Welcome to the UNC Division of Hospital Medicine, the newest in the Department of Medicine.
UNC Hospital Medicine started in 2005 with a handful of physicians covering a single service. Our division is now comprised of over 50 physician and advanced practice providers dedicated to comprehensive care of inpatients at UNC Hospitals both in Chapel Hill and at the Hillsborough Campus, which opened in 2015.
We provide a broad range of services including Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, bedside procedures, internal medicine consultation, and co-management for our surgical and other specialty colleagues. We attend on Internal Medicine and Pediatrics resident services and in the new 1 Memorial Observation Unit, in collaboration with the UNC Department of Family Medicine. Our practitioners are also actively engaged in efforts to enhance the overall performance of our health care system.
As School of Medicine faculty, we share three core missions:
- Deliver patient-centered, high-quality and high-value care across UNC Hospitals
- Provide effective and innovative medical education for all levels of learners at UNC School of Medicine
- Advance the science of hospital medicine through quality improvement efforts and clinical research
Our providers are also especially proud of a team culture that enables them to provide the very best care to their patients, their loved ones and each other.
Thank you for your interest in our services. We are here to serve you.
Hospital Medicine News
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Stephens Authors Perspective on Neuroimaging Patients with Delirium
UNC Hospitalist and Professor of Medicine Dr. John Stephens has authored a new perspective in the Journal of Hospital Medicine series: Things We Do for No Reason. The series seeks to highlight practices in clinical medicine that are common but either have poor evidence to support them or actual evidence against the practice. Delirium is … Continued
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UNC Hospitalists Contribute to Education at Annual National Meeting
Hospitalist medicine is the fastest growing medicine specialty and it continues to lead the way in transforming healthcare and revolutionizing patient care. UNC faculty physicians from the division of hospital medicine had a strong presence at the national meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) in March, held in Washington, DC, representing the UNC … Continued
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Dr. Christopher Caulfield Interviewed by Today’s Hospitalist
Dr. Christopher A. Caulfield discusses a UNC hospitalist study that suggests hospitalists can safely aid patients by reducing the costs and adverse outcomes associated with unnecessary hospitalization.