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Dr. Mill is named to 2015-2016 Best Doctors in America list

November 17, 2015
  Michael R. Mill, M.D. Nov. 18, 2015 Congratulations to Michael R. Mill, M.D., of the UNC Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, who was named to the 2015-2016 Best Doctors in America® list. Dr. Mill, a cardiac surgeon, is Director of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at UNC and is a professor of...

New TAVR device can make aortic valve replacement safer and available for more patients

October 5, 2015
  UNC TAVR team members (left to right): John Vavalle, M.D., a cardiologist; Thomas Caranasos, M.D., a cardiac surgeon; Michael Yeung, M.D., a cardiologist; Cassie Ramm, M.S.N., coordinator of the TAVR program. (UNC Health Care photo) Oct. 5, 2015 UNC physicians are among the first to use a new device...

Cardiac surgeon Peter J.K. Starek dies

September 8, 2015
Peter J. K. Starek, M.D. Sept. 8, 2015 Peter J.K. Starek, M.D., an international leader and researcher in the field of heart valve replacement and repair and a longtime heart surgeon and professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, died Sept. 6, 2015, in Wrightsville Beach, N.C....

Cardiologist Sara Pasquali will speak during heart symposium at UNC

September 2, 2015
Sara Pasquali, MD, MHS (Photo from University of Michigan) Sept. 23, 2015 Sara K. Pasquali, MD, MHS, a pediatric cardiologist at the University of Michigan, will be the visiting professor and keynote speaker during the 2015 UNC Children’s Heart Collaborative Fall Symposium. She will speak at two events: Wednesday, Oct....

UNC lung transplant research is featured on CBN News

August 5, 2015
A CBN broadcast featured lung transplant research at UNC. Thomas M. Egan‘s lung transplant research at UNC was recently featured on a TV broadcast on CBN News. Dr. Egan is principal investigator of a three-year, $4 million study funded by the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood...

Dr. Haithcock, Dr. Long and Dr. DiMeo win award in Lineberger technology innovation competition

July 13, 2015
Andrew DiMeo, Ph.D. Drs. Haithcock (left) and Long (second from left) explain an idea to Richard Goldberg, Ph.D. (right), of the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, at the June 29 event to encourage technology innovation. (Lineberger Center photo) July 10, 2015 Benjamin Haithcock, M.D., Jason Long, M.D., M.P.H,...

Thoracic Surgery wins 2015 Outstanding Service award from UNC Surgery interns

June 17, 2015
  Benjamin Haithcock, M.D. Jason Long, M.D., M.P.H. The Thoracic Surgery service won the 2015 Outstanding Service Award, presented each year by UNC Surgery interns to the UNC Surgery service that best meets the following criteria: teaching on the part of the faculty, clinical opportunities and technical experience. The interns...

Register now for UNC/ISMICS Heart Team Summit on arrhythmia and lead management alliances

June 17, 2015
A symposium about arrhythmia and lead management will be held in Chapel Hill Aug. 27-29, 2015.The inaugural UNC/ISMICS Heart Team Summit is appropriate for practicing cardiologists, and cardiothoracic or vascular surgeons. The course is designed for both experienced surgeons who are new to arrthythmia and lead management, residents who are...

Anesthesiology residents pick Dr. Caranasos as Physician of the Year

May 28, 2015
Thomas G. Caranasos, M.D. Graduating residents in the UNC Department of Anesthesiology selected Thomas G. Caranasos, M.D., as Physician of the Year for his excellence in resident training.The award will be presented on June 13 at a dinner for graduating Anesthesiology residents and fellows. Dr. Caranasos is an assistant professor...

Drs. Caranasos, Vavalle and Yeung discuss valve replacement on “Your Health”

May 7, 2015
Thomas Caranasos, M.D. Thomas Caranasos, M.D., John Vavalle, M.D., and Michael Yeung, M.D., were on the WCHL radio show “Your Health” in April to talk about UNC’s Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) program, which helps people who are too frail to undergo open heart surgery for valve replacement. Listen to...