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UNC Department of Surgery Associate Chair for Administration Joellen Buckio, MHA, has announced that she will retire in July. Buckio joined the department as ACA in 2012, following 12 years with UNC Physicians. “During her years as ACA, Joellen has made remarkable and lasting contributions to the department. She has...

UNC School of Medicine teammates met with First Lady Jill Biden, EdD, in Durham on Wednesday, March 20. The meeting was part of the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. Genevieve Neal-Perry, MD, PhD, Robert A. Ross Distinguished Professor and chair of the UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,...

Each year, UNC Hospitals & UNC Faculty Physicians celebrate the empathy and expertise of our physicians and advanced practice providers. Congratulations to this year’s honorees of the 2024 UNC Hospitals & UNC Faculty Physicians Award for Carolina Care Excellence, named below. UNC Hospitals administers the Press Ganey Medical Practice survey...

April is Autism Acceptance Month, a month that promotes acceptance and inclusion amongst the Autism community and their allies. What is autism spectrum disorder? It is a developmental disability caused by differences in the brain. These brain differences may cause people with ASD to behave, communicate, interact and learn in...

The origin of National Minority Health Month: was the 1915 establishment of National Negro Health Week by Booker T. Washington. In 2002, National Minority Health Month received support from the U.S. Congress with a concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 388) that “a National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month should be...

Congratulations to the UNC School of Medicine MD Class of 2024! This year we had a 97% match rate, with 62 students set to serve patients across North Carolina. We also want to thank Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who joined our class...

An ad hoc committee has been appointed to undertake a routine review of the Department of Psychiatry and the leadership of its Chair, Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH. The review is a standard procedure of UNC-Chapel Hill and will take place on April 24. The review committee invites your input: If...

Michael Sledge has stepped away from his position as the UNC School of Medicine chief financial officer to focus on his work as vice president and chief business officer of the UNC Clinical Research Alliance and to serve as UNC Health’s interim vice president for research. In addition to his...

School of Medicine IT is ending the School of Medicine Webex (SOM Webex) video conferencing service Friday, May 17, 2024. After this date, SOM Webex account owners will not have access to the service. This change does not affect users of UNC Health Webex, and SOM users will still be...

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The UNC School of Medicine received a record number of applications for spring 2024 Staff Development Grants, which were issued on Feb. 9.   In total, 133 grants were issued for the 2024 program. The awarded grants will cover conference travel, certifications, tuition reimbursement and leadership training for School of Medicine...

An ad hoc committee has been appointed to undertake a routine review of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the leadership of its Chair, Russell Broaddus, MD, PhD. The review is a standard procedure of UNC-Chapel Hill and will take place on March 22. The review committee invites...