The Department would like to congratulate Sarah Nyante, PhD, for being awarded intramural investigator’s funding through UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC)’s Developmental Funding Program. The program aims to support the development of cancer research led by UNC faculty, as well as to stimulate new applications for extramural funding. As one of the program’s Tier … Read more

In November 2017, the Department began enrolling participants in Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (TMIST), a large, randomized mammography trial comparing two FDA-approved types of digital mammography: standard digital (2D) with tomosynthesis (3D). As one of approximately 100 U.S. and Canadian TMIST sites, UNC’s mammography clinic offers women both types of screening met the requirement … Read more

The Department was pleased to appoint Assistant Professor Leon Bacchus, MD, as its new Cardiothoracic Imaging Division Chief in March 2018. Bacchus joined the Department in August 2015 and will continue to serve as the Educational Liaison and Fellowship Director for the Cardiothoracic Imaging Division. Bacchus completed his Diagnostic Radiology residency (2007-2011) at Lahey Hospital … Read more

The Department was pleased to appoint Paul Marini as its new Business Manager in February 2018.  In his new role, Paul will work closely with Department Associate Chair for Administration Dan Boughton, with oversight of departmental finance and accounting, research administration, administrative support, public communication, and human resource management. In recent years, Paul has already … Read more

Photo (L to R Front Row): Drs. Meredith Johnson (R1), Ami Vakharia (R4), Asst Professor Jessie Stewart (VIR) /(L to R Back Row) Drs. Kaleigh Burke (R3), Tiffany Sills(R4), Asst. Professor Sheila Lee, Fellow Lana Rivers (Musculoskeletal Imaging), Residency Program Director Sheri Jordan, Professor Lynn Fordham, Staff Radiologist Melania Bula (Pediatric Imaging), and Professor Valerie … Read more

In February 2018, Department faculty and residents hosted over 50 UNC School of Medicine (SOM) Radiology Interest Group student members at an Emergency Radiology SIM Lab. UNC Radiology faculty and residents mentored students passing through the SOM’s Translational Education at Carolina (TEC) curriculum Foundations phase on ER-related unknown cases and radiology as a discipline. 1): … Read more

For years, urologists have treated patients with worsening Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), a condition affecting almost half of all men over age 50. As an enlarging prostate pinches the urethra, BPH sufferers experience compromised lifestyles and challenging urinary symptoms such as weakened urine stream and increased nocturnal urination. Left untreated, the worsening symptoms of BPH … Read more