Organization: UNC / UNC Health

I am a board-certified radiologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with sub-specialty fellowship training in breast imaging. My primary interest is in breast imaging radiogenomics and developing imaging technology to increase the sensitivity and specificity of detecting breast cancer. My research projects involve artificial intelligence, digital...

Our group employs a multidisciplinary approach (biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, immunology, cutting-edge microscopy and animal models) to investigate how stem cells turn into a unique blood cell, the Platelet, and how altered platelet function contributes to human disease. Platelets are small anucleate blood cells that are best known for...

Our research focuses on investigating the cell biology of the actin cytoskeleton, and particularly on actin-based motor proteins of myosin superfamily. Our current research centers on Myo10 (myosin-X), an unconventional myosin that binds to PIP3 and localizes to the tips of filopodia, finger-like cellular protrusions involved in processes such as...

Combination cancer therapy Most types of cancer can be treated more effectively by combination therapy than by a single therapy. Many cancers can even be cured with combination therapy. We study the mechanisms of action of clinically effective drug combinations, to inform the development of combinations with new therapies. Looking...

Cardiovascular disease accounts for 2,300 deaths per day in the US, claiming as many lives as the next four leading causes combined. Current vascular interventions for severe arterial atherosclerosis have limited success due to restenosis secondary to neointimal hyperplasia and remodeling. Our interest in arterial disease drives the projects in...

I am interested in the development and application of new imaging techniques to answer clinically relevant questions in both human and pre-clinical studies. I have had the fortune of working with nearly every major imaging modality, including x-ray and MRI, ultrasound imaging, ultrasound contrast agents, nuclear medicine, and electrical imaging....

Endovascular surgery, limb preservation, wound care, vein disorders, dialysis access

Clinical Interests Director, Adult Cardiac Surgery; Medical Director, UNC Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) program. Adult cardiac and thoracic surgery including heart and lung transplantation and ventricular assist device (VAD) implantation. Special interest in aortic surgery including the ascending, arch pathology, thoracic aorta and aortic root, transcatheter aortic valve surgery,...

My clinical interests encompass full spectrum non-operative sports medicine. In my current role, I am working to improve access to care and quality of care for youth athletes via outreach and community building in the Chatham County school system. My clinical practice involves the diagnosis and treatment of sports injuries,...

Aortic disease; cerebrovascular disease; peripheral arterial disease; venous disease; vascular reconstruction in abdominal, upper and lower extremity oncologic resections; thoracic outlet syndrome; transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR)

SPECIALTIES Boarded in General Surgery and Colorectal Surgery. Performs procedures for malignant and benign diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus including colon, rectal and anal cancer; inflammatory bowel disease; rectal prolapse; diverticulitis; risk-reducing surgery for Lynch Syndrome; Polyposis Syndromes; young-onset and other forms of inherited colorectal cancer with a...