(Includes information from a blog by Keith Kocis, M.D., team leader for the Uganda mission.) A UNC medical team provided heart surgery for 10 children with complex congenital heart defects during this year’s two-week medical mission to Mulago Hospital, Makerere University, in Kampala, Uganda. All of the children were doing well when the UNC … Read more

In a recent interview on NBC 17 TV,  Benjamin E. Haithcock, MD, a UNC cardiothoracic surgeon, discusssed disparities in treatment of lung cancer. He discussed the same topic at a Lung Cancer Awareness Symposium at UNC’s Lineberger Cancer Research Center on Nov. 17. Glenda Frazier, 40, came to UNC from Fort Bragg after a doctor … Read more