Dr. Richard F. Loeser is the Herman and Louise Smith Distinguished Professor in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology and the Director of the Thurston Arthritis Research Center at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Dr. Loeser received his medical degree from the West Virginia University School of Medicine and completed residency and fellowship … Read more
David Weber, MD, MPH Dr. Weber’s research interests include hospital-associated (nosocomial) infections especially antibiotic-resistant pathogens, surveillance, disinfection and sterilization, nosocomial pneumonia, hand hygiene, and outbreak investigations. Other research interests include new and emerging infectious diseases (Pfiesteria, CJD, Norwalk agent, Candida auris, CRE), infections in child care centers, tuberculosis, and bioterrorist agents. Through his roles as … Read more
Spencer Dorn, MD, MPH, MHA As Vice Chair of Medicine, Spencer Dorn works to develop care models that best support clinicians and meet patients’ needs. As Vice Chief of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, he oversees the division’s clinical strategy and operations. He also serves as a UNC Lead Informatics Physician, conducts clinical trials for functional GI … Read more
Presentation by UNC Cardiology fellow Dr. Amir Aghajanian
Kimberly G. Blumenthal, MD, MSc Kimberly Blumenthal, MD, MSc is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, the Quality and Safety Officer for Allergy at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Co-Director of the Clinical Epidemiology Program in the Division of Rheumatology Allergy and Immunology. Dr. Blumenthal has clinical and research expertise in drug … Read more
Thomas Hostetter, MD Dr. Hostetter is Professor of Medicine at UNC. He was previously Professor of Medicine and Vice Chairman for Research in the Department of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine. He has also served as the Abraham Levitt Professor of Medicine and Director of the Nephrology Division at Albert Einstein … Read more
Leigh Anne Daniels, MD, MPH Leigh Anne Daniels has an interest in the diagnosis and management of patients with all causes of bronchiectasis, including cystic fibrosis and primary ciliary dyskinesia. Extending from her clinical experience with these patients, her research focuses on discovering the genetic variations that contribute to the development of idiopathic bronchiectasis (or … Read more
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M. Eric Gershwin MD, MACR, MACP Dr. Gershwin graduated from Stanford Medical School and interned at Tufts-New England Medical Center. He trained in immunology at the National Institutes of Health and joined the faculty of the University of California at Davis in 1975. Currently, he is the Jack and Donald Chia Professor of Medicine and … Read more
Melanie Hoenig, MD Dr. Melanie Hoenig is a nephrologist and clinician educator at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston and at Harvard Medical School, where she is an associate professor. She was the co-chair of the recent Harvard Medical School curriculum reform and now runs Homestasis 2, renal, endocrine and GI physiology and pathophysiology. Dr. … Read more