A Satellite Symposium at the North Carolina Cardiovascular Update YOU’RE INVITEDThe UNC Center for Heart & Vascular Care is pleased to present an Echo Satellite Symposium at the 2018 North Carolina Cardiovascular Update.1. Enhance sonographers’ clinical knowledge of the prevalence, incidence, prognosis and progression of aortic stenosis (AS).2. Enhance sonographers’...

The UNC School of Medicine is one of four clinical sites participating in a five-year $10 million NIH-funded project to identify the most effective treatment options for fecal incontinence. William E. Whitehead, PhD, professor of medicine in the department of medicine’s division of gastroenterology, is one of four principal investigators.

Target Audience Cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, internists, family practice and primary care physicians, emergency physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other health professionals involved in the treatment of cardiovascular disease Objectives Identify and integrate various state-of-the art treatments for cardiovascular disease utilized by primary care physicians and cardiologists, including percutaneous...

Patrick T. O’Gara, MD, is the Director of Strategic Planning for the Cardiovascular Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the Watkins Family Distinguished Chair in Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His clinical activities are focused on patients with valvular heart disease, other structural heart diseases...

The New York Times featured UNC's Senior Mentor Program from the division of geriatric medicine in an article published on October 12.

When a patient presents with signs and symptoms suspicious for a tick-borne illness, medical providers in central North Carolina regularly test for Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, but often don’t think about Ehrlichia, according to researchers.

A pilot initiative at UNC Hospitals Hillsborough Campus will design elder care training to build dementia-friendly hospitals and communities. An advisory board meeting took place on September 26, 2018.

Study review led by Dr. Sameer Arora wins high impact award for cardiology research.

Chief resident Dr. Alison Raybould joins the cast of a new season of Survivor, competing for $1 million.

Dr. Ria Dances says point-of-care (POCUS) ultrasound is the next step in the evolution of internists, enhancing physical diagnosis skills and patient-physician relationships. She has published two papers about POCUS in the Journal of the Society of Hospital Medicine.

The department of medicine plans to create a differentiating multi-disciplinary care experience, that will be delivered in a time and cost-efficient patient-centered manner.