Author Archives: Kim Morris

Sameer Arora, MD, a UNC School of Medicine cardiology fellow, led a study reviewing hospitalizations for a certain type of heart attack that occurred over a 15-year period and found consistent differences in the treatment of black and white patients.

After a national search, Ronald Falk, MD, chair of the department of medicine has announced that Beth L. Jonas, MD, Reeves Foundation Professor of Medicine, has been appointed chief of the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology.

A new position will focus on integrating clinical services across the department of medicine.

Dr. M. Sue Kirkman and Dr. Sriram Machineni from the division of endocrinology and metabolism were recently interviewed in a Popsugar article about excess belly fat and the link to certain diseases.

WUNC's Frank Stasio talked with Dr. Ross Simpson, cardiologist and professor of medicine, and Rachel Seidman, director of the Southern Oral History Program and adjunct assistant professor of history and women’s and gender studies at UNC-Chapel Hill about their collaborative project 'Sudden.'

Dr. Sue Kirkman is featured in a new video that introduces the ‘Guiding Principles for the Care of People With or at Risk for Diabetes,’ a report produced with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

The Society of General Internal Medicine elected Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, as its 41st president last year. Officially inducted in April, Corbie-Smith says the appointment is giving her the opportunity to combine her 20 plus years of service to the organization with her work as a health equity researcher. She will...

Three medicine divisions have been recognized in the "Best Hospitals" ranking from the US News and World Report.

Enrollment of UNC Health Care System (UNCHCS) patients into the multi-site Aspirin Dosing: A Patient-centric Trial Assessing Benefits and Long-Term Effectiveness (ADAPTABLE) study has reached 581 participants, exceeding the UNCHCS site's original enrollment target of 500 participants.

Dr. John Buse is the director of the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (TraCS), featured on the American Diabetes Association (ADA) TV for advances in diabetes research during the 2018 ADA Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

Unnecessary hospitalizations expose patients to unnecessary costs and risks. This is the premise for a recent retrospective study performed by physicians within the division of hospital medicine.

New diagnostic tests could offer a quicker diagnosis for impaired kidney function, for not only people in Africa, but in other places with limited resources, as well as disaster events like hurricanes and earthquakes that affect people around the world.