair, Nelson Oyesiku, MD, PhD, FACS. The review is a standard procedure of UNC-Chapel Hill and will take place on October 3. The review committee invites your input: If you would like to share feedback with …
July 17, 2025
UNC SOM will be hosting its annual virtual mock interviews for students applying for Residency Match 2025. This event has received incredibly positive feedback from students in the past and we need our faculty to make it successful again this year. The mock interviews will be virtual and will be conducted between Sept.15 – Oct. …
July 17, 2025
UNC Faculty Physicians is seeking a very talented/high potential physician leader to join Faculty Physicians as the vice president of medical affairs. The vice president will work most closely with Azita Hamedani, MD, MPH, MBA, president of UNC Faculty Physicians, in conjunction with other members of Faculty Physicians, School of Medicine, and UNC Hospitals senior …
July 9, 2025
Stephen Hooper, PhD, will serve as the interim director of the new UNC Carolina Institute for Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. Dr. Hooper is a longstanding faculty SOM member in the departments of psychiatry and health sciences. The new institute joins together the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, the UNC TEACCH Autism Program, and the Program on Neurodevelopmental …
July 2, 2025
The UNC School of Medicine Simulation Center (SET Center: Simulation, Experiential Learning and Training Center) is recruiting for additional 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 teach clinical, …
June 26, 2025
Lisa Carey, MD, has been named chief clinical research officer of UNC Clinical Research Partners. She begins her work in the role on July 1. Carey is the L. Richardson and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer Distinguished Professor for Breast Cancer Research and the Deputy Director of Clinical Sciences in the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. UNC …
June 25, 2025
Jeffrey Nguyen, MHA, has been selected as the next associate chair of administration for the department of neurosurgery. His work with the department will begin August 4, 2025.
June 25, 2025
Novant Health, UNC School of Medicine, and UNC Health (Novant-UNC Affiliation), is releasing a Request for Applications for internal teams to design a Geriatrics Center of Excellence in Wilmington, NC. The selected team will receive up to $200,000 in planning funds to develop a clinical, educational, and community-focused model to serve the region’s growing older adult population.
June 25, 2025
The Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery has been selected to host this year’s Leadership Starts With Me Visiting Professorship, an initiative of the Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development (FALD). This year’s visiting professor is Carol Bradford, MD, MS, Dean of the College of Medicine and Vice President for Health Sciences at The …
June 19, 2025
Darren DeWalt, MD, MPH, has been named chair of the UNC Department of Medicine after a national search. He will begin his work in the role on July 1. DeWalt currently serves as the John R. and Helen B. Chambliss Distinguished Professor of Medicine, executive director of the UNC Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement, and …
June 19, 2025
UNC Health has named Margaret Ann Bollmeier as its new Chief Philanthropy Officer (CPO). Bollmeier will serve as president of the UNC Health Foundation and Chief Philanthropy Officer (CPO) for UNC Health and the UNC School of Medicine. In this role, she will set the overarching strategy and vision for advancing philanthropy while providing strategic …