Author Archives: Lillian Harbison

Each year, UNC Hospitals administers the Press Ganey Medical Practice survey to solicit feedback from patients. The survey asks our patients about their likelihood of recommending their provider’s practice to their friends and family. This year, 128 Department of Medicine physicians and advanced practice providers received the highest recommendations. We...

Shetal A. Patel MD, PhD an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Oncology, was awarded Conquer Cancer’s EveryGrant QI funds for his project entitled “Improving Actionable Biomarker Testing Through Reflexive Large Language Model Based Review of Electronic Medical Records”. Dr. Patel was one of only 8 recipients in...

The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty and staff throughout the month of April 2026. Haley Simpson, MD, was consulted on the rising survival rate of patients diagnosed with cancer. Lindsay Rosman, MD, published a study identifying atrial fibrillation density as a...

Meet Dr. Wheeler, a pulmonary and critical care physician and the Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit at Novant Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte! Tell us a little about how got interested in education and your background ?  I graduated from the University of Illinois College of medicine in 1990.  I had a 3-year Air Force...

Lindsey A. Rosman, PhD, an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, recently published a study in the European Heart Journal identifying atrial fibrillation density as a biomarker for ischaemic stroke risk prediction. Atrial fibrillation is commonly classified by episode duration and cumulative burden, but Rosman’s research found that...

Myron S. Cohen, MD, was selected to receive a 2026 Faculty Award for Global Excellence from UNC Global Affairs. Only three faculty members receive this annual award. Dr. Cohen’s 30 years of studies on HIV and leadership in the infectious disease field were among the reasons his peers, staff and...

The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty and staff throughout the month of March 2026. Spencer Dorn, MD, joined Roon to host a talk on clinical use of AI. Klara Klein, MD, PhD, was featured on an NPR segment on the ability of...

Kunal Patel, MD, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and a Foundation Phase Academic Coach in the Office of Academic Excellence, was chosen to be the 2026 Match Day speaker by the graduating class of medical students. Dr. Patel was the final speaker before...

C. Adrian Austin, MD, MSCR, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, is a co-author of the newly published “Executive Summary: Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU,“ appearing in Critical Care Medicine. The guidelines were developed by...

Mofiyin Obadina, MD, and Erica Sparkenbaugh, PhD, assistant professors in the Division of Hematology and the UNC Blood Research Center, received $50,000 from NC TRaCS for their TTSA proposal entitled, “Hypoxemia-Induced Platelet Activation in Sickle Cell Disease Pregnancy: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets.” This award supports the development of new interdisciplinary...

Anisha Ganguly, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of General Medicine & Clinical Epidemiology, co-authored a study revealing a significant disparity in residency program applications in states with more restrictive abortion laws. Published in JAMA, the research analyzed nearly 24.2 million applications submitted to 4,315 residency programs...

The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty and staff throughout the month of February 2026. Stephan Moll, MD, studied an astronaut who was treated for deep vein thrombosis in space. Beth Jonas, MD, consulted on a study about sequential biological therapy...