The Department congratulates Professor of Radiology Louise Henderson, PhD, for receiving a National Cancer Institute (NCI) R01 grant ($1.5M+) as Co-P.I. of an investigation entitled, “Comorbidity and Functional Status in a Population Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening” (Co-P.I.: UNC Professor of Medicine Maria Patricia Rivera, MD / Pulmonology). Over four years (7/15/2020 – 6/30/2024), the proposed … Read more

UNC Department of Radiology cheers on Associate Professor of Radiology and University research leader Yueh Z. Lee, MD, PhD, for innovating supply chain solutions to meet COVID-19 crisis needs.  Lee leads a multi-collaborator team racing to design and prototype an open-source ventilator —  the Carolina Respiratory Emergency – Ventilator (CaRE-Vent) — that may fill a … Read more

Working in clinical trial conduct requires an understanding of quality assurance, regulatory affairs, standing operating procedures (SOP)s and other related areas of clinical research coordination.  Over time, clinical research coordinators (CRC)s gain proficiency in CRC-related skills and knowledge and become eligible to take the written the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) Certified Clinical Research … Read more

UNC Radiology congratulates R2 Abiola Femi-Abodunde, MD, the Department’s first resident to be chosen as a UNC Office of Global Health Education (OGHE) Global Health Scholar. Dr. Femi-Abodunde is one of five residents chosen for the OGHE’s 2020 Global Health Scholars Cohort V. She joins a competitive, two-year OGHE program that provides scholarship funds ($8K) … Read more

UNC Global Radiology, a RAD-AID Chapter, uses an interprofessional collaborative approach by integrating radiologists, technologists, nurses, physicists, informatics professionals, administrators, and other professionals to achieve sustainable progress in our global health partnerships. This column features perspectives from several UNC Department of Radiology volunteers supporting RAD-AID International’s educational partnership at the Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, … Read more

UNC Global Radiology, a RAD-AID Chapter, uses an interprofessional collaborative approach by integrating radiologists, technologists, nurses, physicists, informatics professionals, administrators, and other professionals to achieve sustainable progress in our global health partnerships. This column features perspectives from several UNC Department of Radiology volunteers supporting RAD-AID International’s educational partnership at the Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, … Read more

UNC’s Department of Radiology offers educational track for residents with interest in global health. Katrina McGinty, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology, initiated the creation and development of a Global Health Leadership Pathway for diagnostic and interventional radiology residents. Katrina McGinty, MD, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Radiology, initiated the creation and development of … Read more

  In October 2019, Dr. Israel Saramago (R4) joined a collaborative team led by Dr. Audrey Verde (UNC School of Medicine alumnus / Stanford Radiology R3) to write an American College of Radiology (ACR) blog post called #DitchTheDisk. Dr. Verde invited Diagnostic Radiology residents like Dr. Saramago to overview the inefficiencies of using a CD (disk) … Read more

The Department would like to recognize Professor of Radiology Dr. Charles Burke for his December 2019 appointment as Executive Vice Chair. Dr. Burke joins Interim Chair Dr. Keith Smith in serving as the Department’s top administrators. The Chair’s office leadership transition follows Dr. Matt Mauro’s 12+-year service (2007-2019) as Department Chair. In September 2019, Dr. … Read more

UNC Department of Radiology congratulates James H. Scatliff Distinguished Professor of Radiology and Division Chief of Neuroradiology Dr. Mauricio Castillo for his selection as the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) 2020 Gold Medal recipient. Dr. Castillo joins Dr. Etta Pisano (2012) and Dr. Joseph K.T. Lee (2013) as the Department’s third faculty member to receive … Read more

In 2019, UNC’s School of Medicine (SOM) recognized the need for a clearer understanding of the multi-disciplinary procedural and therapeutic patient care the Department’s Division of Nuclear Medicine facilitates across UNC Medical Center. In November 2019, this clinical unit was renamed the Division of Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics (Mit). The name change is aimed at … Read more

UNC Vascular-Interventional Radiology (VIR) faculty periodically facilitate industry-funded clinical trials that produce newly indicated, minimally invasive agents benefitting interventional radiology (IR) patients. In 2019, Terumo Medical Corporation funded two clinical studies conducted by VIR division faculty that tested the technical and clinical success of HydroPearl® microspheres in two types of IR procedures. In April 2019, … Read more