Category: News
University of North Carolina Earns Pulmonary Embolism Center of Excellence Accreditation from The PERT Consortium
As the first accredited center in the state, this recognition highlights UNC’s leadership in multidisciplinary pulmonary embolism care and commitment to improving patient outcomes. The University of North Carolina has been officially designated as a Comprehensive Care Pulmonary Embolism Center of Excellence™ by The Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) Consortium®. This nationa … Read more
Shetal Patel Awarded Funding for Improving Biomarker Testing via LLM Review of Electronic Medical Records
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 North America. Read more about EveryGrant here.
Accolades, Awards and Appointments Archive
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments May 1 – May 31, 2026. David Rosen, MD, PhD, was promoted to Professor of Medicine. Asher Schranz, MD, MPH was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine. Jonathan Sorah, MD, was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine. Christopher Dittus, DO, MPH, was promoted to Professor of … Read more
Faculty & Staff in the News through May
The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty and staff throughout the month of May 2026. Klara Klein MD, PhD, found that Wegovy use can reduce heavy drinking in a clinical trial. David Weber, MD, MPH, eased North Carolinian’s worries about Hantavirus and provided some history of the disease. Jan Busby-Whitehea … Read more
Janet Rubin and Larry Klein Establish Endowed Professorship in Endocrinology
Many people dedicate their lives to Carolina by being loud and proud of their accomplishments, conducting groundbreaking research or caring for countless patients in clinic. Others quietly bleed Carolina Blue. That is the kind of legacy Drs. Janet Rubin and Jeffrey Lawrence (Larry) Klein have built at the University of North Carolina. Drs. Janet Rubin and Larry Klein For d … Read more
UNC Researchers Publish Paper Highlighting a Shift in both Delirium and Substance Use Patterns in Peri-COVID Time Period
UNC Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine Fellow, Emma Bick, MD, MPH, in collaboration with Assistant Professors of Medicine Benjamin J. Sines, MD, MSCR, and C. Adrian Austin, MD, MSCR, recently published a paper in Critical Care Explorations. The observational study examined how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the prevalence of substance use and delirium complicating ICU … Read more
Carlton Moore Awarded $500K NIH R25 Grant to Expose Students to Careers in Clinical Translational Research
While the growth of various AI algorithms has in some ways made the data science and analytics process stronger and more efficient, it has also brought about growing forms of disparities in the healthcare world. For example, some AI algorithms have inadvertently prioritized affluent populations while performing worse in historically underrepresented populations. This situation is … Read more
Dr. John Batsis joins the UNC Nutrition Research Institute as the Clinical Research Core’s Medical Director
John Batsis, MD Recently, the UNC Nutrition Research Institute welcomed Dr. John Batsis as Medical Director of the Clinical Research Core (CRC). Throughout his professional career, Dr. Batsis has dedicated himself to caring for older adults through clinical care, research, and education. Since the CRC supports human studies and helps researchers translate discoveries into real-wo … Read more
Abner Murray Speaks on How to Communicate and Present Effectively in ASCO Article
In a recently published ASCO article, Abner Murray, MD, PhD, UNC hematology/oncology fellow, discusses the importance of scientific communication and how to effectively prepare for scientific presentations. Presenting at a scientific conference is a unique stage. You are given just a few minutes to shape how your evidence and research is interpreted, disseminated, and ultimately … Read more
Dr. Hillary Spangler Appointed as 2026 Butler-Williams Scholar
Hillary Spangler, MD, MSCR Assistant Professor of Medicine Dr. Hillary Spangler was recently accepted into the Butler-Williams Scholars Program. Held annually, this summer’s program will take place August 3-6, 2026 in Rockville, Maryland. Sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the program addresses both the opportunities and challenges of aging research. Dr. Spangler … Read more
Kunal Jakharia Co-Authors Study Finding Increased Bacteria Infection in Patients with Chronic Lung Disease
A recent study co-authored by Kunal Jakharia, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the UNC Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, and published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation, found that people with bronchiectasis and chronic sinus disease were more likely to have mucus samples that tested positive for a bacteria kn … Read more
Levandowski, Martinez Named to SOM Physician Scientist Training Program
As part of the continued support of the Accelerate Forward Together Strategic Plan, the UNC School of Medicine Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) supports a small number of clinicians committed to translating research findings to advance the practice of medicine in addition to providing clinical care and teaching. PSTP is a pipeline to recruit, train, and retain promisin … Read more