Author Archives: Margaret Cloud

Andy C. Kiser, M.D. James P. Zidar, M.D. Andy Kiser, M.D., chief of the UNC Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and James Zidar, M.D., a cardiologist with North Carolina Heart and Vascular, talked about heart health on “Rex On Call” on WRAL TV on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. Watch the show...

  Michael R. Mill, M.D. Michael R. Mill, M.D., a professor of surgery in the UNC Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, has been appointed professor of pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at UNC, effective Dec. 20, 2013. Under the joint appointment, Dr. Mill will teach and do research with the...

  Thomas M. Egan, M.D., left, and Michael R. Mill, M.D., right Congratulations to Drs. Thomas M. Egan and Michael R. Mill, who are both listed in the 2014 “Best Doctors in America” database. “Best Doctors” lists outstanding physicians who have been nominated for inclusion by their peers. Dr. Egan...

  A clinical trial underway at the University of North Carolina is testing the idea that lungs can be recovered for transplant from people who die suddenly, away from the hospital. Lungs for transplant normally come from people who have suffered brain death and have been on a ventilator in...

Jennifer S. Nelson, M.D. Jennifer S. Nelson, M.D., joined the UNC Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery in August as a pediatric cardiac surgeon. She serves as an assistant professor of surgery in the UNC School of Medicine and as director of the Congenital ECMO Program at the North Carolina Children’s Hospital....

Jason M. Long, M.D., M.P.H. Jason Long, M.D., M.P.H., a thoracic surgeon, joined the UNC Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery on August 1 as an assistant professor of surgery. Dr. Long earned a B.S. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an M.P.H. from Harvard University, and an M.D....

Dr. Kiser performs part of a Convergent Procedure to treat a patient’s atrial fibrillation; he worked with Dr. Paul Mounsey, a cardiologist, to perform the procedure. (Endeavors photo by Donn Young) UNC heart surgeon Andy Kiser developed a new, minimally invasive treatment for atrial fibrillation that treats the outside and...

Thomas M. Egan, M.D., M.Sc. Aug. 8, 2013 A researcher at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a $4 million, three-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study assessment and transplantation of lungs from victims of sudden death. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood...

  Michael R. Mill, M.D. Maryam, an 8-year-old girl from Afghanistan, underwent heart surgery at UNC Hospitals on Tuesday, July 9, and came through it well, her surgeon, Michael R. Mill, M.D., said. (Update: Maryam went home from the hospital to her host family’s home in Raeford on Tuesday, July...

William E. Stansfield, M.D. Congratulations to William E. Stansfield, M.D., who received the “Physician Teacher of the Year” award from residents in the UNC Department of Anesthesiology at a resident graduation dinner on June 22, 2013. Dr. Stansfield is a cardiac surgeon and an assistant professor of surgery in the...