UNC Department of Radiology congratulates Professor of Radiology Charles T. Burke, MD, FSIR, FACR, on his induction as a Fellow of the American College of Radiology (FACR) at the ACR Annual Meeting in May 2021. Dr. Burke is among only 10 percent of ACR members who are elected and approved as ACR Fellows by the … Read more
In Spring 2021, the UNC-Chapel Hill Human Resources office released its annual State Career Service Recognition report. UNC Department of Radiology congratulates its members who reached 5, 10, 15 and 20 years of service, among the many milestone years recognized by the University HR office in this annual report. 20 years Dan Boughton Tonya Edge … Read more
On July 1st, 2021, UNC Radiology’s Diagnostic Radiology (DRAD) and Interventional Radiology (IR) programs underwent big leadership changes. Both programs are in great hands. Two-year Program Director (PD) Dr. Peter Bream passes the baton to Dr. Cody Schwartz, who learned the ropes as DRAD Associate PD (APD) and is a perfect fit to take the … Read more
UNC Department of Radiology congratulates R3 Abiola Femi-Abodunde, MD, for being named the American College of Radiology (ACR)’s 2021-2022 Informatics Fellow. Each year, the ACR’s annual Informatics Fellowship is awarded to one Diagnostic or Interventional Radiology resident, or an early-career professional, with a demonstrated interest in the field of informatics. Each fellow is provided hands-on … Read more
Research & Global Health For learners of medicine, faculty mentors are critical – opening doors, guiding aspiring researchers, and optimizing scholarly opportunities. Unlike residents with greater access to faculty, medical students not yet matched to a desired specialty may face barriers in securing faculty mentors. UNC Radiology works diligently to aid medical students in … Read more
It was only a matter of time. In April 2021, UNC Radiology’s Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) program took its successful virtual journal club (VJC) to the Big Apple! Throughout the 2020-2021 pandemic, Course Directors of UNC Radiology’s medical student electives saw how the COVID-19 pandemic’s social distancing constraints have impacted the constructs of radiology medical … Read more
UNC Department of Radiology congratulates Assistant Professor of Radiology Gang Li, PhD, on his National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) award funding a three-year project ($627K) entitled, “Harmonizing and Archiving of Large-scale Infant Neuroimaging Data.” Dr. Li’s study addresses the scarcity of widely available, large-scale infant MRI datasets that are comprehensively processed, harmonized, mined and … Read more
The who of UNC Radiology’s Clinical Research Division explains why our Department’s clinical investigations bypassed the worst of pandemic-driven investigative setbacks and returned to pre-pandemic levels of productivity by late 2020 — our team. When the University suspended all non-critical, in-person studies for three months, our team swiftly shifted all major areas of coverage offsite. … Read more
Hastings Banda: An Interview with our Colleague in Malawi Melissa Culp, Director of UNC Global Radiology, recently sat down with Mr. Hastings Banda, a radiographer and sonographer at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe, Malawi. Mr. Banda shared with Mrs. Culp his story of becoming a radiographer and ways he’s sought to advance radiography at … Read more
The Department would like to recognize the following new faculty and staff members who joined UNC Radiology during the first six months of 2021: Rachel Hitt, MD, MPH: Associate Professor of Radiology – Breast Imaging Dr. Hitt joined UNC Department of Radiology Breast Imaging division in July 2021 as an Associate Professor of Radiology. She is … Read more
