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Category: Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine

  • M. Bradley Drummond, MD MHS, and Ilona Jaspers, PhD

    Smoking cessation hotline calls increase 20 percent amid vaping concerns

    Ilona Jaspers, MD, and Bradley Drummond, MD, are interviewed by WTVD-11 in response to growing health concerns about vaping. E-cigarette studies show vaping, like smoking, may promote emphysema.

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    Rivera received 2019 Educator Award

    M. Patricia Rivera, MD M. Patricia Rivera, MD, received a 2019 Educator Award from the American College of Chest Physicians. The honor was presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Each year, CHEST honors physicians and others who are making significant or meritorious contributions to chest medicine. All honorees are recognized for advancing work in specific areas of … Read more

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    Drummond discusses vaping related illnesses in Carolina Journal

    Flu and vaping-related illnesses present the same symptoms, but each requires different treatments. Bradley Drummond, MD, associate professor in the division of pulmonary medicine, says disentangling the two entities will be a challenge during flu season, in this interview with Carolina Journal.

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    Drummond says symptoms of vaping illness are similar to flu

    Brad Drummond, MD (Credit: WTVD-11 News) Vaping associated lung injury continues to rise with symptoms nearly identical to influenza.  Brad Drummond, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine in pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, says physicians are at the forefront of the epidemic as flu season begins. (Credit: WTVD-11 News) He explains that doctors know how to treat … Read more

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    Goralski receives clinical research scholars grant through Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

    Jennifer Goralski, MD, assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics in the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, is one of three national recipients of the Clinical Research Scholars Program through the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Development Network. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) and the Therapeutics Development Network (TDN) announce th … Read more

  • September- Grants and Funding

    Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: September 1-September 30, 2019

    Division of Geriatric Medicine Laura Hanson, MD, MPH, will lead NIA’s new IMPACT Collaboratory’s Patient and Caregiver Reported Outcomes (PCRO) Core, funded by a five-year, $1.4 million grant. Learn more. Division of Hematology/Oncology Lisa Carey, MD, will receive $400,000 from Susan G. Komen to study how HER2+ tumors respond to HER2-targeted therapies. She is one of three UNC S … Read more

  • Ashley Henderson, MD, and Koyal Jain, MD

    Henderson, Jain appointed directors of undergraduate education in the department

    Ashley Henderson, MD, and Koyal Jain, MD Ron Falk, MD, chair of the department of medicine, has named Ashley Henderson, MD, associate professor of medicine in pulmonary medicine, and Koyal Jain, MD, assistant professor of medicine in nephrology, the new directors of undergraduate education in the department of medicine. “The best education curriculum responds to changes in medica … Read more

  • July- Grants and Funding

    Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: July 1-July 31, 2019

    Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Shehzad Z. Sheikh, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, and post-doctoral fellow Takahiko Toyonaga, MD, PhD, have received a fellowship research award from the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. Read more. Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Crystal Wiley Cené, … Read more

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    American Thoracic Society Honors Rivera For Lifetime Achievement

    The Thoracic Oncology Assembly of the American Thoracic Society presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to UNC Lineberger’s M. Patricia Rivera, MD, professor of medicine in the department’s division of pulmonary and critical care medicine. M. Patricia Rivera, MD Rivera was recognized at the society’s international conference in Dallas in May, for her outstanding scientific contr … Read more

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    Noone Receives 2019 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award

    Dr. Peadar Gerard Noone (pictured with Dr. Joanna Schneider Cavalier) received the 2019 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award on Saturday. Peadar Gerard Noone, MD, professor of medicine in the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, and medical director of the UNC Center for Bronchiectasis Care, has received the 2019 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, pre … Read more

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    Featured Administrator: Hannah Little Serves the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Division of Pulmonary Medicine

    Hannah Little is the next featured administrator in our series, recognizing those who ensure operations are managed efficiently to support faculty, staff, and trainees in their pursuit of education, research and clinical care. Division administrators like Little focus on achieving continuous improvement in the quality and the value of our work, for those we support and the patien … Read more

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    Donaldson Study Shows Ivacaftor Improves Mucociliary Clearance

    Scott H. Donaldson, MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is first author on a new study that shows restoring the activity of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductant regulator (CFTR) using the therapeutic agent Ivacaftor can lead to significant improvements in physiologic assessments. Scott Donaldson, MD Cystic fibrosis is caused b … Read more