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Michael Phillips, MD, Talks About his Return to the UNC Department of Surgery

August 20, 2018

Michael Phillips, MD, joins the UNC Department of Surgery as an assistant professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery. He discusses his return to the University of North Carolina, what it means to him to not only treat his pediatric patients but their entire family, as well as how he believes informatics...

Laura Purcell, MD, Selected as an OIA Global Health Scholar

August 16, 2018

Laura Purcell, MD, General Surgery resident was only one of three students selected as OIA health Scholars.

Kidney Transplant, a Chain of Events that Saved Lives

August 14, 2018

UNC Center for Transplant Care utilized kidney paired donation, connecting strangers from across the country, to help a mom save the life of her daughter.

Sebastian’s Story – A Families Journey to Save Their Son

12-year-old Sebastian Gonzalez is being treated at N.C. Children’s Hospital for a rare abdominal cancer called desmoplastic small round cell tumor. He is being cared for by Dr. Andrea Hayes-Jordan, Chief of Pediatric Surgery for UNC Surgery. She is one of the world’s leading doctors specializing in treating this disease....

Gita Mody, MD, MPH, Joins UNC Department of Surgery

Gita Mody, MD, MPH, joins the UNC Department of Surgery in Chapel Hill as Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. She discusses her enthusiasm for becoming a mentor in the thoracic surgery residency program, her inspiration for becoming a physician, and a challenge she faced on the road to becoming...

Stephen Heisler, DPM, MHSA, Joins Division of Vascular Surgery

Stephen Heisler, DPM, MHSA, joins the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Surgery as Assitant Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery. Dr. Heisler discusses how he wanted to go from being a caring friend to a caring provider, building trust with his patients, and wanting to pick the brain of Bill Nye the...

Publication by Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD, Featured as Cover Art

The Department of Surgery wants to congratulate Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD, Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, for her publication, which was chosen as the cover art for the latest edition of Pediatric Anesthesia Journal.

The North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Health Care Donated 350 Fire Extinguishers to Families in Need

A fire in Efland, North Carolina sparked an idea for fire safety classes that eventually spread to a collaboration between the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, Orange County Fire Marshal and Safe Kids that culminated in community education and donation of life-saving fire extinguishers.