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

‘Smart’ Insulin Could Reduce Dangerous Complications of Diabetes Treatment

Researchers published a new study, supported by the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute, showing how a “smart” insulin patch could reduce dangerous complications in people who use the drug to manage diabetes. (Republished from the UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom) This new type of insulin, called i-insulin, … Continued

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

Upcoming Events

May27

Morning Report: Canceled (Memorial Day)

Monday 7:45 am

May27

Noon Conference: Canceled (Memorial Day)

Monday 12:00 pm

May28

Morning Report with Dr. Alison Raybould – Board Review: Oncology

Tuesday 7:45 am

May28

Noon Conference with Dr. Darren DeWalt – Value-Based Care

Tuesday 12:00 pm

May29

Morning Report with Dr. Benjamin Sines – Board Review: Pulm

Wednesday 7:45 am

May29

Noon Conference with Dr. Stephan Moll – 2019 Update on VTE and AC

Wednesday 12:00 pm

May30

Ontjes with Dr. Andrew Greganti – Lifelong Learning

Thursday 7:45 am

May30

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

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

“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

Chair’s Corner Podcast