Category: Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Telemedicine in Prison Allows Continued Care, Shows Positive Patient-Provider Experiences
For incarcerated individuals whose health depends on access to specialized health care, telemedicine can ensure more timely access, as well as a better experience. Early in the pandemic, UNC Health, the UNC School of Medicine, and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (DPS) partnered to develop the capabilities for providing telemedicine services to the incarcerated popu … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: June 1 – June 30, 2021
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism Klara Klein, MD, PhD, received a physician-scientist award to cultivate her career as a translational clinician scientist. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Resident Corey Ketchem, MD, received the Bondurant-Ehringhaus Award to support research with Evan Dellon, MD, MPH, on eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and other esophageal dise … Read more
Endoscopy Workflows, Length of Stays: Finding New Efficiencies in Gastroenterology
An increasing focus on high-value care and the implications around length of stay (LOS) has the potential to profoundly impact both patients and hospital systems. As hospitals face lower patient capacities and increasing costs, studies show an understanding of the factors that contribute to LOS can improve the management of LOS. Nick Shaheen, MD, MPH, chief of the division of gas … Read more
Carolina Care Highlight: Dr. Jonathan J. Hansen
Jonathan J. Hansen, MD, PhD The latest Carolina Care Highlight features Jonathan Hansen, MD, PhD, associate professor in the division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Read what some of Dr. Hansen’s patients had to say about him: “Dr. Jonathan Hansen is by far one of the very best doctors I have ever had. He not only takes excellent care of me, he listens to ALL of my concerns … Read more
Barnes Is Lead Author of Study in Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
Millie D. Long, MD, MPH, and Edward L. Barnes, MD, MPH Edward L. Barnes, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, is lead author of a new manuscript published online ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. Millie D. Long, MD, MPH, associate professor, is the manuscript’s senior author. The manuscript, “Older Adult Patien … Read more
Ketchem Receives the Bondurant-Ehringhaus Award
Corey Ketchem, MD Corey Ketchem, MD, was awarded the Bondurant-Ehringhaus Award, which recognizes a current second year internal medicine resident or a second or third med-peds resident, and provides a stipend to support the conduct and presentation of ongoing research. The majority of Ketchem’s research has been conducted with Evan Dellon, MD, MPH, professor medicine in the divi … Read more
Patel, Jain Join OAE To Provide Student Support Across the State
Kunal Patel, MD, and Animesh Jain, MD The UNC Office of Academic Excellence is a group of faculty and staff who support students academically through the pre-clinical and clinical years, providing coaching, clinical skills training, and test-taking guidance. The OAE recently announced new faculty members who will join the OAE to provide student support across the state. Kunal Pat … Read more
‘Good’ Bacteria Show Promise for Clinical Treatment of Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis
R. Balfour Sartor, MD A new study published in Nature Communications demonstrates that a consortium of bacteria designed to complement missing or underrepresented functions in the imbalanced microbiome of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, prevented and treated chronic immune-mediated colitis in humanized mouse models. The study’s senior author, Balfour Sartor, MD, Midget … Read more
Barritt, Moon Co-author Nature Reviews Article on COVID-19 and Liver Disease
A. Sidney Barritt, IV, MD, MSCR A. Sidney Barritt, IV, MD, MSCR, associate professor and director of hepatology in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology; and Andrew Moon, MD, MPH, a fellow in the division; are co-authors of a featured article published recently in Nature Reviews: Gastroenterology & Hepatology. The article, “COVID-19 and liver disease: mechanistic a … Read more
Shaheen Co-authors Study that Shows New Barrett’s Esophagus Monitoring Method Could Aid in Easier and More Precise Prognoses
Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH, the Mary Kay and Eugene Bozymski and Linda and William Heizer Distinguished Professor of Medicine and chief of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, co-authored a study focused on a new technique for sampling and testing cells from Barrett’s esophagus patients, which could result in earlier and easier identific … Read more
Dupixent Improves Eosinophilic Esophagitis Symptoms
Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH, was featured in Healio discussing the first part of a three-phase study to evaluate the effectiveness of Dupixent in treating patients with eosinophilic esophagitis. Read the article here.
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: February 1 – February 28, 2021
Division of Cardiology Matthew Cavender, MD, received a grant from the NHLBI via the UNC Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) for “Team Proposal: Utilization of Machine Learning Techniques to Identify Clinical and Genetic Determinants of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease.” Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Andrew Moon, MD, MPH, and Louise Henderson, PhD, professor of r … Read more