{"id":17,"date":"2016-04-13T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T19:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med-neurosurgery.sites.unc.edu\/about\/news\/2016-2\/"},"modified":"2017-10-17T20:15:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T00:15:54","slug":"2016-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/about\/news\/2016-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- portlet_header --><\/p>\n<p><!-- portlet_above --><\/p>\n<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">\n<div class=\"tileItem visualIEFloatFix\">\n<h2 class=\"tileHeadline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/head-for-the-cure-5k-run-walk\" class=\"summary url\">Head for the Cure 5k Run\/Walk<\/a> <\/h2>\n<p class=\"tileBody\"> <span class=\"description\">The Head for the Cure Walk\/Run raises money and awareness about the need for research on brain tumors. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"tileFooter\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/head-for-the-cure-5k-run-walk\"> <span class=\"hiddenStructure\">Head for the Cure 5k Run\/Walk &#8211; <\/span> <span>Read More\u2026<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tileItem visualIEFloatFix\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/good-news-february-16-2016\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/good-news-february-16-2016\" alt=\"Good News - April 15, 2016\" title=\"\" height=\"112\" width=\"200\" class=\"tileImage\" \/> <\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"tileHeadline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/good-news-february-16-2016\" class=\"summary url\">Good News &#8211; April 15, 2016<\/a> <\/h2>\n<p class=\"tileBody\"> <span class=\"description\">What&#8217;s new in the Department of Neurosurgery<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"tileFooter\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/good-news-february-16-2016\"> <span class=\"hiddenStructure\">Good News &#8211; April 15, 2016 &#8211; <\/span> <span>Read More\u2026<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tileItem visualIEFloatFix\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/dr-simon-khagi-joins-uncs-brain-tumor-program\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/dr-simon-khagi-joins-uncs-brain-tumor-program\" alt=\"Dr. Simon Khagi to join UNC's Brain Tumor program\" title=\"\" height=\"200\" width=\"199\" class=\"tileImage\" \/> <\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"tileHeadline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/dr-simon-khagi-joins-uncs-brain-tumor-program\" class=\"summary url\">Dr. Simon Khagi to join UNC&#8217;s Brain Tumor program<\/a> <\/h2>\n<p class=\"tileBody\"> <span class=\"description\">Dr. Khagi will join the Division of Oncology as an assistant professor in late August with a joint appointment in Neurosurgery.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"tileFooter\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/dr-simon-khagi-joins-uncs-brain-tumor-program\"> <span class=\"hiddenStructure\">Dr. Simon Khagi to join UNC&#8217;s Brain Tumor program &#8211; <\/span> <span>Read More\u2026<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tileItem visualIEFloatFix\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/neurosurgery-chief-resident-travels-to-unc-project-malawi\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/neurosurgery-chief-resident-travels-to-unc-project-malawi\" alt=\"Neurosurgery chief resident travels to UNC Project-Malawi\" title=\"Malawi countryside\" height=\"200\" width=\"153\" class=\"tileImage\" \/> <\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"tileHeadline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/neurosurgery-chief-resident-travels-to-unc-project-malawi\" class=\"summary url\">Neurosurgery chief resident travels to UNC Project-Malawi<\/a> <\/h2>\n<p class=\"tileBody\"> <span class=\"description\">UNC Neurosurgery chief resident Dr. Carolyn Quinsey visited UNC Project-Malawi in March to determine neurosurgical needs in Malawi.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"tileFooter\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/neurosurgery-chief-resident-travels-to-unc-project-malawi\"> <span class=\"hiddenStructure\">Neurosurgery chief resident travels to UNC Project-Malawi &#8211; <\/span> <span>Read More\u2026<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tileItem visualIEFloatFix\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/dr-nelson-m-oyesiku-spoke-at-the-annual-robert-h-wilkins-md-lectureship-in-academic-neurosurgery-sponsored-jointly-by-the-unc-and-duke-university\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/dr-nelson-m-oyesiku-spoke-at-the-annual-robert-h-wilkins-md-lectureship-in-academic-neurosurgery-sponsored-jointly-by-the-unc-and-duke-university\" alt=\"Dr. Nelson M. Oyesiku speaks at the Robert H. Wilkins, MD Lectureship in Academic Neurosurgery\" title=\"\" height=\"100\" width=\"200\" class=\"tileImage\" \/> <\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"tileHeadline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/dr-nelson-m-oyesiku-spoke-at-the-annual-robert-h-wilkins-md-lectureship-in-academic-neurosurgery-sponsored-jointly-by-the-unc-and-duke-university\" class=\"summary url\">Dr. Nelson M. Oyesiku speaks at the Robert H. Wilkins, MD Lectureship in Academic Neurosurgery<\/a> <\/h2>\n<p class=\"tileBody\"> <span class=\"description\">Nelson M. Oyesiku, MD, PhD, FACS was the guest speaker at the second annual Robert H. Wilkins, MD Lectureship in Academic Neurosurgery sponsored jointly by the UNC and Duke Neurosurgery Departments on February 9th at the Carolina Inn. Fifty-five guests dined and later enjoyed Dr. Oyesiku&#8217;s talk on &#8220;The Life and Times of the Editor-in-Chief.