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Grand Rounds: David Weber, MD, MPH

March 13, 2017
Speaker: David Weber, MD, MPH, Medical Director of UNC’s Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Occupational Health ServiceTopic: “Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria: Outbreak Related to Heater-Cooler Units.”

CGIBD Research Seminar – “Role of Gastroenterologist in Obesity Management: Appetite Regulation to Endoscopic Interventions” with Deepinder Goyal, MD, MSCR

March 9, 2017
Dr. Goyal has a strong foundation in academic gastroenterology, pancreato-biliary endoscopy, therapeutic bariatric endoscopy, endocrinology, clinical study design, and understanding the regulatory processes involved in development and approval of investigational drugs and devices. His long-term interest is to develop a comprehensive translational endoscopic bariatric research program with the goal of...

Medicine Grand Rounds, Tina Schade Willis, “Code Sepsis: Current Evidence Based Guidelines and CMS Core Measure”

March 9, 2017
Because of the prevalence, seriousness, and treatability of sepsis, UNC Hospitals launched Code Sepsis, an initiative that aims to implement reliable screening for early detection of sepsis, educate multidisciplinary teams in evidence-based therapies, and standardize tools and treatment bundles for our specific patient populations. Most patients and their families have...

Clinical Spotlight – C. Difficile Program

March 8, 2017
In each e-newsletter we highlight one of our outstanding clinical programs. Today, we interview Dr. Sarah McGill who leads our fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) program to cure Clostridium difficile infection.

Dr. Millie Long to Assume Fellowship Program Director

March 8, 2017
Starting July 1, 2017, Dr. Millie Long assumes directorship of the GI Fellowship Program from Dr. Ryan Madanick, who served as Director from 2009-2017. Dr. Madanick's tenure saw the graduation of 30 core fellows and 11 advanced fellows, as well as bringing our program into the 21st century to be...

Research Spotlight – Dr. Shehzad Sheikh

March 8, 2017
In each e-newsletter we profile research being done by one of our 40+ faculty members. This winter/spring we are highlighting Dr. Shehzad Sheikh from our IBD program.

GI Epi Conference – “Primary Care – Specialist Collaboration in the Care of Children with IBD: Using secondary data to identify opportunities to improve care of potential disease exacerbations.” with Neal deJong, MD

March 8, 2017

Integrative Vascular Biology/McAllister Heart Institute Annual Research Symposium

March 7, 2017

Stem Cell Seminar – “TGF-BETA2 Treatment to Reduce Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Steam Cell Immunogenicity”

March 6, 2017

UNC’s Department of Medicine Hosts Annual NC Chapter Meeting for American College of Physicians

March 2, 2017
Every year the NC Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP) Meeting brings residents, researchers and physician educators together to share internal medicine advances and connect with colleagues. This year it was UNC’s turn to showcase exceptional faculty and excellence in medical education.

CGIBD Seminar – “Single-cell and High-throughput genomics core services at UNC.” with Scott T. Magness, Ph.D.

March 2, 2017
Dr. Magness' research program focuses on the genetic regulation of intestinal stem cell maintenance and differentiation and development of novel approaches to single-cell biology. He is the founder and director of Center for GI Biology and Disease's (CGIBD) Advanced Analytics Core that offers single-cell and high-throughput genomics services. His talk...

Medicine Grand Rounds, Stephan Moll, “Thrombophilia Evaluation: Choosing Wisely”

March 2, 2017
Dr. Stephan Moll’s expertise is in thrombosis and anticoagulation. In this presentation, he will set forth clinically important facts about the pathophysiology, prevalence and thrombotic risk of inherited and acquired thrombophilias. In addition, he will describe which patient and family members to test for thrombophilia, what tests to obtain, and...