Category: Award

Dr. James F. Howard, Jr., was presented with the AANEM’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award at the AANEM’s annual meeting on October 15 – 18. This award is the highest honor bestowed by AANEM and recognizes major contributors in neuromuscular (NM) and electrodiagnostic (EDX) medicine. Dr. Howard has received this honor...

On Friday, October 18, 2024, Dr. James F. Howard, Jr., M.D., FAAN was recognized as a recipient of the 2024 Distinguished Academic Achievement Award by the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine Alumni Association. The Distinguished Academic Achievement Award is presented to alumni in recognition of outstanding scientific or...

During National APP Week (September 22-29) the UNC APP Center hosted a gathering and dinner to celebrate all of the amazing APPs employed across UNC! During this event each year they announce the nominations and winners of the APP Excellence Awards. These awards currently recognize excellence in clinical practice, teaching, leadership,...

Dr. Manisha Chopra has been awarded the 2024 Dean’s Performance Award for her work in Research. In her nomination, Chopra’s colleagues celebrate her expertise in clinical trials and her commitment to patient care. Her focus on patient safety and wellbeing as well as her attention to detail make her the...

The AANEM Lifetime Achievement Award, the organization’s highest honor, recognizes members for their significant contributions to NM and EDX medicine through teaching, research, and publications. James (Chip) F. Howard, Jr., MD, has been recognized with the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award for his substantial impact in these fields.

The Department of Neurology is please to announce that the Movement Disorders Outpatient Clinic received Honorable Mention at the 2024 Carolina Quality and Safety Award for “Addressing the Pillars of Palliative care: Advance care planning in movement disorders outpatient clinics”. This award program was developed to recognize quality improvement efforts...

Dr. Clio Rubinos has been selected as a UNC School of Medicine Simmons Scholar and has been awarded the SIREN MAGNETIC Hub Junior Faculty Subaward from Duke Emergency Medicine. Both awards will support research career development for Dr. Rubinos. Since its launch in 1994, the Simmons Scholars Program has offered...

Dr. Qian-Zhou Jojo Yang and Dr. Kiran McCloskey were recently awarded the Promoting Clinical Research in Southeastern NC award from the Research Advisory Council (RAC). Their project, Understanding pediatric epilepsy surgery disparities within the state of North Carolina, will be funded for the next year.

The following article was written by Sonya Lester, BSN, RN, CCRN, Patient Services Manager III, Neurosurgical ICU. Melissa Massenburg, BSN, RN, CCRN, was selected by the UNC Medical Center nursing leadership as a UNCMC Nurse of the Year. She was nominated by nursing staff colleagues to honor her for exceptional service...

Each year, UNC Hospitals & UNC Faculty Physicians celebrate the empathy and expertise of UNC Health physicians and advanced practice providers. Based on UNC Hospitals Press Ganey Medical Practice survey, 205 of UNC Health providers received the highest recommendations, which places them in the top quartile nationally. The honorees receive 2024...