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Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Samuel Wilson presents: “Transformative therapies for Sickle Cell disease are here: Where do we go next?”

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Dr. Samuel Wilson is a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Hematology at UNC. His research interests include understanding and improving the health outcomes of people living with sickle cell disease (SCD), with a focus on young adults. He is currently studying how to better manage iron overload in SCD, and is developing biomarkers … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Janice Hwang presents: “Metabolism and Carolina in my Mind”

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Dr. Hwang is an endocrinologist as well as an Associate Professor and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine. She graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University in 2001 with a major in molecular biology followed by Harvard Medical School in 2006. She completed her … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Druthi P. Chen presents: “APOL1 Gene Variants and Disease Among Individuals of African Descent”

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I am deeply interested in and committed to patients with kidney diseases. It is a privilege to take care of complex diseases and be involved with patients and families who come to UNC Kidney Center. In addition to providing personalized care, one of our major strengths is patient-centered approach to research and clinical trials. I … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- 2023 Blythe Lecture Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Himmelfarb presents: “Kidney Precision Medicine”

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I have been an independently funded NIH investigator for over 30 years, with a consistent focus on conducting clinical and translational research targeting the major complications of kidney disease, a public health problem affecting 850 million people worldwide, 37 million US adults, and is the 10th leading cause of death in the US. In 2008 … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Anil Gehi and Dr. Faisal Syed presents “Rate vs. Rhythm Control of Atrial Fibrillation”

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Dr. Gehi’s clinical interests include pacemaker and defibrillator implantation and device extraction, as well as catheter ablation for SVT, VT, atrial flutter, and atrial fibrillation. Dr. Gehi’s research focus includes techniques of ablation for atrial fibrillation (including hybrid ablation), processes of care in the management of atrial fibrillation, and outcomes research in atrial fibrillation through … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Sarah McGill presents: “Irritable Bowel Syndrome from a Tick? Understanding Gastrointestinal Alpha-gal Syndrome”

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  Sarah McGIll, MD MSc is a gastroenterologist, endoscopist, and researcher at UNC. Her interests include gastrointestinal manifestation of the alpha-gal syndrome, innovations in colorectal cancer screening and fecal microbiota transplant. In 2020 she published the first description of gastrointestinal-isolated alpha-gal syndrome in the GI literature. Dr. McGill is a North Carolina native and a … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Michael Craig and Dr. Meera Udayakumar presents “Hospital-at-Home: The UNC Advanced Care at Home Experience.”

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Dr. Craig has been a practicing hospitalist since 2009.  He began his hospitalist career at WakeMed and then joined the faculty at UNC full-time in 2015.  At UNC he has devoted effort to reduce low-value care including reducing unnecessary cardiac telemetry as part of the Department of Medicine Value Action Group and reducing admissions of … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds – Dr. Thomas Keyserling and Professor Katie Meyer presents “The Impact of Dietary Patterns on the Gut Microbiome and on Chronic Disease Risk.”

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Dr. Keyserling is a Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Nutrition at the Gillings School of Global Public Health. He has been the PI or a major contributor to multiple randomized clinical trials conducted in … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds – Dr. David Weber presents: “Outbreaks and Pandemics: Focus On Mpox and Planning for Future Pandemics and Outbreaks”

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Dr. David Jay Weber is currently the Charles Addison and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Epidemiology, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.  Dr. Weber received his Medical Degree from the University of California, San Diego in 1977, a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard University in 1985, … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. José Gaston Guillem presents:” The Surgeon’s Role in the Multidisciplinary Management of Inherited Colorectal Cancer”

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José G. Guillem, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS joined the Department of Surgery at UNC Chapel Hill in April 2020 as the new Chief and Professor in the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery. Dr. Guillem is a Board Certified Colorectal Surgeon who obtained his training in General Surgery at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and his training in all aspects … Read more