Mahesh Sharma, MD, joins the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Surgery as Associate Professor, Section Chief of Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He also serves as Co-Director of the North Carolina Children’s Heart Center and Director of Pediatric Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support. Dr. Sharma discusses how he went from dreaming of being an astronaut to what led him to his current role of performing open heart surgery on children, as well as advice he would have given his younger self before starting medical school.

The North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Health Care and UNC Kittner Eye Center want people to know the facts about fireworks, so everyone has a fun and safe Fourth of July.

Congratulations Edward Bahnson, Ph.D.!

“Achieving surgical leadership demands bold ambition and exceptionally dedicated people. At UNC’s Department of Surgery, we are fortunate to be rich in both Our strategic plan is the result of an incredible amount of collaborative, thoughtful, and dedicated work from across the department.” – Melina R Kibbe, MD, FACS, FAHA, Department of Surgery Chair

Dr. Andrea Hayes-Jordan joins the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Surgery as Professor and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery as well as Surgeon in Chief for UNC Children’s Hospital. She discusses her groundbreaking work with desmoplastic small round cell tumors, the technique she perfected for previously inoperable pediatric patients, and how divine intervention played a role in her choice of specialty.

Dr. Don Nakayama is a new faculty member joining the division of pediatrics. He is returning to UNC where he originally taught in the late 90s. Dr. Nakayama talks about his return to teaching, how he chose his specialty and his interest in surgical history.

Congratulations to David Ollila, MD, for being appointed as a Consultant to the Complex General Surgical Oncology Certifying Examination Committee in the area of Breast Surgery for the American Board of Surgery. The appointment of Examination Consultants provides for a … Continued

Dr. Anthony Charles has been awarded Fellowship to the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh.