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.

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Thurston Investigators Publish Paper Describing Advanced Method for the Joint Analysis of Change in BMI & Risk of OA

The first didactic research to apply joint modelling in rheumatology has been published by researchers at the Thurston Arthritis Research Center. The results, published in Arthritis Care & Research, illustrate the methodological advantages of Joint Modelling for analyzing dynamic measures in a longitudinal study.

Jonas Provides Osteoarthritis Perspective for Washington Post

Dr. Beth Jonas, chief of the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, was interviewed for a national sports-related article in the Washington Post that raises awareness for the most common type of arthritis, a leading cause of disability in the U.S.

Noone Receives 2019 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award

Peadar Gerard Noone, MD, professor of medicine in the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, and medical director of the UNC Center for Bronchiectasis Care, has received the 2019 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, presented by The Arthur P. Gold Foundation. Noone was honored with the award at the 2019 UNC School of … Continued

Abadie and Rutstein Receive Bondurant-Ehringhaus Award

Dr. Joseph (Alex) Duncan, associate professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, presented the Bondurant-Ehringhaus Award to two residents during Medicine Grand Rounds last week. The annual award recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement. “Candidates submitted their research efforts and accomplishments for consideration, and each was incredible this year,” said Duncan, who also directs UNC’s … Continued

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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

“Growing up, I didn’t know I had Fabry disease, as is the case in most families. So, things were hard sometimes. Physical activity was hard, being in the heat was hard…It all made sense later on in life when I was diagnosed.”

Jerry Walter

Fabry disease - with Jerry Walter and Dr. Gerald Hladik
“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
“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
“Patients that have active physical therapy in an ICU, even on a ventilator- this helps those long-term outcomes... Physical therapy early on helps fight against the long-term morbidities of muscle weakness, neurocognitive abnormalities such as memory, depression..”

Dr. Jason Mock

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - Dr. Jason Mock: Care of ARDS

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Fabry disease - with Jerry Walter and Dr. Gerald Hladik

Autoimmune Thyroid Disease - with Deepa Kirk, MD

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Department of Medicine

Featured News

Thurston Investigators Publish Paper Describing Advanced Method for the Joint Analysis of Change in BMI & Risk of OA

Jonas Provides Osteoarthritis Perspective for Washington Post

Noone Receives 2019 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award

Abadie and Rutstein Receive Bondurant-Ehringhaus Award

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Ontjes – Switch Day

Cardiovascular Grand Rounds: Dr. Melvin Scheinman, “Diagnosis, physiology, and cure of the Brugada syndrome”

Medicine Grand Rounds Point-Counterpoint, Raven Voora and Alan Hinderliter “Hypertension Guidelines: Are They Realistic?”

Morning Report with Dr. Claire Fan

EBM Jeopardy

Medicine Grand Rounds, Herman Pontzer “Healthy As a Hunter-Gatherer: Sorting Paleofact from Paleofiction in Modern Metabolic Medicine”

Cardiovascular Grand Rounds: Drs. Rick Stouffer & Alan Hinderliter, “Renal Denervation: Is this Phoenix Rising from the Ashes?”

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Chair’s Corner Podcast