Author Archives: Laurie Birdsong

UNC Department of Radiology congratulates Associate Professor of Radiology Yueh Z. Lee, MD, PhD, for being named in March 2021 by the UNC School of Medicine (SOM) as one of three 5th Annual Yang Family Biomedical Scholars. Sponsored by UNC alumnus Lenovo CEO and Mr. Yuanqing Yang, this scholarship program...

  In late 2020, UNC Global Radiology addressed a health equity crisis in North Carolina using a model of community health partnership applied successfully in Kenya and Malawi. The COVID-19 pandemic has perpetuated a concerning trend of at-risk patients foregoing preventive healthcare across the U.S. In response, the UNC Department...

UNC Department of Radiology extends a big congratulations to Michael Pritchard, recipient of the 2020 UNC Radiology Staff Outstanding Performance Award. Michael has served as Data Manager for the Epidemiology Research Division’s Carolina Mammography Registry (CMR) since October 2016. Now in its third year, this award annually honors a staff...

U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the top tier of its annual rankings report, which ranks 1500+ academic institutions and areas of scholarly concentration worldwide. In its 2021 Best Global Universities Rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked UNC Department...

UNC Department of Radiology is pleased to announce Associate Professor of Radiology Kyung Kim, MD, FSIR, has been named a Fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). Fellowship designation (FSIR) is bestowed on less than 10 percent of the Society’s members.  The honor confirms a Fellow’s exceptional leadership, expertise,...

  UNC Radiology Clinical Research Director and Vascular-Interventional Radiology (VIR) Division Chief Ari Isaacson, MD, is an established investigative interventional radiologist with a knack for forming partnerships. His collaborations with industry for clinical trials have led to new applications of arterial embolization in interventional radiology. In 2014, Dr. Isaacson partnered...

Louise Henderson, PhD, is an established researcher who has impactfully applied epidemiology research to produce evidence-based information on performance, access, surveillance, disparities and outcomes of breast and lung cancer screening across North Carolina. As long-time Principal Investigator of the Carolina Mammography Registry (CMR), one of seven National Breast Cancer Surveillance...

On Wednesday, February 10th, UNC Radiology’s Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) program was pleased to virtually host Lily M. Belfi, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology and Director of Medical Student Education in the Division of Emergency and Musculoskeletal Imaging at Weill Cornell Medical College.  UNC Radiology UME teaching faculty and...

Kudos to R3 Dr. Barry Keane for leading an engaging Block 12 RADY 401 SIM lab session with a reliable tool for teaching biopsy – “Ms. Cluck”! PHOTOs: Dr. Keane (top L / bottom center), MS4 Jaslyn Piggott (top & bottom R) and MS1 & UNC Radiology Interest Group Co-President Tori...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is susceptible to artefacts caused by motion that can render the images unusable and cause financial losses in imaging studies.  At UNC’s Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC), Image Analysis Core Director Pew-Thian Yap, PhD leads a team that explores use of deep learning to identify poor-quality...

Every year, the University of North Carolina and its respective School of Medicine (SOM) disciplines consistently rank in the top tier of the “U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities” annual report. In the 2021 Best Global Universities report, UNC Department of Radiology ranked 32nd in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine...

We have been busy welcoming new faculty and staff to the UNC Department of Radiology family over the past few months! Assistant Professor John Tobben, MD, joined the Department’s Musculoskeletal (MSK) Imaging division in January 2021. Dr. Tobben is one of six MSK Imaging clinical faculty members working under the...