Tag: 2018

Sameer Arora, MD, a UNC School of Medicine cardiology fellow, led a study reviewing hospitalizations for a certain type of heart attack that occurred over a 15-year period and found consistent differences in the treatment of black and white patients.

Speaker: Bo Jiang, MD, UNC Cardiology FellowTopic: Genetics of Coronary Artery Disease

Once deemed primarily diagnostic, endoscopy has quickly transcended to a minimally invasive intervention and therapeutic tool. This continuous evolution of the spectrum of endoscopy represents an active area of ongoing research and clinical care with tremendous biomedical potential. This review will focus on latest developments in the field of therapeutic...

After a national search, Ronald Falk, MD, chair of the department of medicine has announced that Beth L. Jonas, MD, Reeves Foundation Professor of Medicine, has been appointed chief of the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology.

A new position will focus on integrating clinical services across the department of medicine.

Speaker: Cory Henderson, UNC Cardiology FellowTopic: Cardiac CT: A Review of Clinical Applications

Dr. M. Sue Kirkman and Dr. Sriram Machineni from the division of endocrinology and metabolism were recently interviewed in a Popsugar article about excess belly fat and the link to certain diseases.

WUNC's Frank Stasio talked with Dr. Ross Simpson, cardiologist and professor of medicine, and Rachel Seidman, director of the Southern Oral History Program and adjunct assistant professor of history and women’s and gender studies at UNC-Chapel Hill about their collaborative project 'Sudden.'

Dr. Sue Kirkman is featured in a new video that introduces the ‘Guiding Principles for the Care of People With or at Risk for Diabetes,’ a report produced with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

The Society of General Internal Medicine elected Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, as its 41st president last year. Officially inducted in April, Corbie-Smith says the appointment is giving her the opportunity to combine her 20 plus years of service to the organization with her work as a health equity researcher. She will...

Three medicine divisions have been recognized in the "Best Hospitals" ranking from the US News and World Report.