Category: News

Thomas Caranasos, MD, and John Vavalle, MD, performed the first transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the world using a suprasternal approach with the Aegis Surgical Transit system and the Medtronic Evolut-R valve earlier this month The first suprasternal TAVR operation … Continued

The UNC Department of Surgery congratulates Dr. Amita Shah for winning one of only five coveted Cefalo Housestaff Awards in 2016. We are proud to have her represent the Department of Surgery and the Division of Plastic Surgery. Many thanks … Continued

Each year, UNC Health Care administers the CMS-approved Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS) survey to solicit feedback from patients. One question on that survey asks patients if they would recommend their provider’s office to … Continued

The Youtube Video can be found here. In 2015, medical schools across the country sent 10,992 new physicians out into the workforce. Of that number, only 1,061 – less than 10 percent – were black. And, according to the U.S. … Continued

Melina Kibbe, MD, has been appointed the Zach D. Owens Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery. Kibbe will join the UNC community on July 1. Anthony Meyer, MD, PhD, announced in April of 2015 that he would … Continued

John Stackhouse is not a doctor or public health expert. But as the longtime owner of a business that put up electrical poles, he knew decades ago that the state needed a burn center. Stackhouse had seen his own employees … Continued

Congratulations to UNC Surgery resident Mansi Shah, M.D. who won the 2015 Resident Scholarship from the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA). The scholarship sponsors a general or thoracic surgery resident to travel to the STSA annual meeting, participate in programs, … Continued

A study by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers and collaborators has uncovered a need to better inform breast cancer patients about the pros and cons of breast reconstructive surgery among women undergoing mastectomy. In a study … Continued