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AFFILIATIONS: Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Cell Biology, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology |
Adesola Akinkuotu, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Health literacy, surgical outcomes in pediatric patients, congenital anomalies, fetal interventions |
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AFFILIATIONS: Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health Equity, Health Services, Pediatrics, Population-based, Surgery |
Ehsan Benrashid, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Aortic, cerebrovascular, peripheral arterial disease clinical outcomes. Healthcare disparities in vascular surgery. |
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AFFILIATIONS: Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Apps-Devices, Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Clinical Trials, Education Research, Health Equity |
Marc A. Bjurlin, DO, MSc |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Molecular epidemiology of smoking related bladder cancer and e-cigarette use. Dr. Bjurlin’s clinical practice is focused on urologic oncology—in particular, the treatment of bladder, prostate, … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Kidney Center, Lineberger Cancer Center, Surgery, Urology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Quality of Life, Surgery |
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AFFILIATIONS: Microbiology & Immunology, Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Developmental Biology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Physiology |
Thomas G. Caranasos, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Clinical Interests Director, Adult Cardiac Surgery; Medical Director, UNC Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) program. Adult cardiac and thoracic surgery including heart and lung transplanta … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular disease, Clinical Trials, Stem Cells, Surgery |
Anthony G. Charles, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery Adult ECMO |
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AFFILIATIONS: Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease, Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Global Health, Population-based, Surgery |
J. Madison Clark, MD, FACS |
| Clinical / Research Focus: J. Madison Clark, MD, FACS, is the W. Paul Biggers Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology/HNS, Chief of the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (FPRS), Director of the Facial Plas … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Behavior, Medical Education, Physiology, Sleep, Surgery |
Chirag Desai, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Interest and specialty: Chronic pancreatitis, Islet Cell Transplant, liver transplantation, intestinal and multivisceral transplantation, and liver and pancreatobiliary disorders. |
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AFFILIATIONS: Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Trials, Diabetes, Global Health, Surgery |
Matthew Eckert, MD, MHPE |
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| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Medical Education, Rural Health, Surgery, Veteran’s Health |
Thomas M. Egan, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Clinical Interests Lung transplantation, lung cancer, Cyberknife (stereotactic radiosurgery) for lung cancer, esophageal cancer, airway diseases and problems. Because of a disability that limits prolo … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Surgery, Translational Medicine |
Mark A. Farber, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: SPECIALTIES Minimally invasive aortic surgery, endovascular aortic repair, thoracic aneurysms, fenestrated aortic repair, branched aortic repair, aortic transections, aortic dissections, abdominal aor … Read more |











