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Surgeons Featured in New Cancer Care Commercials

August 11, 2011
August 11, 2011– Several surgery physicians are featured in a set of commercials promoting UNC Cancer Care that will air across North Carolina beginning Monday, August 15th.

Stitzenberg Quoted in Latest NCI Cancer Bulletin

August 11, 2011
August 11, 2011– Karyn Stitzenberg, MD, MPH, is quoted in an article entitled “Tracking the Rise of Robotic Surgery for Prostate Cancer” in the August 9th issue of the NCI Cancer Bulletin.

UNC Department of Surgery Welcomes New Attendings August 2011

August 10, 2011
August 10, 2011 — The Department of Surgery would like to welcome the following new Attendings to our faculty:

UNC Department of Surgery Welcomes Dr. Michael Woods

July 19, 2011
July 18, 2011 — The Department of Surgery would like to welcome the following new Attending to our faculty:

Vital Signs Features Udell in “real doctors, real people”

July 15, 2011
July 13, 2011 — Dr. Ian Udell, a resident in urological surgery at UNC Hospitals, is also an accomplished wakeboarder sponsored by O’Brien Watersports.

Kiser Named Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery

July 8, 2011
July 1, 2011 — Dr. Andy Kiser, recognized as an international leader in arrhythmia surgery, has been named the new Chief of UNC’s Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He succeeds Dr. Micheal Mill, who led the division as interim chief from 1998 to 1999 and as chief from 2000 to 2011.

Castle Connolly Names ‘Top Regional Doctors’

June 17, 2011
June 17, 2011 — Thirty UNC Health Care physicians, including eight from the Department of Surgery, have been recognized as “top regional doctors” by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.

DeMore Study Identifies Growth Inhibitor for Breast Cancer

May 27, 2011
May 27, 2011 – A UNC laboratory study led by Dr. Nancy DeMore has found that Tacrolimus, a drug commonly used to prevent a patient’s body from rejecting organs following a transplant, also inhibits breast cancer growth in pre-clinical studies. The findings of the study were reported in the May...