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November 18, 2008 — On 10/15/08, Dr. Aaron Garrison was presented with the Surgical Forum Excellence in Research Award by the American College of Surgeons for his abstract, “Developmental insight into intestinal adaptation: characterization of intestinal stem cell (ISC) expansion and lucagon-Like Peptide-2 (GLP-2) actions during murine intestinal development.” Dr....

November 18, 2008 — Timothy, M. Weiner, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, was awarded the prestigious H. Fleming Fuller Award at the 11/13/08 meeting of the UNC Health Care Board. The H. Fleming Fuller Award is intended as a permanent memorial to Kinston, N.C., physician H....

December 8, 2008 — The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has named Judith Swasey winner of the 2008 Oncology Nursing Excellence Award, which includes a $1,500 stipend for professional education activities.

December 8, 2008 — On Nov. 29, UNC senior Elisabeth “Lisette” Yorke, of Nova Scotia, Canada, was selected as a Rhodes Scholar. The biology major will have the opportunity to study at Oxford University for the next several years.Yorke has volunteered with the NC Jaycee Burn Center since early in...

Timothy M. Weiner, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, was awarded the prestigious H. Fleming Fuller Award at the Nov. 13 meeting of the UNC Health Care Board.

Michael Bowdish, MD, Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery Christopher Rupp, MD, Assistant Professor, GI Surgery Sean McLean, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Surgery Alexander Toledo, MD, Assistant Professor, Abdominal Transplant Nirmal Veeramachaneni, MD, Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

On December 31, 2008, Matt Nielsen, MD, joined the Urology faculty. He comes to UNC from Johns Hopkins and specializes in urologic oncology and robotic surgery..

  Enjoy the third edition of our new Department of Surgery Newsletter. Find information and updates to our faculty, trainees, staff, and alumni and highlights of significant achievements by members of the department. Future contributions for our quarterly newsletters, including … Continued