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By formal training, Anthony Charles, MD, MPH, is a trauma surgeon. By experience, he’s a diplomat. Charles leads the Malawian Surgical Initiative, a partnership between the UNC Department of Surgery, Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi, and the Malawi College … Continued

Women were less likely to have breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy if they had Medicaid or Medicare rather than private insurance or if they lived 10 or more miles from a plastic surgeon’s office, a University of North Carolina Lineberger … Continued

Women were less likely to have breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy if they had Medicaid or Medicare rather than private insurance or if they lived 10 or more miles from a plastic surgeon’s office, a University of North Carolina Lineberger … Continued

Physicians performed UNC Hospitals’ first Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement procedure in November 2014. In 2016, the number of TAVR cases may be triple the number performed in 2015. Much of that increase can be attributed to good patient outcomes, coupled … Continued

It’s Melina Kibbe’s first week at UNC. In her office, framed diplomas, photos, and some rather impressive awards still sit on the floor, waiting to be hung. In 2010, Kibbe was honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists … Continued

Jennifer S. Nelson, M.D., M.S., a pediatric heart surgeon at UNC, started a multidisciplinary research program at UNC that is studying a common heart defect, Tetralogy of Fallot. Until the 1960s, babies born with this defect rarely survived infancy. Now, … Continued

More than 50 campers are wrapping up a long weekend of bonding in the Triangle. Camp Celebrate is in its 35th year of helping burn survivors accept themselves and trust others. The camp was the first of its kind in … Continued

On May 5, the Department of Surgery hosted its first Resident Research Day, which featured poster and oral presentations by more than 50 residents and medical students. In addition to the poster presentations, which took place in the lobby of … Continued