Category: News

Dr. Karyn Stitzenberg and Dr. Tyler Ellis were featured in the ASCRS/DC&R Podcast this week. This podcast, hosted by the Diseases of the Colon and Rectum Journal and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, is free to play … Continued

It is with pleasure that we announce the result of the Board Elections for the Nominating Committee of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. It is chaired by the immediate past presidents of the ASPS and PSF, as well as members elected by 1) general membership and 2) the Board...

Melina Kibbe, MD, and Nobel Prize Winner Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, join only twelve current and former UNC School of Medicine faculty members in the prestigious National Academy of Medicine. Melina Kibbe, MD, and Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, professors at … Continued

Please join me offering heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Scott Hultman, who has just been named the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Reconstructive Surgery for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons / Plastic Surgery Foundation (ASPS/PSF). ASPS/PSF is the largest plastic surgery organization in the world with about 6000 active...

Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, was a typical weekend morning at UNC Hospitals – calm, with nothing out of the ordinary happening on the premises – until a man barged into the North Carolina Children’s Hospital lobby, yelling, “My friend’s in … Continued

In a recent issue of the Chapel Hill Magazine, the UNC Department of Surgery’s Dr. Bruce A. Cairns spoke about the excellent work being done by the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center. To read the entire article, please click here.

Chair of UNC Surgery, Melina Kibbe, MD In a study published in JAMA Surgery, Melina Kibbe, MD, Zach D. Owens Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, and colleagues found that few human surgical clinical research studies included men and women … Continued

Congressman David Price announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a $295,298 Fire Prevention and Safety Grant (FP&S) to the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center in the UNC School of Medicine’s Surgery Department.