&#8221; <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"tileFooter\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/dr-nelson-m-oyesiku-spoke-at-the-annual-robert-h-wilkins-md-lectureship-in-academic-neurosurgery-sponsored-jointly-by-the-unc-and-duke-university\"> <span class=\"hiddenStructure\">Dr. Nelson M. Oyesiku speaks at the Robert H. Wilkins, MD Lectureship in Academic Neurosurgery &#8211; <\/span> <span>Read More\u2026<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tileItem visualIEFloatFix\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/bullitt-friedman-fellowship\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/bullitt-friedman-fellowship\" alt=\"UNC and Duke University Neurosurgery Departments to offer joint international fellowship\" title=\"Drs. Elizabeth Bullitt (UNC), Allan Friedman (Duke), Matt Ewend (UNC), John Sampson (Duke)\" height=\"100\" width=\"200\" class=\"tileImage\" \/> <\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"tileHeadline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/bullitt-friedman-fellowship\" class=\"summary url\">UNC and Duke University Neurosurgery Departments to offer joint international fellowship<\/a> <\/h2>\n<p class=\"tileBody\"> <span class=\"description\">An innovative collaboration between UNC and Duke has resulted in the creation of the Elizabeth Bullitt \/ Allan H. Friedman International Fellowship in Neurosurgery. The fellowship was announced on February 9th, 2016 at the Robert H. Wilkins Lectureship in Academic Neurosurgery held at the Carolina Inn. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"tileFooter\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/bullitt-friedman-fellowship\"> <span class=\"hiddenStructure\">UNC and Duke University Neurosurgery Departments to offer joint international fellowship &#8211; <\/span> <span>Read More\u2026<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tileItem visualIEFloatFix\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/2016-neurosurgery-residents-announced\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016-neurosurgery-residents-announced\" alt=\"2016 Neurosurgery residents announced\" title=\"\" height=\"111\" width=\"200\" class=\"tileImage\" \/> <\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"tileHeadline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/2016-neurosurgery-residents-announced\" class=\"summary url\">2016 Neurosurgery residents announced<\/a> <\/h2>\n<p class=\"tileBody\"> <span class=\"description\">The UNC Neurosurgery Residency program welcomes Randaline (Randi) Barnett and Martin Piazza.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"tileFooter\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/2016-neurosurgery-residents-announced\"> <span class=\"hiddenStructure\">2016 Neurosurgery residents announced &#8211; <\/span> <span>Read More\u2026<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tileItem visualIEFloatFix\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/rasmussen-noah-k-duncan-visiting-professor-lectureship\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/rasmussen-noah-k-duncan-visiting-professor-lectureship\" alt=\"Dr. Peter A. Rasmussen presents at the Noah K. Duncan Visiting Professor Lectureship\" title=\"\" height=\"100\" width=\"200\" class=\"tileImage\" \/> <\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"tileHeadline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/rasmussen-noah-k-duncan-visiting-professor-lectureship\" class=\"summary url\">Dr. Peter A. Rasmussen presents at the Noah K. Duncan Visiting Professor Lectureship<\/a> <\/h2>\n<p class=\"tileBody\"> <span class=\"description\">Peter A. Rasmussen, MD presented a talk on \u201cMobile Stroke Treatment Units: New System of Stroke Care\u201d to over 40 attendees on January 27th, 2016, in the Bioinfomatics Building. Dr. Rasmussen is the Director of the Cerebrovascular Center at Cleveland Clinic, and Associate Professor at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. This special Grand Rounds presentation was made possible by the Noah K. Duncan Annual Lectureship fund.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"tileFooter\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/rasmussen-noah-k-duncan-visiting-professor-lectureship\"> <span class=\"hiddenStructure\">Dr. Peter A. Rasmussen presents at the Noah K. Duncan Visiting Professor Lectureship &#8211; <\/span> <span>Read More\u2026<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tileItem visualIEFloatFix\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/neurosurgery-clinic-to-open-in-hillsborough\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/neurosurgery-clinic-to-open-in-hillsborough\" alt=\"Neurosurgery Clinic to open in Hillsborough\" title=\"\" height=\"150\" width=\"180\" class=\"tileImage\" \/> <\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"tileHeadline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/neurosurgery-clinic-to-open-in-hillsborough\" class=\"summary url\">Neurosurgery Clinic to open in Hillsborough<\/a> <\/h2>\n<p class=\"tileBody\"> <span class=\"description\">UNC Hospitals Neurosurgery is pleased to announce the opening of a new clinic in Hillsborough, NC in early June.