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Chair’s Note

April 9, 2020

Around the beginning of March, as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were beginning to become evident in North Carolina, UNC Health began to prepare. These preparations included actions to protect our most vulnerable patients, protect our people, and to preserve limited supplies of personal protective equipment. UNC Health and other hospitals in our region … Read more

Z. Li: NIH Awards for Molecular Therapeutics in Lung Cancer Treatment & Novel PET Methods

April 9, 2020

The Department would like to recognize Cyclotron and Radiochemistry Research Program Director Zibo Li, PhD, for receiving NIH awards to study both molecular therapeutics in lung cancer treatment and novel PET methodology. In April 2020, Dr. Li received National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) R01 funding ($467K+) to establish radiolabeling methodology for modifying … Read more

L. Fordham Named Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs

April 6, 2020

The Department of Radiology began 2020 in a new leadership chapter. The appointments of Interim Chair Dr. Keith Smith (September 2019) and Executive Vice Chair Dr. Charles Burke (December 2019) brought two highly experienced individuals to the Chair’s office. To assist Drs. Smith and Burke with UNC Radiology’s focus on internal priority areas and new … Read more

L. Henderson Named Director of Basic Science Faculty Development

April 6, 2020

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

H. Yuan: NIH Shared Instrumentation Award Brings Multi-modal Optical/CT to Small Animal Imaging

April 6, 2020

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

Mervak Named to 2020-2021 IHQI Improvement Scholars Program

March 31, 2020

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

Z. Li & Oldan Awarded UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care Pilot Grant

March 31, 2020

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

M. Clark: 2019 Outstanding Performance Award

March 31, 2020

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

Spotlight on GME

March 31, 2020

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

RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Israel Saramago

March 31, 2020

  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