Category: News
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
Vimal Derebail Appointed Vice Chief of Clinical Operations for the UNC Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Vimal K. Derebail, MD, MPH, has been appointed Vice Chief of Clinical Operations of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Jenny Flythe, MD, MPH, Chief of the Division, announced. Dr. Derebail, an associate professor of medicine and member of the UNC faculty since 2011, is internationally known for his excellence in care of patients with g … Read more
Christopher Dittus Completes Meaningful Lymphoma Study He Started as a Fellow
Christopher Dittus, DO, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine and Clinical Director of the lymphoma program, is the senior author of a newly published study in the British Journal of Haematology evaluating a novel treatment approach for aggressive adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), a rare and deadly subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that primarily affects ethnic minority populat … Read more
Richard Loeser Receives Department of Defense Grant for Investigating Post-Traumatic Oseteoarthritis
Richard Loeser, Jr., MD, Director of the Thurston Arthritis Research Clinic and a Joseph P. Archie Eminent Professor of Medicine, was awarded a $500K grant from the Department of Defense (DoD) for his study entitled,” A novel drug discovery approach for preventing post-traumatic osteoarthritis.” The DoD’s Arthritis Research Program Focused Research Award supports high-risk high-r … Read more
Fellow and Faculty Conduct Comparative C. Diff Study
Dr. Barlowe and Dr.McGill Sarah McGill, MD, MSc a gastroenterologist and endoscopist, and Trevor Barlowe, MD, a gastroenterology fellow, have found that a newly-approved treatment for C. diff. infection, called fecal microbiota spores, may be associated with a particularly harmful rebound of infection, compared to traditional therapy. Their results were published in Clinical Gast … Read more
Joshua Zeidner Co-Authored a Study on a Promising Novel Drug for Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Joshua Zeidner, MD Joshua Zeidner, MD, associate professor of medicine and chief of leukemia research at UNC Lineberger, is the corresponding author of a newly published study on a promising treatment approach for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The early-phase clinical trial, conducted at 12 centers nationwide, tested whether adding the oral menin inhibitor revumenib to the standa … Read more
Dr. Emily Cetrone: North Carolina Needs More Geriatricians
Dr. Emily Cetrone According to the American Geriatrics Society, North Carolina had 227 certified geriatricians in 2016. By 2030, the state is expected to need 931. Dr. Emily Cetrone, a clinical assistant professor and associate program director for the UNC Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program says, “The truth is that we won’t have enough geriatricians just based on the growing p … Read more
Featured Staff: Savannah Harris
Meet Savannah Harris, an Administrative Specialist for the Division of Nephrology! Savannah is in her first year at DoM and already working on developing a mentorship program! What’s your role and how long have you been a part of our Department? I’m an Administrative Specialist for the Department of Nephrology. I’ve been part of this team for about six months, but I have been w … Read more
Dr. Meredith Gilliam: 2024-2025 Tideswell Scholar
Dr. Gilliam (2nd from L), UNC Division of Geriatric Medicine Chief Dr. Jan Busby-Whitehead (3rd from L), and other Tideswell Scholars at AGS 2025 During the American Geriatric Society’s annual meeting in Chicago last month, Dr. Meredith Gilliam attended the 10 years of Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging Celebration. The intimate gathering brought together Tideswell alumni from a … Read more
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Provides Clarity in Ed’s Care
Barbara LeVarge, MD, a pulmonologist and associate professor at the University of North Carolina Department of Medicine, is using a new cardiopulmonary test, invasive CPET, at UNC Hillsborough to better understand complex conditions. “In my mind, Dr. LeVarge essentially saved my life,” Ed Boiar says. “I have real admiration for her work.” Ed Boiar, an avid golfer and grateful CP … Read more
Internists Represent UNC at the 2025 Society for General Internal Medicine Conference
The UNC Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology was well represented at the 2025 Society for General Internal Medicine conference. This year’s theme focused on the role of academic general internists in changing the healthcare landscape. Nineteen faculty and residents presented on topics spanning both clinical and research subjects Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH, was a pl … Read more
O’Shea and Arant Complete the Leadership in Academic Medicine Program
The Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP) has been designed to assist junior faculty at UNC within their first 3 years to build a sense of community, purpose, direction, and confidence so they may thrive in their career. Drs. Arant and O’Shea Patrick O’Shea, MD, MBA, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine, and Elizabeth (Eli) Arant, MD, assi … Read more