Author Archives: Kim Morris

Lindsay Wilson, MD, MPH, the John W. Foust Medical Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor in the UNC Department of Medicine and associate professor in the division of geriatric medicine, has been named co-director of Individualization Phase. Ana Felix, MD, MBBCh, who has led the Individualization Phase since its inception, will transition...

In a WRAL interview, David Wohl, MD, commented on the growing number of people in North Carolina with COVID-19 and the increase in hospitalizations, with more than 1,000 being hospitalized every day. “We are not being as careful as we need to be,” Wohl said. “We have entered phase 3...

The Associated Press interviewed Hanna Sanoff, MD, MPH, about grief, an “inescapable” part of the job for oncologists, and she explained how mourning “the lost of the human connection helps her help others grieve.” Sanoff also said she has “learned from patients how to deliver bad news in person and...

Trevor Jolly, MBBS, Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, and Kimberly Shoenbill, MD, PhD, are co-authors of an editorial published in JAMA calling for more funding and better reimbursement for smoking cessation counseling for cancer patients who smoke. The article asserts that programs designed to help cancer patients stop using tobacco should...

Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MSc, told WRAL that being in intimate gatherings can be more threatening for contracting the coronavirus than being at crowded events. “What we see from the epidemiological data, the contact tracing and the outbreak investigations is that the majority of the cases are really closely connected to...

Carlton Moore, MD, MS, has been appointed associate director of UNC’s Institute for Health and Quality Improvement (IHQI), and is professor of medicine in the division of hospital medicine and associate chief for research and quality improvement. Lavinia Kolarczyk, MD, has also been appointed associate director. She is associate professor...

Led by Millie Kwan, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, and Renae Boerneke, PharmD, the team has launched an innovative outpatient program where providers de-lable penicillin allergy through penicillin allergy assessments.

Principal Investigator Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH, with research partners Community Servings and Massachusetts General Hospital, was featured in Nutrition Insights for a study that focuses on using medically tailored meal delivery as an effective health care intervention for diabetes. The five-year research project grant (R01), a $2.9 million NIH grant,...

David Wohl, MD, MPH, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, explained to WRAL News how false negative tests for COVID-19 can occur, and “suggests waiting at least five days or so after exposure before getting tested to be sure and so the end result isn’t a false...

Andrew Moon, MD, MPH, a fellow in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, is lead author of a study finding one in five patients with NAFLD have prior prescription opioid use. Sidney Barritt, MD, MSCR, associate professor, is a co-author. Target RWE, an innovative health evidence solutions company generating real-world...

David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases offered advice on what to do after exposure to the coronavirus. “If you’ve been exposed to a known case of COVID-19, your job is to stay out of circulation, be away from people and then after some time...

In a new UNC Health Media Briefing on COVID-19, David Wohl, MD, answers questions on topics that include: • What we know about President Donald Trump’s battle with COVID-19. • How UNC Health medical specialists are using Remdesivir and Dexamethasone as well as experimental treatments to help COVID-19 patients. •...