In January 2017, the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR) reported that the national ranking of NIH funding for UNC’s Department of Radiology in 2016 rose significantly, from 25th ($5,305,177) in 2015, to 13th ($8,699,480), amongst all academic medical center-affiliated departments of radiology nationwide.
In March 2017, Interventional Radiology Program Director and Associate Professor of Radiology Dr. Robert G. Dixon was amongst 32 new Fellows who were inducted at SIR’s 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington, DC.
In April 2017, Director of Quality and Safety and Professor of Radiology Dr. Valerie Jewells was inducted as one of only three new Fellows of the American Osteopathic College of Radiology (AOCR) at its 2017 Annual Convention in Las Vegas, NV.
In spring 2017, GME Director and Associate Professor of Radiology Dr. Sheri Jordan was inducted into UNC School of Medicine (SOM)’s chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society as one of only three UNC faculty members distinctively selected as AOA members as a UNC SOM alumnus.
In May 2017, Immediate Past Chair and Professor Emeritus Department Dr. Joseph KT Lee was the honoree of the first-ever Roentgen Fund Honorary Lecture at the 2017 Annual American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
In March 2017, Director of Faculty Development for Basic Science and Professor of Radiology Dr. Dinggang Shen was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)’s College of Fellows at its 2017 Annual Meeting at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC.
We are pleased to report another busy and successful academic year for our residency program, and we’re grateful to our ever-broadening base of engaged and supportive faculty.
This year has been a pivotal one for Interventional Radiology training at UNC.
In early January, 11 Diagnostic Radiology residents sponsored, prepared and served a meal at Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill to over 60 guests. Located less than two miles from UNC Hospitals (UNCH), RMH of Chapel Hill houses and offers other support to families whose children are hospitalized at UNC Hospitals for longer-term stays. Program … Read more
Fifteen+ years removed from residency, Diagnostic Radiology alumnus Dr. Jill Spadia’s (1997-2001) weekday calendar juggles credentialing committee chairing duties with group jogs from a five-year running habit.
Diane Armao, MD, presented, “New neuropathological findings in the mouse and rat GAN KO models as springboards for drug discovery” at the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS): Scientific meeting for the Phase I gene therapy clinical trial for the treatment of children with giant axonal neuropathy in January 2017 in Bethesda, MD. … Read more
Wu EY, Ehrlich L, Handly B, Frush DP, Buckley RH. Clinical and imaging considerations in primary immunodeficiency disorders: an update. Pediatr Radiol. 2016 Nov;46(12):1630-1644. Epub 2016 Sep 22. Henderson LM, Jones LM, Marsh MW, Benefield T, Rivera MP, Molina PL. Lung Cancer Screening Practices in North Carolina CT Facilities. JACR. 2017 Feb;14(2):166-170. Hong JL, Funk … Read more
