Deanna Sasaki-Adams, MD, received the Ellie Helton Chair of Research Award for $40,000 from the Brain Aneurysm Foundation.

What’s new in the Department of Neurosurgery

What’s new in the Department of Neurosurgery

Robert H. Wilkins, MD, served as the director of academics for the Department of Neurosurgery.

Neil Martin, M.D., was the guest speaker at the third annual Robert H. Wilkins, M.D. Lectureship in Academic Neurosurgery sponsored jointly by the UNC and Duke Neurosurgery Departments on February 28.

Join us in Cary, NC on Sunday, April 30th at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Regency Park. Proceeds from this event will benefit UNC’s Department of Neurosurgery and the Brain Tumor Trials Collaborative.

The Department of Neurosurgery is pleased to announce that Dr. Matt Ewend will begin service as the President of UNC Physicians starting in March. His role will be to oversee the physician clinical enterprise of UNC Health Care, which includes more than 2,400 physicians and 600 advanced practice providers in 450 practices spanning the UNC … Read more

Matt Ewend, MD, FACS, has been named President of UNC Physicians. In this role, Ewend will oversee the physician clinical enterprise of UNC Health Care.

Judy Huang, MD, FAANS presented a talk on “Tailored Management of Arteriovenous Malformations” to over 50 attendees on October 6th, 2016, in the Bioinfomatics Building. Dr. Huang is Vice Chair, Department of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University and the Director of the Department of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. This special Grand Rounds … Read more

The UNC Hospitals Neurosurgery and Neurology specialties were recently rated by US News and World Report as high performing, earning scores that fell within the top 10% of analyzed centers. In addition, UNC Hospitals earned a national ranking of 16th in cancer care among more than 900 hospitals, up from 32nd in 2015. UNC Children’s … Read more