The Department of Medicine’s faculty and staff are continuously involved in groundbreaking research and innovative clinical procedures. Discover their life-changing work through DOM Digest, our monthly newsletter. Hear from specialty experts while they are interviewed by Dr. Ron Falk during the Chair’s Corner Podcast. We invite you to learn more about the people behind the science at the articles below.
December 31, 2021
The Value-Care Action Group (VCAG) is currently accepting applications for high-value care improvement projects across the Department of Medicine. Faculty with questions should contact darren_dewalt@med.unc.edu, john_vargus@med.unc.edu or scott_keller@med.unc.edu. The deadline…
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December 29, 2021
Do the fully vaccinated need a COVID test if exposed or sick? David Weber, MD, MPH, and David Wohl, MD, answered this question and more during the week of December…
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December 29, 2021
January 17 – Martin Luther King, Jr., Day UNC’s 2022 MLK, Jr. Celebration includes a campus-wide initiative to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his legacy and his ideals. Carolina…
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December 28, 2021
Catherine Coombs, MD For patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), minimal residual disease (MRD) has emerged as a highly sensitive indicator of disease burden during and at the end of…
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December 28, 2021
Honey M. Jones, DNP, ACNP-BC, MBA, FAANP, FCCM Honey M. Jones, DNP, ACNP-BC, MBA, FAANP, FCCM, Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, has been awarded…
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December 28, 2021
Left photo: Carlota Brown, CMA, and Sandy Trollinger. Right photo: Mark Kleman, DO; Emily Chang, MD; Lucy Menefee, MSN; Shannon Murphy, MD; Raven Voora, MD; and Kawan Swain, MD UNC Nephrology in Burlington…
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December 27, 2021
Alice Ma, MD, FACP In a session titled “Hemophilia Update: Our Cup Runneth Over,” presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), experts in the…
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December 27, 2021
Anne Peery, MD, MSCR MD Edge, Internal Medicine reports GI, liver, and pancreatic diseases cost the U.S. health care system about $120B per year and account for approximately 250,000 annual…
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December 27, 2021
To access rapid specialty support, clinicians follow a workflow that starts with a call to the specialty’s Eastowne clinic charge nurse. The Department of Medicine predominantly serves individuals with complex,…
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December 22, 2021
Jenny Flythe, MD, MPH Jennifer E. Flythe, MD, MPH, associate professor medicine and vice chief of the division of nephrology and hypertension, is the recipient of the Shaul G. Massry…
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December 20, 2021
Lisa Carey, MD, FASCO Lisa A. Carey, MD, FASCO, the L. Richardson and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer Distinguished Professor for Breast Cancer Research, Division of Oncology and Deputy Director of Clinical Sciences…
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December 20, 2021
Adaora A. Adimora, MD, MPH National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, MD, recognized Ada…
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