Monoclonal gammopathies are a group of plasma cell or B-cell disorders including true cancers such as multiple myeloma or “sort-of cancers” such as light chain amyloidosis. These disorders in many cases cause no injury to a person (i.e., monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance [MGUS]) but when they do cause injury,...

Nicholas Shaheen, MD, MPH, has been recognized for mentoring excellence by the American Gastroenterological Association.

Dr. Anne Peery was principal investigator for a national study that has confirmed incidences of surgery for nonmalignant colorectal polyps are increasing when there are other options to surgery. She was featured with Dr. Ian Grimm in a WRAL news story, along with a patient who appreciated a less invasive...

UNC Gastroenterology 2017 Peer Reviewed Publications

Medicine hospitalists have recognized unnecessary practices for low-risk chest pain in an article recently published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

The newest project from the department of medicine’s Value Care Action Group (VCAG) is better serving patients with early heart failure while also reducing visits to the ED and subsequent hospitalizations.

The bionic pancreas system proved better than either conventional or sensor-augmented insulin pump therapy at managing blood sugar levels in patients with type 1 diabetes living at home, with no restrictions, over 11 days. “For study participants living at home without limitations on their activity and diet, the bionic pancreas...

Planning for UNC Health Care’s new medical campus is now underway, replacing the Eastowne office complex near US 15-501.

Speaker: Olga Bokeriya, MD, PhD, FACC, Professor of Cardiology; Chief, Department of Cardiac Surgery; Chief Scientist and Physician for Bakoulev National Medical and Research Center for Cardiovascular Surgery and Ministry for Healthcare, Russian Federation in MoscowTopic: “The Russian National Center for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery: Extensive Experience and Creative Innovations”

Nicholas Shaheen, MD, MPH, has been recognized for mentoring excellence by the American Gastroenterological Association.

Dr. Blythe was an expert in salt and water homeostasis. This lecture will use a case-based approach to review the overall principles of salt and water homeostasis, and will describe new paradigms in long term salt balance, the storage of salt in the tissues and the neural control of salt...

James F. Donohue, MD, was honored with the Breathing for Life Award at the Tenth Annual American Thoracic Society (ATS) Foundation Research Program Benefit on Saturday, May 19, 2018, in San Diego, California. The Breathing for Life Award is the highest honor given by the Foundation for philanthropy, scientific achievement,...