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Heather Logghe, MD, a resident in surgery at UNC Hospitals, had been following media coverage about #iLookLikeAnEngineer — a hashtag created by software engineer Isis Anchalee in response to negative feedback she received after being featured in an ad for … Continued

Clayton Commander and Teddy Puzio were awarded Kaiser-Permanente Excellence in Teaching Awards. This award was created by the Class of 2000 to recognize those residents and interns who contribute in an exemplary way to the education of medical students with … Continued

Dr. Sean P. Montgomery, Assistant Professor in the Division of General and Acute Care Surgery, has been appointed as the new Program Director for the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship by the GMEC committee. Dr. Montgomery was previously the Associate Program … Continued

Two of the Department of Surgery’s Residents, Jared Gallaher and Clayton Tyler Ellis, received awards at the North Carolina/South Carolina chapters of the American College of Surgeons Joint Meeting in 2015. Tyler won 1st Commission of Cancer with a presentation titled “MSCR National Trends in Non-Operative Management of Rectal Adenocarinoma”...

Dr. Bruce A. Cairns, Director of the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center and John Stackhouse Distinguished Professor of Surgery, was selected to serve as a member of the Surgery, Anesthesiology and Trauma Study Section, Center for Scientific Review for the … Continued

The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center played matchmaker hosted a scientific speed-dating event to match surgeons with engineers based on mutual interests in solving real-world medical problems. “Everybody does their job, and everybody is busy in their careers,” says Dr. … Continued

The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center played matchmaker recently, hosting a scientific “speed-dating” event to match surgeons with engineers based on mutual interests in solving real-world medical problems. The event featured many of the surgeons that are part of the … Continued

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease annual poster competition is Surgery’s Jacquelyn Carr with “Depletion of Enteric Microbiota Protects from Chemotherapy-induced Damage in the Murine Small Intestine.” The posters were … Continued