UNC Department of Radiology is pleased to announce that Mauricio Castillo, MD, FACR, has been named the first Matthew A. Mauro, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Radiology, as approved by the University’s Board of Trustees. Castillo’s appointment culminates UNC Radiology’s five-year campaign toward endowing and selecting a highly esteemed faculty member with the field and institutional … Read more

UNC Department of Radiology congratulates Associate Professor of Radiology Yueh Z. Lee, MD, PhD, for being named in March 2021 by the UNC School of Medicine (SOM) as one of three 5th Annual Yang Family Biomedical Scholars. Sponsored by UNC alumnus Lenovo CEO and Mr. Yuanqing Yang, this scholarship program annually welcomes select, outstanding SOM … Read more

  In late 2020, UNC Global Radiology addressed a health equity crisis in North Carolina using a model of community health partnership applied successfully in Kenya and Malawi. The COVID-19 pandemic has perpetuated a concerning trend of at-risk patients foregoing preventive healthcare across the U.S. In response, the UNC Department of Radiology is addressing local … Read more

UNC Department of Radiology extends a big congratulations to Michael Pritchard, recipient of the 2020 UNC Radiology Staff Outstanding Performance Award. Michael has served as Data Manager for the Epidemiology Research Division’s Carolina Mammography Registry (CMR) since October 2016. Now in its third year, this award annually honors a staff member who consistently goes above … Read more

U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the top tier of its annual rankings report, which ranks 1500+ academic institutions and areas of scholarly concentration worldwide. In its 2021 Best Global Universities Rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked UNC Department of Radiology 32nd in Radiology, … Read more

UNC Department of Radiology is pleased to announce Associate Professor of Radiology Kyung Kim, MD, FSIR, has been named a Fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). Fellowship designation (FSIR) is bestowed on less than 10 percent of the Society’s members.  The honor confirms a Fellow’s exceptional leadership, expertise, teaching ability, and dedication to … Read more

  UNC Radiology Clinical Research Director and Vascular-Interventional Radiology (VIR) Division Chief Ari Isaacson, MD, is an established investigative interventional radiologist with a knack for forming partnerships. His collaborations with industry for clinical trials have led to new applications of arterial embolization in interventional radiology. In 2014, Dr. Isaacson partnered with UNC Urology Vice Chair … Read more

Louise Henderson, PhD, is an established researcher who has impactfully applied epidemiology research to produce evidence-based information on performance, access, surveillance, disparities and outcomes of breast and lung cancer screening across North Carolina. As long-time Principal Investigator of the Carolina Mammography Registry (CMR), one of seven National Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium mammography registries, Dr. Henderson … Read more

On Wednesday, February 10th, UNC Radiology’s Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) program was pleased to virtually host Lily M. Belfi, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology and Director of Medical Student Education in the Division of Emergency and Musculoskeletal Imaging at Weill Cornell Medical College.  UNC Radiology UME teaching faculty and UNC School of Medicine RADY … Read more

Kudos to R3 Dr. Barry Keane for leading an engaging Block 12 RADY 401 SIM lab session with a reliable tool for teaching biopsy – “Ms. Cluck”! PHOTOs: Dr. Keane (top L / bottom center), MS4 Jaslyn Piggott (top & bottom R) and MS1 & UNC Radiology Interest Group Co-President Tori Risner (bottom L)

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is susceptible to artefacts caused by motion that can render the images unusable and cause financial losses in imaging studies.  At UNC’s Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC), Image Analysis Core Director Pew-Thian Yap, PhD leads a team that explores use of deep learning to identify poor-quality images with near-human accuracy in … Read more

Every year, the University of North Carolina and its respective School of Medicine (SOM) disciplines consistently rank in the top tier of the “U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities” annual report. In the 2021 Best Global Universities report, UNC Department of Radiology ranked 32nd in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging, among peer … Read more