Mary Scercy, facing camera, hugs a member of her lung donor’s family. A double-lung transplant at UNC in March 2010 gave Mary Scercy of Lincoln County, N.C., woman a second chance at life, allowing her to witness the birth of her first granddaughter, attend her son’s wedding and to meet the lung donor’s family … Read more
Pediatric congenital heart disease patients, a high‐risk group, receive care from many medical teams in a complex system of hospital units. UNC Hospitals provides excellent care of these patients, but is always looking for ways to improve. A new research study aims to do just that. Tina Schade Willis, MD, is principal investigator for Project … Read more
Andy C. Kiser, M.D. The UNC Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the UNC Center for Heart & Vascular Care welcome Andy C. Kiser, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon who joined UNC as professor of surgery on Nov. 1. At UNC, Dr. Kiser joins Brett C. Sheridan, MD, in providing heart surgery for adults. Michael R. Mill, … Read more
Howell Graham Twenty years ago, Howell Graham became the first cystic fibrosis patient to undergo a double-lung transplant surgery at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Lung transplantation was then a very new procedure, but the operation, done by UNC cardiothoracic surgeon Thomas M. Egan, MD, was a success. Now, Graham is believed to be the … Read more
Dr. Alden Parsons, a Raleigh thoracic surgeon who completed a cardiothoracic surgery residency at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2009, was featured in a report on National Public Radio on Oct. 14, 2010, about the number of doctors who are working for hospitals instead of being in private practice. To hear the report (“Hospitals go Doctor Shopping … Read more
Dr. Wilcox in January 2010. The UNC Health Sciences Library plans to rename its Historical Collections Reading Room as “The Benson Reid Wilcox Historical Collections Reading Room” in recognition of Dr. Benson Wilcox. Dr. Wilcox, a heart surgeon and UNC School of Medicine graduate, served 29 years as chief of the UNC Division of … Read more
An article in UNC’s Endeavors magazine, a publication about discoveries and creativity at the university, highlights the research of Dr. Thomas Egan and his collaborators.
Dr. Wilcox, January 2010. Benson Reid Wilcox, M.D., a heart surgeon who served 29 years as chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, died May 11, 2010, at his home after a courageous battle with brain cancer. He was 77. Dr. Wilcox served as chief of … Read more
The Center for Cardiothoracic Simulation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has developed two simulators which allow for a full operative experience with cardiac surgery and with lung surgery (both open and thoracoscopic) without the use of live animals.
Michael E. Bowdish, M.D., of the UNC Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, has received a $7,500 UNC Junior Faculty Development Award for research. His project, “Evaluation of Partial Task Simulation and a High-Fidelity Cardiac Surgery Simulator in the Training of Cardiac Surgery Residents,” is funded from Jan. 1, 2010 to Dec. 31, 2010.
