2015

UNC Surgery assists Liberian burn survivor

The North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center and the Division of Plastic Surgery‘s Dr. Scott Hultman have reached out to help a young burn victim from Liberia. For the full story, please click here.

Michelle Roughton, MD Joins Teaching Scholars Program

The Teaching Scholars program, launched in 1986, takes nominations from across the many divisions and departments that make up the UNC School of Medicine and chooses the next rising stars to invest faculty development time in each fall. The year-long … Continued

Cardiologist Sara Pasquali will speak during heart symposium at UNC

Sara K. Pasquali, MD, MHS, a pediatric cardiologist at the University of Michigan, will be the visiting professor and keynote speaker during the 2015 UNC Children’s Heart Collaborative Fall Symposium. She will speak at two events: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, … Continued

Surgery Resident Launches #ILookLikeASurgeon

Heather Logghe, MD, a resident in surgery at UNC Hospitals, had been following media coverage about #iLookLikeAnEngineer — a hashtag created by software engineer Isis Anchalee in response to negative feedback she received after being featured in an ad for … Continued

Clayton Commander, MD and Teddy Puzio, MD Receive Awards

Clayton Commander and Teddy Puzio were awarded Kaiser-Permanente Excellence in Teaching Awards. This award was created by the Class of 2000 to recognize those residents and interns who contribute in an exemplary way to the education of medical students with … Continued

Dr. Sean Montgomery Named Program Director of Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Dr. Sean P. Montgomery, Assistant Professor in the Division of General and Acute Care Surgery, has been appointed as the new Program Director for the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship by the GMEC committee. Dr. Montgomery was previously the Associate Program … Continued

Surgery Residents Receive Awards

Two of the Department of Surgery’s Residents, Jared Gallaher and Clayton Tyler Ellis, received awards at the North Carolina/South Carolina chapters of the American College of Surgeons Joint Meeting in 2015. Tyler won 1st Commission of Cancer with a presentation titled “MSCR National Trends in Non-Operative Management of Rectal Adenocarinoma” Jared won 2nd Commission on … Read more

Dr. Bruce A. Cairns selected for NIH appointment

Dr. Bruce A. Cairns, Director of the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center and John Stackhouse Distinguished Professor of Surgery, was selected to serve as a member of the Surgery, Anesthesiology and Trauma Study Section, Center for Scientific Review for the … Continued

Speed Dating Event Featured in Triangle Business Journal

The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center played matchmaker hosted a scientific speed-dating event to match surgeons with engineers based on mutual interests in solving real-world medical problems. “Everybody does their job, and everybody is busy in their careers,” says Dr. … Continued

UNC Lineberger hosts scientific “speed-dating” event to spark innovation

The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center played matchmaker recently, hosting a scientific “speed-dating” event to match surgeons with engineers based on mutual interests in solving real-world medical problems. The event featured many of the surgeons that are part of the … Continued

Jacquelyn Carr Wins CGIBD Competition

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease annual poster competition is Surgery’s Jacquelyn Carr with “Depletion of Enteric Microbiota Protects from Chemotherapy-induced Damage in the Murine Small Intestine.” The posters were … Continued

Charles Named Medical Alumni Loyalty Fund Distinguished Teaching Professor

Anthony G. Charles, MD, MPH, of the UNC Department of Surgery’s Division of Acute Care and General Surgery, has been selected to receive a Medical Alumni Loyalty Fund Distinguished Teaching Professorship. The nomination for the award came from the Academy … Continued

Dr. Anthony Charles Elected to MSEC

Dr. Charles will be joining the Department of Surgery’s Dr. Michael Meyers on the Medical Staff Executive Committee Elections were held in June 2015 for three at-large positions on the Medical Staff Executive Committee at UNC. Kathy Barnhouse, MD, Anthony Charles, MD, MPH, and Moe Lim, MD, were elected to two-year terms by the clinical … Read more