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"tileFooter\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/neurosurgery-clinic-to-open-in-hillsborough\"> <span class=\"hiddenStructure\">Neurosurgery Clinic to open in Hillsborough &#8211; <\/span> <span>Read More\u2026<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tileItem visualIEFloatFix\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/good-news-may-18-2016\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/good-news-may-18-2016\" alt=\"Good News - May 18, 2016\" title=\"\" height=\"112\" width=\"200\" class=\"tileImage\" \/> <\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"tileHeadline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/good-news-may-18-2016\" class=\"summary url\">Good News &#8211; May 18, 2016<\/a> <\/h2>\n<p class=\"tileBody\"> <span class=\"description\">What&#8217;s new in the Department of Neurosurgery<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"tileFooter\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/good-news-may-18-2016\"> <span class=\"hiddenStructure\">Good News &#8211; May 18, 2016 &#8211; <\/span> <span>Read More\u2026<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tileItem visualIEFloatFix\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/good-news-september-2-2016\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/good-news-september-2-2016\" alt=\"Good News - September 2, 2016\" title=\"\" height=\"112\" width=\"200\" class=\"tileImage\" \/> <\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"tileHeadline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/good-news-september-2-2016\" class=\"summary url\">Good News &#8211; September 2, 2016<\/a> <\/h2>\n<p class=\"tileBody\"> <span class=\"description\">What&#8217;s new in the Department of Neurosurgery<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"tileFooter\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/good-news-september-2-2016\"> <span class=\"hiddenStructure\">Good News &#8211; September 2, 2016 &#8211; <\/span> <span>Read More\u2026<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tileItem visualIEFloatFix\">\n<h2 class=\"tileHeadline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/us-news-and-world-report-rating\" class=\"summary url\">US News and World Report Rating<\/a> <\/h2>\n<p class=\"tileBody\"> <span class=\"description\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"tileFooter\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/us-news-and-world-report-rating\"> <span class=\"hiddenStructure\">US News and World Report Rating &#8211; <\/span> <span>Read More\u2026<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tileItem visualIEFloatFix\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/dr-judy-huang-presents-at-the-noah-k-duncan-visiting-professor-lectureship\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/dr-judy-huang-presents-at-the-noah-k-duncan-visiting-professor-lectureship\" alt=\"Dr. Judy Huang presents at the Noah K. Duncan Visiting Professor Lectureship\" title=\"Dr. Judy Huang and Dr. Matt Ewend\" height=\"200\" width=\"155\" class=\"tileImage\" \/> <\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"tileHeadline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/dr-judy-huang-presents-at-the-noah-k-duncan-visiting-professor-lectureship\" class=\"summary url\">Dr. Judy Huang presents at the Noah K. Duncan Visiting Professor Lectureship<\/a> <\/h2>\n<p class=\"tileBody\"> <span class=\"description\">Judy Huang, MD, FAANS presented a talk on \u201cTailored Management of Arteriovenous Malformations\u201d 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 presentation was made possible by the Noah K. Duncan Annual Lectureship fund.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"tileFooter\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/dr-judy-huang-presents-at-the-noah-k-duncan-visiting-professor-lectureship\"> <span class=\"hiddenStructure\">Dr. Judy Huang presents at the Noah K. Duncan Visiting Professor Lectureship &#8211; <\/span> <span>Read More\u2026<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tileItem visualIEFloatFix\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/department-chair-named-president-of-unc-physicians\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/department-chair-named-president-of-unc-physicians\" alt=\"Department Chair named President of UNC Physicians\" title=\"\" height=\"200\" width=\"159\" class=\"tileImage\" \/> <\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"tileHeadline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/department-chair-named-president-of-unc-physicians\" class=\"summary url\">Department Chair named President of UNC Physicians<\/a> <\/h2>\n<p class=\"tileBody\"> <span class=\"description\">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, which includes more than 2,400 physicians and 600 Advanced Practice Providers in 450 practices spanning the UNC Physicians Network, UNC Faculty Physicians, and physician practices at UNC Health Care affiliate hospitals. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"tileFooter\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/2016\/department-chair-named-president-of-unc-physicians\"> <span class=\"hiddenStructure\">Department Chair named President of UNC Physicians &#8211; <\/span> <span>Read More\u2026<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- Navigation --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head for the Cure 5k Run\/Walk The Head for the Cure Walk\/Run raises money and awareness about the need for research on brain tumors. 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