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SICU Wins Beacon Award

August 18, 2011
August 18, 2011 – Surgery Services is proud to announce that the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) received the Beacon Award for Excellence at the bronze level by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.

Surgeons Featured in New Cancer Care Commercials

August 11, 2011
August 11, 2011– Several surgery physicians are featured in a set of commercials promoting UNC Cancer Care that will air across North Carolina beginning Monday, August 15th.

Stitzenberg Quoted in Latest NCI Cancer Bulletin

August 11, 2011
August 11, 2011– Karyn Stitzenberg, MD, MPH, is quoted in an article entitled “Tracking the Rise of Robotic Surgery for Prostate Cancer” in the August 9th issue of the NCI Cancer Bulletin.

UNC Department of Surgery Welcomes New Attendings August 2011

August 10, 2011
August 10, 2011 — The Department of Surgery would like to welcome the following new Attendings to our faculty:

Second Chance for Jakeina

July 21, 2011
July 21, 2010 — Sixteen-year-old Jakeina Sutton receives a second heart as well as a new kidney.

Fraher Awarded Grant to Track Physician Shortages

July 20, 2011
July 20, 2011 — The Physicians Foundation has awarded Erin Fraher, PhD, a two-year, $750,000 grant to develop a tracking system that will monitor the country’s physician workforce in hopes of anticipating shortages.

UNC Department of Surgery Welcomes Dr. Michael Woods

July 19, 2011
July 18, 2011 — The Department of Surgery would like to welcome the following new Attending to our faculty:

Chapel Hill Magazine Names UNC Plastic Surgery the “Best”

July 18, 2011
July 18, 2011 — The July/August 2011 edition of Chapel Hill Magazine names the “Best of Chapel Hill Awards.”