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Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Sascha Tuchman presents: “Nimbly Bounding Over the Hills? Multiple Myeloma in 2024.”

Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Tuchman is an expert in managing patients with multiple myeloma, amyloidosis, and other plasma cell disorders. His clinical research focuses on treating multiple myeloma in patients who are at high risk for toxicity due to advanced age or other medical problems; developing novel drugs for treating all patients with multiple myeloma; and optimizing management … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. David Weber presents: “Prevention of Respiratory Tract Infections: Focus on Vaccines for COVID-19, Influenza, RSV, and Pneumococcus.”

Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. David Jay Weber is currently the Charles Addison and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Epidemiology, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.  Dr. Weber received his Medical Degree from the University of California, San Diego in 1977, a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard University in 1985, and … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Scott Donaldson presents: “A Revolution in Cystic Fibrosis Care”

Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Scott Donaldson is the Hubert E. Hatcher Family Distinguished Professor of Medicine and co-Director of the UNC Adult CF Care Center. He has 30 years of experience in CF research and care. He was trained at the University of Michigan (BS, MD), Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospitals (Internal Medicine) and UNC (Fellowship). He established the multidisciplinary adult … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Ciara Zachary presents: “Medicaid Expansion: How Policy Impacts the People of North Carolina”

Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Ciara Zachary, MPH, PhD is a public health professional whose work focuses on health policy research and policy advocacy to increase access to affordable, high-quality health coverage, especially to underserved populations. Prior to joining the UNC Department of Health Policy and Management, she led several policy advocacy initiatives and lobbied state and federal lawmakers to … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Ambassador William Taylor presents: “Why Ukraine Must Win.”

Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Ambassador William B. Taylor is vice president, of Europe and Russia at the U.S. Institute of Peace. In 2019, he served as chargé d’affaires at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv and as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009. During the Arab Spring, he oversaw U.S. assistance and support to Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Scott Commins and Dr. Eleanor Saunders presents: The Puzzle of Post-Infection Syndromes

Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Scott Commins is the William J. Yount, MD Distinguished Professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he is a member of the UNC Food Allergy Initiative, the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, and the Southeastern Center of Excellence for Vector Borne Diseases. Dr. Commins maintains an active clinical … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Gustavo Heresi presents:” Spectrum and Evolution from Acute to Chronic Pulmonary Embolism”

Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Gustavo A. Heresi, M.D., M.S. is the Head of the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Section of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Respiratory Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. He is board certified in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. After receiving his medical degree from the University of San Agustin Faculty of Medicine in Arequipa, Peru, … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Stephanie Duggins Davis presents: “Spectrum and Evolution from Acute to Chronic Pulmonary Embolism.”

Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Davis is a pediatric pulmonologist whose research is focused on diseases that affect the lungs of infants and children such as cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, and lung disease related to premature birth. Specifically, by gaining a firmer understanding of the early pathogenesis of these diseases, developing new ways of assessing or predicting developing … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- DOM Psychological Safety Training with Facilitator Dr. Ashalla Freeman

Virtual via Zoom

Ashalla Freeman, PhD, is the Director of Access and Engagement in the Office of Graduate Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine (UNC SOM) and has served as Director of the UNC Initiative for Maximizing Student Development since 2014. She develops, administers, and oversees the evaluation of programs and … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Jonathan Sorah & Tammy Triglianos, DNP presents: UNC Undiagnosed Cancer Clinic (UCC): Rapid Oncology Access

Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dr. Sorah is a Medical Oncologist with the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center where he specializes in the care of patients with GI malignancies and advanced melanoma. He did his undergrad at Virginia Tech, medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University, before doing his residency and fellowship in Medical Oncology here at UNC. Within the Department … Read more