September 8, 2011 — Dr. Christopher Rupp, Assistant Professor in Gastrointestinal Surgery, was the principal investigator of a study featured on WRAL.com

August 18, 2011 — Of the five UNC Health Care nurses named to the list of North Carolina’s “Great 100 Nurses” for 2011, two are affiliated with the Dept. of Surgery.

August 18, 2011 – Surgery Services is proud to announce that the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) received the Beacon Award for Excellence at the bronze level by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.

July 21, 2010 — Sixteen-year-old Jakeina Sutton receives a second heart as well as a new kidney.

July 20, 2011 — The Physicians Foundation has awarded Erin Fraher, PhD, a two-year, $750,000 grant to develop a tracking system that will monitor the country’s physician workforce in hopes of anticipating shortages.

July 18, 2011 — The July/August 2011 edition of Chapel Hill Magazine names the “Best of Chapel Hill Awards.”

July 18, 2011 — Several general surgery residents participated in the Resident Research Forum at the North and South Carolina Chapters of the American College of Surgeons, held in Asheville, NC, on July 15-17.

July 1, 2011 — Promotions for Tim Farrell, MD, and John van Aalst, MD, are effective July 1.