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

Dr. Ria Dancel, a hospitalist in the department of medicine.

Dancel receives 2019 Pilot Innovation Award

Ria Dancel, MD, FAPP, associate professor of medicine and pediatrics in the division of hospital medicine, has received a 2019 Pilot Innovation Award from the UNC Center for Health Innovation. To date, 10 winning teams from the department of medicine have received Pilot Innovation Awards. Dancel is principal investigator for “Pursuing the Quadruple Aim through Pocket … Continued

Glomerular Disease Collaborative Network hosts 33rd annual meeting

Community practice and academic health care professionals joined together at the 33rd annual meeting of the Glomerular Disease Collaborative Network (GDCN) on Saturday, May 4, in Chapel Hill. The guest speaker Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, professor of medicine and director of nephrology clinical services at Columbia University Medical Center.

EHR enhancements linked to better cognitive performance in physicians

Carlton Moore, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of hospital medicine, contributed to a recent quality improvement study published in JAMA Network Open that considers how current interfaces for electronic health records (EHR) may be associated with excess cognitive workload and poor performance levels for physicians. The study included residents and fellows from … Continued

Eastowne providers are invited to visit ‘mock-up’ work area, in MacNider #322

Eastowne medicine providers are invited to visit a full mock-up of the interior work spaces designed for the new six-story medical office building, opening next year. Starting this Friday, July 12 – July 26, in MacNider Room #322, a mock-up will offer a “hands on” introduction to new collaborative work spaces that will support multi-disciplinary, … Continued

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

“This is using your immune system to treat your tumor in a way that bypasses the need for chemotherapy or radiation therapy.”

-Dr. Jonathan Serody on treating cancer with immunotherapy

Immunotherapy – with Dr. Jon Serody
“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