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Spotlight on Clinical Research

July 23, 2021
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...

Spotlight on Clinical Research

July 23, 2021
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...

New Faculty & Staff

July 14, 2021
  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...

New Faculty & Staff

July 14, 2021
  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...

New Faculty & Staff

July 14, 2021
  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...

Awards, Honors & Recognition

July 12, 2021
Spring 2021 – Musculoskeletal Imaging Division Chief Daniel Nissman, MD MPH MSEE, was named Associate Editor for the Journal of Digital Imaging. April 2021 – Associate Professor of Radiology Yueh Z. Lee, MD, PhD, joined fellow UNC researchers Sang Hun Chung, PhD (Graduate Assistant – Biomedical Engineering), and Jennifer Goralski,...

Mauricio Castillo Named First Matthew A. Mauro, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Radiology

April 8, 2021
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...

Yueh Z. Lee Among Three UNC SOM 5th Annual Yang Family Biomedical Scholars

April 8, 2021
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...

UNC Global Radiology: Addressing Imaging Inequities At Home Through a Global Health Lens

April 2, 2021
  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...

Michael Pritchard: 2020 Staff Outstanding Performance Award

April 1, 2021
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...

2021: UNC 32nd in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging Out of 1500+ Ranked Global Universities

March 22, 2021
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...

Ari Isaacson Leads Procedural Care in UNC VIR/Urology Collaborative Management of BPH via PAE

February 23, 2021
  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...