Author Archives: Kim Morris

David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, comments on UNC Health’s preparedness and capacity to treat patients for a potential surge of coronavirus as NC reopens. In a WRAL news interview he recognizes efforts trying to “open up the economy and get businesses going on,” but...

David Weber, MD, MPH, medical director of hospital epidemiology (infection prevention), has been commended by Fort Bragg’s US Army Commanding Lieutenant General Michael Kurilla for his “leadership and critical partnership with Fort Bragg and Womack Army Medical Center.” Kurilla’s letter expressed gratitude for Weber’s efforts, which he said are not...

Is osteoarthritis an inevitable part of aging? This is the question Richard Loeser, MD, answers in a new rheumatology podcast interview with, “Joint Action,” sharing insights from the latest research to address common misconceptions regarding osteoarthritis. “The term ‘wear and tear’ was used a lot in the past and it...

Ross Boyce, MD, MSc, assistant professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, said there are many unknowns about COVID-19, the illness associated with the virus, and antibody testing. The article reports that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently ordered increased oversight of the hundreds of tests now...

Myron Cohen, MD, Yeargan-Bate Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Immunology and Epidemiology and director of the UNC Institute for Global Health, joined Wesley Fowler, MD, associate dean for medical alumni affairs, as new inductees into the Order of the Golden Fleece, UNC’s oldest and most prestigious honor society. Read...

Abigail Gilbert, MD, MSCI, was recently interviewed by Rheumatology Consultant discussing pharmacologic and behavioral interventions for the management of knee osteoarthritis, as well as findings from her recent study on gait speed among adults with knee osteoarthritis. Gilbert is assistant professor of medicine in the division of rheumatology, allergy and...

William Fischer, MD, assistant professor in division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine in the UNC Department of Medicine, and Helen Lazear, PhD, assistant professor in the UNC Department of Microbiology and Immunology, were named recipients of this year’s Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship in Academic Medicine for their research and clinical care...

David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, addresses a partial reopening in North Carolina in a WRAL interview. “This is a hard train to stop so we haven’t all been able to stay at home to stop the transmission completely, from person to person, but...

David Weber, MD, MPH, medical director of hospital epidemiology (infection prevention), talked with ABC 11 News about new concerns for a second wave. The story reports that Weber “believes it’s not a question of when we’ll have more peaks but how big they are.” Weber, a professor of medicine in...

QT interval prolongation, an electrical disturbance that makes the heart muscle take longer than normal to recharge between beats, is a safety concern for patients taking hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to treat COVID-19. In MedPage Today, Anil Kishin Gehi, MD, the Sewell Family-McAllister Distinguished Professor of cardiology said “blithely taking these drugs can...

David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, offered insight into the current pandemic based on what he witnessed during the Ebola epidemic in an interview with Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN)’s Positively Aware. “Right now, what holds for people living without HIV holds for people...

COVID-19 To-Date Thank you for the amazing work you have been doing over the last six weeks.  We could not be more proud of what you have done to take care of our patients, our learners, and each other.  You have each stepped up to help in countless ways. Here...