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Kiser is chief of the UNC Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He provides cardiac surgery for adults at UNC Hospitals and is a professor of surgery in the UNC School of Medicine. Kiser has expertise in minimally-invasive valve and coronary artery … Continued

David Gerber, MD, had completed his general surgery internship and was beginning his second year of residency at Emory University when he met a recruiter from the United States Air Force. It was 1990, and the Gulf War had just … Continued

The AAMC- The Association of Medical Colleges, interviewed Transplant’s Dr. Robert Watson at the Department of Surgery. The article, which can be viewed here, is titled “Technology in Academic Medicine: Using Algorithms to Hone Students’ Surgical Techniques”. An excerpt below … Continued

Mansi Shah, MD Sara Kim, MD Two UNC residents in General Surgery – Mansi Shah, M.D., and Sara Kim, M.D. – have won scholarships from Women in Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Kim is a graduate of the University of Florida School … Continued

The paper is the culmination of the largest single-center study of the Ross operation in children to date and was done in collaboration with the University of Michigan’s Congenital Heart Center. The award winning manuscript is expected to be published … Continued

On December 3, 2014, the UNC Department of Surgery hosted its residents for a leadership development program in interpersonal effectiveness. Some of the issues the department hoped to instill in its residents included: Understanding style differences and how to become more effective in dealing with others Learning how to navigate...

The department of Surgery would like to congratulate Elizabeth Schreiber, RN, on her recent award from UNC.The Nursing Recognition Awards, established in 1990, serve as recognition of the contributions that nurses make in support of patient care, teaching, research and … Continued

The national news program CBN News aired a story about UNC’s North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center and the UNC Surgical Initiative in Malawi on Thursday, November 6, 2014 on the Christian Broadcasting Network. The story covered the work at the … Continued