Tag: 2025

With the goal of recognizing the top cardiology providers across the nation, The Business Journals partnered with Premier Inc., a technology-driven, healthcare improvement company, to publish the annual Premier’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals ranking. Out of 925 hospitals reviewed by Premier, UNC Hospitals ranked 13th among teaching hospitals with cardiovascular...

Meet Tammy Long, MSN, APRN, AGNP, an APP in Cardiology and aspiring baker! What is your role in the Department and what patients do you serve? I am a nurse practitioner in the Division of Cardiology. I see heart failure patients in an outpatient clinic. I also work as a...

The Division of Geriatric Medicine is proud to announce the following faculty’s recent achievements: Effective March 1, 2025, Dr. Lindsay Wilson was promoted to Clinical Professor. The American College of Physicians (ACP) honored Dr. Deb Bynum with the NC Laureate Award from. She has also been elected to the Association...

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...

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 recent UNC School of Medicine graduates,...

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...

Stephen Schworer, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine in the UNC Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, was recently awarded the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Foundation Faculty Development Award for his project, “T2-skewed basal cells promote small airway mucus plugging in asthma.” The AAAAI Foundation is...

Debra Bynum, MD, MMEL, FACP, Vice Chair for Education in the UNC Department of Medicine, Program Director for the UNC Internal Medicine Residency Program and professor of medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine, has been honored with the North Carolina Laureate Award from the American College of Physicians. The...

People with metastatic cancer who regularly report their symptoms via a home-based electronic monitoring system experienced improved quality of life, clinical outcomes and well-being, as well as fewer emergency department visits than those who didn’t file reports. Both groups had similar overall survival rates, according to University of North Carolina...

Three Department of Medicine faculty have been awarded with the second annual Medical Staff Physician Clinical Excellence Award. This award recognizes UNC Hospitals clinical physicians who embody the qualities of a truly great patient service provider. These physicians are technically skilled, compassionate to patients and families and work collaboratively with...

Meet Dr. Tiffany Long Dr. Tiffany Long is a geriatrician at UNC, with deep roots in North Carolina. A true Tar Heel through and through, she completed her medical school, internal medicine residency, and geriatrics fellowship at UNC. “I love it here, have never lived outside the state, and probably...

The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty and staff throughout the month of January. Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, shared strategies for staying healthy during the holidays Amanda E. Nelson, MD, MSCR, provided insight into the development of a new diagnostic test for...