Dr. Amy Alger receives 2015 Young Faculty Award

Dr. Amy Alger Dr. Amy Alger of the Division of General and Acute Care Surgery received the Young Faculty of the Year Award for 2015. The honor was presented at an event on June 13, 2015. The recipient of the … Continued

Department of Surgery Awards Presentation 2015 Winners

Eskelund Award Chief Resident Sumayah Hargette 3rd Year Joanna Grudziak Intern Lana Bahour In-Service Award Top Score- Jr Level Rafi Fredman Top Score- Sr. Level Trista Reid Scored above 90% Chelsea Becker, Sara Kim, Rafi Fredman, Trista Reid Most Improved … Continued

Anesthesiology Residents pick Dr. Caranasos as Physician of the Year

Graduating residents in the UNC Department of Anesthesiology selected Thomas G. Caranasos, M.D., as Physician of the Year for his excellence in resident training.The award will be presented at a dinner for graduating Anesthesiology residents and fellows. Dr. Caranasos is … Continued

Dr. Sean Montgomery Recalls 9/11 and Treating Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan

Hours after the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, Sean Montgomery stood on the roof of the Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics and Surgery Center at Andrews Air Force Base, where he was doing rotations for his general surgery residency at Walter … Continued

CT Resident Staci Beamer named Womack Scholar

Staci Beamer Staci Beamer, MD, a resident in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, was named the 2015 Nathan A. Womack Scholar at the annual meeting of the Womack Society on May 15, 2015. The Scholarship is awarded to recognize in … Continued

Surgery Resident Megan Quintana wins Sheldon Research Award

Megan Quintana, MD, a resident in the UNC Department of Surgery, won the George F. Sheldon, MD Surgical Research Award with her Basic Science oral presentation at the Nathan A. Womack Society meeting on Friday, May 15. Other winners of … Continued

Dr. Michelle Brownstein Featured as 2015 Health Policy Scholar

Dr. Michelle Brownstein was featured as a 2015 Health Policy Scholar, representing the ACS/Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Health Policy. A total of 17 surgeons will participate in the Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management in June … Continued

Michael Phillips, MD Receives 2015 Robert C. Cefalo House Officer Award

The 2015 ceremony marked the eighth year that the award has been named in honor of Robert Cefalo, MD, PhD, who passed away in 2008 after a battle with cancer. Cefalo served with distinction for 25 years as director of … Continued

UNC Surgery hosts Society of Black Academic Surgeons

SBAS logo on the big screen in the Dean Dome Basketball legend Charlie Scott speaks before the SBAS members The UNC Department of Surgery hosted the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) from April 9-12. … Continued

Congratulations to the Surgeons Recommended by at Least 94% of Their Patients!

In recognition of this achievement, each of these providers will receive the 2015 UNC Health Care and UNC Faculty Physicians Award for Carolina Care Excellence. We thank each of these individuals for their leadership in helping to create an exceptional … Continued

Dr. Thomas Caranasos to be featured on YOUR HEALTH®

This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be talking with Drs. Thomas Caranasos, John Vavalle and Michael Yeung, surgeons from UNC’s TAVR Program. The theme of the conversation will be The Aorta and Its Valves. Please listen here: … Continued

Dr. Andy Kiser Appointed Doxey Distinguished Professor

Kiser is chief of the UNC Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He provides cardiac surgery for adults at UNC Hospitals and is a professor of surgery in the UNC School of Medicine. Kiser has expertise in minimally-invasive valve and coronary artery … Continued

The Gift of Transplant, featuring David Gerber, MD

David Gerber, MD, had completed his general surgery internship and was beginning his second year of residency at Emory University when he met a recruiter from the United States Air Force. It was 1990, and the Gulf War had just … Continued

Dr. Robert Watson Interviewed by AAMC

The AAMC- The Association of Medical Colleges, interviewed Transplant’s Dr. Robert Watson at the Department of Surgery. The article, which can be viewed here, is titled “Technology in Academic Medicine: Using Algorithms to Hone Students’ Surgical Techniques”. An excerpt below … Continued