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Each year, the North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA) Nurse Practitioner Spring Symposium draws NPs together from across the state for professional development, networking, and policy discussion. At the 2022 Nurse Practitioner Spring Symposium in March in Asheville, NC, Jennifer (Jennie) Woody, FNP, and Heather Carroll, FNP, took to the podium...

On Friday, March 18th, 2022, 4th-year medical students at UNC School of Medicine and other institutions nationwide celebrated Match Day 2022 virtually, marking a lifetime milestone in a new era where online forums serve as effective means of mass celebration. Though 2022 became a third consecutive virtual Match Day, it...

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics Greg Summerville, MD, entered his intern year in Internal Medicine with an open-minded readiness to explore the entire spectrum of medicine. At the outset of residency, Dr. Summerville could not have predicted that he would end up practicing in an evolving branch of Sports Medicine that...

In January 2022, Norfleet-Raney Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Joseph (“Joe”) M. Hart, PhD, ATC, was named Vice Chair for Research for UNC Department of Orthopaedics. Over a 20+-year career at University of Virginia (UVA), Dr. Hart held appointments in both UVA’s Departments of Kinesiology (School of Education & Human...

February 25, 2022 Residency is a key component of graduate medical training, offering an in-depth exposure to medical practice. It can often lead to long working hours matched with many responsibilities. Residents serve as the “house staff” of the hospital and are an integral part to the healthcare team, often...

UNC Orthopaedics Hybrid Grand Rounds welcomes Mohit Bhandari, MD, on April 13, 2022, at 6:30am. Dr. Bhandari will be presenting “Building a Creative Mindset in Surgery”. Dr. Bhandari is a Distinguished University Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at McMaster University. He also holds a Senior Tier Canada...

UNC Orthopaedics Hybrid Grand Rounds welcomes Michael Vitale, MD, MPH, on April 20, 2022, at 6:30am. Dr. Vitale will be presenting “Sharpening Your Scalpel: What Science and Sociology Tells us About How We Operate”. Dr. Vitale s a world-renowned specialist in the non-operative and operative treatment of complex pediatric scoliosis...

UNC Orthopaedics Hybrid Grand Rounds welcomes Timothy Moore, MD, on January 12, 2022, at 6:30am. Dr. Moore will be presenting “Thoracolumbar Trauma”. Dr. Moore completed orthopaedic surgery residency at Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He spent a year at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI completing a fellowship in orthopaedic spine...

UNC Orthopaedics Hybrid Grand Rounds welcomes Judy F. Baumhauer, MD, MPH on November 10, 2021, at 6:30am. Dr. Baumhauer will be presenting “Patient Reported Outcomes: How They Influence the Care We Provide to our Patients”. Dr. Baumhauer serves as Associate Chair of Academic Affairs and Professor, Division of Foot and...

Hybrid Conference Speaker Biography Muneera Kapadia, MD MME is an Associate Professor and specializes in colorectal surgery. She attended medical school at the University of Michigan. She completed general surgery residency at Northwestern University and colorectal fellowship at the University of Minnesota. She practiced at the University of Iowa for...

Newsweek recently ranked the world’s best specialized hospitals. UNC Orthopaedics was ranked 92 in the top 100 hospitals worldwide!   https://www.newsweek.com/worlds-best-specialized-hospitals-2022/orthopedics

Hybrid Conference Speaker Biography Michael Suk, MD, JD, is the systemwide chair of Geisinger’s Musculoskeletal Institute and professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. Selected to lead the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2012, Dr. Suk became one of the youngest people in the U.S. to head...