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    2026 Fellows Match to the Department of Medicine

    The Department of Medicine is honored to welcome new Tar Heel trainees! The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) released results for the 2025 Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match on December 3. Over 8,500 trainees matched to advanced training positions. After a successful Match, the following fellows will join Department subspecialties in July 2026. Division of Cardiolo … Read more

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    Featured UME: Louise King, MD

    Meet Louise King, MD, an Assistant Professor of Medicine and the Medical Director of UNC Internal Medicine Clinic at Eastowne! Tell us a little about how got interested in education and your background (including any formal training)? I have been in medicine a while and it didn’t take long for me to realize that medicine=education. Even if we are not involved in formal education … Read more

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    Faculty and Residents Honored by 2025 UNC SOM Student Government

    The UNC School of Medicine Student Government held the Fall Convocation and Awards Ceremony for 2025. The following faculty and residents from the Department of Medicine were recognized. Evan Raff, MD, professor of medicine, provided the Fall Convocation Lecturer. Raquel Reyes, MD, MPA, associate professor of medicine and director of the internal medicine clerkship, was honored w … Read more

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    2025 Evening of Scholarship Honors Department Educators

    This year’s Evening of Scholarship not only recognized individual excellence but also highlighted the collaborative spirit and innovative thinking that define UNC’s medical education community. Congratulations to all the honorees for their inspiring work and continued impact! Department of Medicine Award Winners Foundation Phase Teaching Excellence Award: Tamara Godfrey, MD Facul … Read more

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    Drs. Jensen and Gray receive UNC SOM Physician Scientist Training Program Awards

    Drs. Simon Gray (left) and Jeffrey Jensen (right) Jeffrey Jensen, MD, PhD, a hematology/oncology fellow, and Simon Gray, MD, PhD, an assistant professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, received UNC School of Medicine Physician Scientist Training Program awards. Dr. Gray received an Early-Stage Faculty award, and Dr. Jensen received a Resident/Fellowship Award, … Read more

  • Kevin A. Friede, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Received SCAI’s 30 in Their 30’s Award.

    Kevin A. Friede, MD, FACC, FSCAI, an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, was recognized and chosen by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) Board to be included in their annual 30 in Their 30s list. SCAI’s 30 in Their 30s highlights interventional cardiologists who embody the future of interventional cardiology and contri … Read more

  • Match Day 2025: Welcome Class of 2025

    Years of hard work and dreams were folded into envelopes, decorative boxes and other means of message delivery. On March 21st, medical students discovered where their career journey would take them for residency. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Internal Medicine Residency Program paired 31 categorical residents, ten preliminary residents, and 6 Medicine/Pediatri … Read more

  • Dr. Deb Bynum physician spotlight

    Bynum elected to the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine’s Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine Council

    Debra Bynum, MD, MMEL, FACP, has been elected to the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine’s Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine Council. Dr. Bynum is a professor of medicine in the UNC Division of Geriatric Medicine, Vice Chair for Education in the UNC Department of Medicine and the Program Director of the UNC Internal Medicine Residency Program. The Alliance … Read more

  • Black Alumni Experience Project illuminates life as a Black medical student in the 1960s and 1970s

    Audio files from the Black Alumni Experience Project found on its website. Collecting Oral Histories The Black Alumni Experience Project at the University of North Carolina (UNC) highlights the invaluable contributions of Black medical alumni through oral histories and interviews. The initiative was founded by Raul Necochea, PhD, associate professor of social medicine at UNC, and … Read more

  • Internal Medicine Chief Residents Selected for the 2026-2027 Academic Year

    The University of North Carolina Internal Medicine Program has announced the following chief residents who will serve during the 2026-2027 academic year. The administrative chief resident is a position of distinction, professionalism and leadership. These appointed physicians will lead and mentor residents, as they learn to recognize the needs of the department and hospital. Inpa … Read more

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    UME Faculty Spotlight: Jessica Fuller, MD

    We are so excited to showcase some of our brilliant UME educators in the department of medicine and across our AHEC sites. For many of us there are certain teachers in our past who left a mark on our lives and are highly valued. For some they may be the reason you went into medicine or the specialty you are in. The DOM along with the AHEC sites have many highly regarded educators … Read more

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    School of Medicine F1rst Gen Fellows Program Recruiting Mentors

    The UNC School of Medicine F1rst Gen Fellows program is looking for UNC residents, fellows, and faculty members who are interested in mentoring current F1rst Gen Fellows. This program supports medical students at UNC SOM who identify as first-generation college students, meaning they were the first in their families to attend and graduate from college. These students have limited … Read more