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Category: Residency

  • Julie Golding Receives Pulse of Medicine Staff Award

    Dr. Darren DeWalt announced Julie Golding, Residency Program Coordinator, as the inaugural recipient of the Pulse of Medicine Staff Award. This award honors a Department of Medicine staff member who demonstrates exceptional dedication to their role, consistently exceeds goals, goes above and beyond their job responsibilities, and takes ownership of their work. The recipient colla … Read more

  • Ria Dancel Collaborates on Creation of Internal Medicine Residency POCUS Recommendations

    Ria Dancel, MD Ria Dancel, MD, FACP, SFHM, FAAP, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics in the UNC Division of Hospital Medicine, collaborated with a group of academic teaching physicians to develop the first expert and evidence-based consensus on the core components of a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) curriculum for internal medicine residency training in the United States. Thei … Read more

  • Meet the 2025-2026 IM Chief Residents

    Left to Right: Drs. Bobby Ijeoma, Govind Kallumkal, Maggie Fennell, Christina Siems, Lexus Andrews The UNC Internal Medicine Residency Program welcomes the following chief residents who will serve during the 2025-2026 academic year. The administrative chief resident is a position of distinction, professionalism and leadership. These appointed physicians will lead and mentor resid … Read more

  • Resident and Faculty Recognized with End of Year Awards.

    Here are the recipients of the 2025 Residents award! Faculty awarded by the 2025 class of residents are also listed below. Bondurant-Eringhaus Award Recipient: Brian Wood, MD Awarded to a resident demonstrating commitment and excellence in research. Chairman’s Awards Recipients: Hannah Dee, MD & Lauren Goldbeck, MD Given in recognition of residents who have had a great impact … 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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    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

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    Get to know the Internal Medicine Residency Program’s faculty educators

    The Internal Medicine Residency Program faculty educators play a vital role in shaping the future of healthcare and our Carolina community. With a commitment to excellence in teaching, mentorship, and clinical care, our faculty members bring a wealth of knowledge and diverse expertise to the program. They are not just educators; they are innovators and compassionate physicians wh … Read more

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    Faculty and Residents Honored by UNC SOM Student Government

    The UNC School of Medicine Student Government held the Fall Convocation and Awards Ceremony for 2024. The following faculty and residents from the Department of Medicine were recognized. Evan Raff, MD, associate professor of medicine, received The Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Excellence in Teaching Award in the Clinical Sciences. This award was established in 1985 to recognize e … Read more

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    Academy of Educators Recognize Faculty and Trainees

    Founded as a part of UNC School of Medicine’s strategic plan, the Academy of Educators (AOE) has been enhancing research and scholarship towards excellence in teaching since 2006. The Mission of the Academy is also to promote and fund curricular innovation, evidence-based curricular change and a scholarly approach to the education mission and provide a forum for education leaders … Read more