Category: Cardiology
Medicine Announces Value-Care Action Group Awardees for Next Academic Year
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. Cody Deen, MD The management of patients who present to the emergency department (ED) with acute chest pain is a clinical … Read more
Reflections on Life and Career: Spotlight on Sidney C. Smith, Jr., MD
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 the World Heart Federation as well as Chair of the NHLBI Executive … Read more
Users Regard Apple Watch As a Medical Tool and Worry About Results
Lindsey A. Rosman, PhD The continued addition of health and fitness features to Apple Watch, Fitbit and other devices, has led to wearers treating them as medical tools — with some over-worrying about their readings. Lindsay A. Rosman, PhD, assistant professor in the division of cardiology, studies the effects of devices on anxiety and was recently interviewed by AppleInsider. ” … Read more
Cavender Discusses Study Showing Cangrelor Reduces Ischemic Events Versus Clopidogrel Early After PCI
Matthew Cavender, MD, MPH Treatment with the IV P2Y12 inhibitor cangrelor reduced the number of early ischemic events after PCI, primarily MI and stent thrombosis, compared with oral clopidogrel, according to the results of the CHAMPION PHOENIX trial. “Patients undergoing PCI are at risk of activation of the clotting process, formation of intravascular thrombus and subsequent myo … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: November 1 – November 30, 2021
Division of Cardiology Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation has awarded Anil Gehi, MD, a three-year grant to improve atrial fibrillation (AF) care. Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Seth Berkowitz, MD, received an R01 NIH grant to advance health equity in Type 2 diabetes. Division of Infectious Diseases David Rosen, MD, PhD, is principal investigator of a study th … Read more
Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation Awards Cardiology Research Team 3-Year Grant to Improve Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Care
Anil Kishin Gehi, MD A UNC Division of Cardiology research team led by Anil Gehi, MD, the Sewell Family-McAllister Distinguished Professor of Medicine, has been awarded a three-year, $1.1 million dollar grant from the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation to improving atrial fibrillation (AF) care in the community. Building on prior work, Gehi and the team will collaborate with Duke He … Read more
Newsworthy from the Department of Medicine, Week of November 5 – 11
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets and feature Department of Medicine faculty during the past week, starting Friday, November 5, 2021. Laura Young, MD COVID-19 treatments are not vaccine replacements. Here’s why – Dr. David Wohl (ArcaMax Publishing) Is Type 2 Diabetes Ready for CGM? – Dr. Laura Young (The Journal of Healthcare Contracting) 10 gas … Read more
McAllister Heart Institute Pivots to COVID-19
Hugh A. “Chip” McAllister Jr., MD ’66 Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, UNC Health and the UNC School of Medicine’s top physicians and researchers have worked tirelessly to find answers, notably through vaccine research and therapeutic development. While these discoveries have brought us closer to a world without COVID-19, a growing volume of evidence suggests the effect of the v … Read more
Medicine Providers Recognized For Rapid Response Excellence
Evan Raff and Jennifer Mack, UNCMC Adult Rapid Response Committee Chairs The “Rapid Response Recognition Report” is a quarterly recognition of providers who are “remarkable examples of excellence” during rapid response events at UNCMC. Effective utilization of the Adult Rapid Response System at UNC Medical Center is essential in the early detection of clinically worsening patient … Read more
Gehi Project Receives UNC Medical Center Quality and Safety Award
Anil Gehi, MD A project led by Anil Gehi, MD, the Sewell Family-McAllister Distinguished Professor in the Division of Cardiology, will receive a “2021 UNC Medical Center Quality and Safety Award,” after a rigorous review process. “A Novel Atrial Fibrillation Care Pathway in the ED Reduces Unnecessary AF Hospitalizations and Improves Quality of Care,” was designed to introduce a s … Read more
PCI Length of Stay Initiative Highlighted at UNC Health Quality Expo
The cardiology project “Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Length of Stay (LOS)” has been selected as a top project for the UNC Health-UNC Hospitals Quality Expo 2021, Around the World of Quality, hosted by the Office of Quality Excellence. Dale Henion, MPS, RVT, assistant director of cardiac services, will present the project on October 1. Rising hospital census and physic … Read more
Nash UNC Health Receives AHA’s 2021 Mission: Lifeline® NSTEMI Gold Quality Achievement Award and STEMI Gold Receiving Center Hospital Achievement Award
Nash UNC Health in Rocky Mount, NC, has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® NSTEMI Gold Quality Achievement Award and STEMI Gold Receiving Center Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who suffer heart attacks. Each year more than 250,000 people experience STEMI, the deadliest type of heart a … Read more