Ginny and Doug Ware have partnered with Saira Sheikh, MD, to support a new fund that will advance science and improve the lives of individuals with autoimmune diseases. Their generous gift was used to create the Virginia A. and Douglas R. Ware Fund for Excellence in Autoimmune Diseases. “This new Fund will support my vision for a program … Read more

The Department of Medicine’s Value-Care Action Group has awarded four value-care improvement projects that will start in July, 2022. Awardees are listed below with overviews of their projects. Cody Deen, MD: A Chest Pain Transitions Clinic at UNC Hillsborough. The management of patients who present to the emergency department (ED) with acute chest pain is … Read more

March is National Kidney Awareness Month, a time to highlight the importance of kidney disease. 37 million Americans have kidney disease, yet only about 10% of these individuals are aware of the diagnosis. Kidney disease may develop from a myriad of conditions, including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, vascular disease, nephrotoxic medications, autoimmune disorders, and genetic conditions. … Read more

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In February 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first presidential proclamation declaring the week of March 8, 1980, as National Women’s History Week. He stated “…the achievements, leadership, courage, strength, and love of the women who built America was as vital as that of the men whose names we know so well…” Women’s History Month officially … Read more

Following is a conversation with a faculty member who is a past-President of the American Heart Association (AHA) and who twice met with US Presidents in the Oval Office to discuss health matters. He is prominent in national and world health, and served as Chair of the World Heart and Stroke Forum and President of … Read more

Ron Falk, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine, announced today that Janice Jin Hwang, MD, MHS, has been named Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism effective September 1, 2022. Hwang will join UNC from the Yale School of Medicine where she has served as an assistant professor of endocrinology for the past … Read more

Jennifer Maguire, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, has been appointed Director of the Critical Care Selective, a required course for every medical student in their final year of undergraduate medical education. Sofia Aliaga, MD, who previously held the appointment, is the newly named Director of Simulation, Experiential Learning … Read more

In the still overhanging shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic … Black communities must look to the past to provide the light for our future, by embracing the rituals, traditions and healing modalities of our ancestors. These ways of knowing require a decolonization of thought and practice.  (from the Association for the Study of African American Life … Read more

Klara R. Klein, MD, PhD, fellow in the division of endocrinology and metabolism and trainee in the UNC Physician Scientist Training Program, and John Buse, MD, PhD, chief of the division of endocrinology and metabolism, are authors of a new study published in BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care. Hemoglobin glycation index is the difference between … Read more

Ischemic heart disease is rarely reported in people with cystic fibrosis despite multiple potential risk factors. In a paper published in the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, Jennifer Goralski, MD, Sirisha Thambuluru, MD, Katherine (Alex) Despotes, MD, and Deepa Kirk, MD, report on two cases of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), both in young women with cystic fibrosis and … Read more

Pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD) results from a variety of health conditions that reduce kidney function. CKD can progress to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), which requires dialysis or kidney transplant. While CKD in adults is common and mainly caused by hypertension and diabetes, CKD in children is relatively rare, and caused primarily by congenital anomalies of the … Read more