Dr. Carlos David, Professor of Neurosurgery and Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Neurosurgery at UNC Health has been appointed as Program Director of the UNC Neurosurgery Residency Training Program. Dr. Carlos David joined UNC Health in 2022 as a professor, actively engaging in resident education as Vice...

“So there is something wrong because everyone was making me feel like I was crazy.”  EB is a passionate wrestler and has spent years training on the mat of his high school gym in a coastal town of North Carolina. But in November of 2022, EB was injured during a...

“We wanted to do everything we possibly could so that our son gets more time with his dad.”  In January 2024 Sam developed a headache that would not go away. He then started experiencing fainting spells. On February 24, 2024 while attending a birthday party with his 8-year-old son, Sam...

“My whole life had changed. I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t go out because I was worried about falling.” In August of 2022 Cheryl fell and fractured her right foot. For 12 weeks, Cheryl was unable to put weight on her foot while it healed. During that time, Cheryl noticed that,...

Devinder describes her mother, Bhupinder, as fairly healthy and very active. But in September of 2022, Bhupinder started to notice numbness and tingling in her legs. She then developed frequent and intense cramps to her lower body. Her symptoms made it difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep, or sit...

PGY 2 neurosurgery resident, Olivia Gilbert, MD was selected for induction into UNC’s chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) National Medical Honor Society. Membership in AΩA may be attained as a medical student, resident, fellow, faculty member, alumni, clinician, or distinguished leader in medicine. Dr. Gilbert was nominated by a former UNC...

PGY 6 neurosurgery resident Kelly Chamberlin, MD, MSCR was selected for induction into UNC’s chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) National Medical Honor Society. Membership in AΩA may be attained as a medical student, resident, fellow, faculty member, alumni, clinician, or distinguished leader in medicine. Dr. Chamberlain was nominated by a...

UNC Health’s Department of Neurosurgery hosted the focused ultrasound open house on campus for UNC Health and School of Medicine leadership and faculty to thank them for their continued support of the focused ultrasound program. The open house included presentations from UNC Health leadership, functional neurosurgeon Dr. Vibhor Krishna, and...

UNC Health hosted the Weatherspoon inaugural brain tumor mini-symposium at UNC Health last week featuring presentations from UNC faculty and keynote speaker, Dr. Timothy Gershon from Emory School of Medicine. Dr. Gershon’s research aims to understand the rules and instructions brain tumors are following and how he can use that...

The UNC Health Department of Neurosurgery is pleased to announce that two new neurosurgery residents matched with our program and will join our neurosurgery residency program this summer. Zoe Robinow from California Northstate University College of Medicine and Deveney Franklin from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School...