Department of Medicine

The purpose of the Department of Medicine at the University of North Carolina is to align research and education with outstanding patient care, and to transform clinical medicine into patient-centered care, delivered with the highest standards of quality, compassion and cost-consciousness, and based on an infrastructure that nimbly adjusts to an ever-changing landscape.

Featured News

New k-level grant writing initiative adds to infrastructure that supports junior investigators in pursuit of research training and protected time

Physician-scientists are uniquely positioned to transfer clinical insights to research discoveries, to return a better understanding of human disease to the clinic. A new initiative led by Laura Loehr, MD, PhD, MS, associate professor in general medicine and clinical epidemiology, and Susan Hogan, PhD, MPH, associate professor in nephrology, will help junior faculty in the … Continued

Think eConsults, a virtual care connection to specialists

Access to high quality, specialty care can be challenging. Now, a new tool from the UNC Department of Medicine makes it much easier. “Any UNC physician and advanced practice provider can now use eConsults for fast specialty input on focused clinical questions,” said Spencer Dorn, MD, MPH, MHA, associate professor of medicine in the division … Continued

Henderson, Jain appointed directors of undergraduate education in the department

Ron Falk, MD, chair of the department of medicine, has named Ashley Henderson, MD, associate professor of medicine in pulmonary medicine, and Koyal Jain, MD, assistant professor of medicine in nephrology, the new directors of undergraduate education in the department of medicine. “The best education curriculum responds to changes in medical knowledge and puts them … Continued

Falk presents grand rounds lecture on finding joy in academic medicine

Ron Falk, MD, chair of the department of medicine, presented the first Medicine Grand Rounds lecture of the new academic year, on Thursday, September 5. A video recording of the lecture can be found in the Grand Rounds Archives.

Upcoming Events

Sep26

Medicine Grand Rounds – Philip Mackowiak, MD, MBA, University of Maryland

Thursday 12:00 pm

Oct03

Medicine Grand Rounds – Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD

Thursday 12:00 pm

Oct10

Craige Lecture: Carole Warnes, MD, Mayo Clinic

Thursday 12:00 pm

Oct17

Medicine Grand Rounds – Jennifer McEntee, MD, MPH, MA.Ed and Andrew Lobonc, MD

Thursday 12:00 pm

Oct24

Medicine Grand Rounds – S. Louis Bridges, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Thursday 12:00 pm

Oct31

Medicine Grand Rounds – Marc Humbert, MD, PhD, South Paris University

Thursday 12:00 pm

Nov07

Medicine Grand Rounds – Jane Little, MD

Thursday 12:00 pm

Nov14

Kathleen Ann Cooney, MD, Duke University

Thursday 12:00 pm

Featured Physicians

Featured Physician

Dr. Onyinye Iweala says she loves being able to validate the symptoms that her patients are experiencing, especially when she sees their faces light up with understanding as she explains the basic biology behind them. In her free time, she also enjoys singing and exercising, particularly her insanity workouts with Shaun T.

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Featured Resident

Dr. Dillon Cockrell is from Eastern North Carolina and plans to pursue a specialty in hematology and oncology. In his free time, he enjoys sports, the outdoors and spending time with his Goldendoodle, Merritt.

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Chair’s Corner Podcast

“A biosimilar is similarly effective and similarly safe, and one switch between the originator and biosimilar is shown to be safe and similarly effective.”

-Dr. Hans Herfarth

Biosimilars - with Dr. Hans Herfarth
“The most common question I get is, 'What’s going to happen to me and how long will it take to get better?' A related question is, 'Why did this happen to me?' I think that’s not an uncommon question for any autoimmune disease. We don’t have great answers.”

Dr. Deepa Kirk

Autoimmune Thyroid Disease - with Deepa Kirk, MD
“Initially, we ask people to strictly avoid red meat—beef, pork, lamb, this would include venison, bison, buffalo—anything essentially that has hooves and walks on four legs, we ask them to avoid.”

Dr. Scott Commins

Alpha-Gal Allergy - with Dr. Scott Commins
“I would say don’t just look in your circle. It’s easy to look at your group of friends and your family members, but…there are so many people who know you every day. You’d be surprised what they’re willing to do—to risk their bodies and injury to them. It leaves me with a feeling that I cannot even express with words.”

Kevin Howell, on finding a kidney donor

Kidney Transplant Patient Story – with Kevin Howell

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Autoimmune Thyroid Disease – with Deepa Kirk, MD

Alpha-Gal Allergy – with Dr. Scott Commins

Kidney Transplant Patient Story – with Kevin Howell

Chair’s Corner Podcast