Category: IN THE NEWS

Congrats Residents Tyler Glass and Benjamin Brown who were selected for the RSNA/AUR/ARRS Introduction to Academic Radiology (ITAR) Program! Tyler Glass is a PGY 3 Diagnostic Radiology Resident. Benjamin Brown is a PGY 3 Integrated Interventional Radiology Resident. They have been selected to attend the ITAR Program during the RSNA Annual...

Congratulations Kerry Thomas, Chief and Associate Professor of the Abdominal Imaging Division. She was accepted into the SCARD-GE Leading Empowering and Disrupting (LEAD) Program.  Dr. Thomas has demonstrated excellence in her current position, a passion for leadership, and a commitment to her personal and professional development. She will join a remarkable group of women...

Congratulations to Clayton Commander, Assistant Professor in the Vascular_interventional Radiology Division for being selected to participate in the 2022-2023 RSN Advanced Course in Grant Writing. Over the next year he will be working alongside other junior faculty to learn the fundamentals of good grant writing, cultivate a deeper understanding of...

UNC Radiology held its annual graduation event on Saturday, June 11, 2022, at the Chapel Hill Country Club. The event hosted graduates, their families, and faculty with a cocktail hour, awards, and dinner. The celebration was a welcome return after graduation in-person events had been put on hold for the...

Dr. Sahar Ahmad, our new Research Instructor in the Radiological Sciences Group, was selected as a winner of the 2022 BRAIN Initiative Show Us Your BRAINs! Photo & Video Contest. Her image won second place in the contest. Mindmap – The Intricate Wiring of The Human Brain Brain activity is...

Original article appeared on Lineburger Comprehensive Cancer Center News Feed  Radiology facilities and imaging process cited as factors that may lead to some disparities A multi-institutional study led by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers and colleagues has found that diagnostic mammography results varied across racial and ethnic groups, with...

Congratulations to Rachel Hitt, MD, Associate Professor and Interim Chief of Breast Imaging, Kristen Olinger, MD, Assistant Professor and Josephina Finazzo, MD, Assistant Professor both in Abdominal Imaging. These faculty were recently recognized at the annual Evening of Scholarship. All have been inducted as new members of the UNC Academy of Educators. Rachel...

Congratulations to Jorge Oldan, MD, Associate Profession in the Cardiac and MIT Divisions on receiving a Research Seed Grant from RSNA. His application was among the top-ranked and approved for funding by the R&E Board of Trustees. The grant is in the amount of $40,000. His project is titled: “18-fluorofuranylnorprogesterone...

Congratulations to Dr. McGinty on receiving a $75,000 RSNA Grant for Global Radiology We are proud to announce that Dr. Katrina McGinty, Associate Professor in the Abdominal Division, was recently awarded the Radiological Society of North America Derek Harwood Nash International Educational Scholars Grant. This is an R&E Foundation Grant that provides...

Congratulations to Dr. Rachel Hitt, Associate Professor of Radiology and Interim Division Chief of Breast Imaging, and her Co-Director Loretta Muss, N.C. Cancer Hospital Patient & Family Advisory Council Coordinator, on receiving a UNC Gillings School of Public Health Capstone Grant! The master’s capstone is a year-long service-learning course that...

UNC Department of Radiology congratulates Dr. Mauricio Castillo, the Matthew A. Mauro, M.D. Distinguished Professor in Radiology, former Neuroradiology Division Chief and Program Director, and a Fellow of the American College of Radiology, for his selection as the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) 2020 Gold Medal recipient.

Welcome, Dr. James Gruden to the Department of Radiology. Dr. Gruden joins us as a Professor in the Division of Thoracic Radiology.  Dr. Gruden received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Preprofessional Studies from the University of Notre Dame in 1983 before earning his Medical Degree from the University...