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Congratulations to all of our new trainees! General Surgery Residents | PGY1 Mustafa Abid Wake Forest University Chase Cox University of Alabama Conner Haase University of Miami Christopher “Topher” McCauley University of North Carolina           Sasha McEwan University of North Carolina Hanaan Salamah University of North...

Dr. Akerman and his team were recently featured for their groundbreaking work in blood-based detection of aortic aneurysms, a condition that can silently weaken the body’s largest artery and become fatal. Traditional detection relies on CT scans, which are costly and expose patients to ionizing radiation. Akerman’s team has developed...

We’re proud to see Dr. Clara Lee, Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the UNC School of Medicine, featured in New York Magazine’s article “The Relentless Quest for a Breast.” Dr. Lee shares her expert insight on the complexity of breast reconstruction following mastectomy — a procedure that holds...

  We are delighted to announce that  Dr. Chirag Desai, MD, FACS has been appointed as the George F. Sheldon, MD Professor in the Department of Surgery. This distinguished honor, approved by the UNC Board of Trustees, recognizes Dr. Desai’s exceptional contributions to surgical innovation, leadership, and patient care. A renowned expert...

Why do rural adults and racial and ethnic minorities with vascular disease get major leg amputations more often? A new study out today in Epidemiology uses artificial intelligence (AI) to solve the mystery, finding an unaccounted-for factor that researchers think points to implicit bias in the clinical decision-making process. “As vascular surgeons...

The Division of Acute Care and Trauma Surgery has expanded its Multispecialty Surgery Clinic by opening the new Same-Day Surgery Clinic. This valuable addition offers expedited consultations and scheduling for patients with urgent and semi-elective general surgical needs. Through a referring provider, patients can get a consultation appointment the same...

Thomas Egan, MD, MSc, is a Professor of Surgery, whose work at UNC began in 1989. His professional interests both clinical and in research have been in the area of Ischemia-reperfusion injury, lung transplantation, lung transplantation from non-heart-beating donors, ex-vivo lung perfusion/ventilation, and cell culture models of ischemia-reperfusion injury. Dr....

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Thanks to a $1 million investment, Novant Health physicians based in Wilmington are partnering with peer physicians and researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to advance two clinical research efforts in North Carolina. The pair of $500,000 research grants was awarded by a collaborative involving...

  The Oliver R. Rowe Distinguished Professorship Award was bestowed upon Dr. Booker T. King during a regal celebration in Chapel Hill. Dr. Booker T. King, a distinguished professor and accomplished surgeon, was born in Brooklyn, NY, and completed an accelerated B.S./M.D. program at the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical...