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Key Points Question  Is physicians’ implicit racial bias associated with the provision of low-value care for Black or White patients with claudication? Findings  In this survey study, 72% of 218 vascular specialists had a pro-White implicit bias, and pro-White bias was associated with low-value care for Black patients. Meaning  These findings suggest that...

More than 60 of the nation’s top gastrointestinal (GI) cancer clinical translational researchers from 19 institutions braved a winter storm to convene in Chapel Hill on January 9 and 10, for the 2025 GI Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) Investigators Meeting, with an additional 40 joining virtually. Staged annually...

Bill Miller and Clara Lee have navigated nearly two decades of marriage and academia, including a departure from and return to Carolina, where their relationship began.

The UNC Chronic Pancreatitis and Autologous Islet Cell Transplant Program, led by Chirag S. Desai, MD, FACS, professor of surgery, has performed its 100th case, cementing UNC Hospitals as one of the most significant centers for surgical therapy for chronic pancreatitis.