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Michelle Brownstein, MD, assistant professor of surgery, was honored with the 2016 H. Fleming Fuller Award at a ceremony on Nov. 21. The Fuller Award is among the UNC School of Medicine’s highest honors and is presented annually to the … Continued

The Department of Surgery would like to congratulate the Plastic division for some new awards. Lynn Damitz, MD was promoted to Senior Examiner by the ABPS, and Loree Kalliainen, MD who remains a Director of the ABPS, is now an Evaluator for the ABPS (she observes the oral exam to...

Jared Gallaher, MD won the 2016 Region IV COT (American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma) Resident Paper Competition. The Title of this paper is “The Independent Effect of a New Surgical Residency Program on Trauma Mortality at a Sub-Saharan Africa Tertiary Center.

Castle Connolly America’s Top Doctors have awarded Mark, Koruda, MD with a 15 years of service award. We would like to congratulate Dr. Koruda on this achievement.

The Department of Surgery would like to congratulate Emily Wirtz on winning the Best Paper Award for Breast Reconstruction at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in late September.

What Do Our Patients Truly Want? Conjoint Analysis of an Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Practice Using Internet Crowdsourcing. Wu C, Scott Hultman C, Diegidio P, Hermiz S, Garimella R, Crutchfield TM, Lee CN. Aesthet Surg J. 2016 Sep 20. pii: sjw143. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 27651401. This article will be...

One of Surgery’s own, Dr. Jared Gallaher, won the the Best Abstract Award from ACS. Award theme/category: Global Surgery/Global Surgery/Humanitarian Outreach Abstract title: Multi-Drug Resistance Colonization is Associated with Increased Mortality after Burn Injury in Sub-Saharan Africa Co-authors: Joanna Grudziak, MD, Vanessa Msosa, MBBS, Bruce A Cairns, MD, FACS, Anthony...

The University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School honored six alumni at its 18th annual Alumni Association Awards ceremony on Oct. 28. The awards recognize members of the UNC Kenan-Flagler community who personify the School’s core values of excellence, leadership, … Continued