The Department would like to recognize Louise Henderson, PhD, for her November 2019 appointment as Director of Basic Science Faculty Development. UNC Radiology’s appointment of Dr. Henderson to a newly created post is part of a leadership reorganization process that invests heavily in clinical and basic science faculty oversight. Dr. Henderson’s nine years of directing … Read more

The Department congratulates Hong Yuan, PhD, on her S10 Shared Instrumentation Grant, awarded by the NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) in March 2020, for her project entitled, “Multimodal PerkinElmer IVIS-SpectrumCT imaging system for a preclinical imaging core facility.” This $590K grant funds installation of a preclinical imaging system (IVIS-SpectrumCT) to facilitate multi-modal optical/CT … Read more

The Department congratulates Assistant Professor of Radiology Ben Mervak, MD, CIIP, for his selection among six UNC School of Medicine (SOM) faculty to participate in the 2020-2021 Institute of Healthcare Quality Improvement (IHQI) Improvement Scholars Program. Over 12 months beginning in September 2020, Dr. Mervak will serve as Project Lead for his proposed project — … Read more

L: Zibo Li, PhD: Associate Professor of Radiology / UNC Cyclotron & Radiochemistry Research Program Director R: Jorge Oldan, MD: Assistant Professor of Radiology / UNC Radiology UME Co-Director The Department would like to recognize UNC Radiology faculty colleagues and School of Medicine (SOM) co-investigators Drs. Zibo Li and Jorge Oldan for being co-awarded a UNC … Read more

The Department would like to congratulate Michele Clark, Administrative Support Specialist, for her selection as UNC Radiology’s 2019 Outstanding Performance Award recipient. In 2018, the Department established the Outstanding Performance Award program to annually reward work performance excellence in a Department staff member who consistently goes beyond the call of duty and displays a positive … Read more

A truly unique Match Day just passed on March 20th, with no festivities or group celebration. While the hospital focused on COVID-19 and most activities were canceled, some parts of the calendar, like Match Day, must go on. Both the Diagnostic Radiology residency and Integrated IR residency programs are proud to announce our outstanding 2020 … 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

This edition’s Spotlight on UME arguably would best describe our recent UME program in terms such as disoriented, displaced, delayed, and distanced – though as you will see, it’s fair to say we are darned successful nonetheless! Each year, this is the precise crossover time in the School of Medicine that new fourth year students … Read more

UNC Global Radiology, a RAD-AID Chapter, COVID-19 Response UNC Global Radiology and RAD-AID Kenya leadership and volunteers continue to support IR curriculum with weekly RAD-AID IR Program webinars. Additionally, University of Nairobi faculty and residents are participating with UNC Department of Radiology case conferences. In July 2020, a joint educational day web conference will be … Read more

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