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Lead Author: Chirag Desai, MD | Journal: JAMA Surgery There is an important unmet need for better measures of liver tumor biologic and objective criteria that may be used to select patients who will benefit most from the limited pool of life-saving liver grafts. This study advances our understanding of...

UNC Department of Surgery is pleased to recognize co-PI Professor Lawrence Kim, MD, in the division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery who was awarded a four-year R01 funding ($2M) in September 2021. Along with Associate Professor of Radiology Zhanhong Wu, PhD, as co-MPI of a National Institute of Diabetes...

The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program recognized UNC for achieving meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care for the 2020 calendar year for both ALL CASES and HIGH RISK CASES!  This award is for the Adult NSQIP Program at UNCH, Chapel Hill Campus. We were one of...

Congratulations to Katharine McGinigle, MD, MPH, Associate Professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery. Dr. McGinigle received an award from the Society for Vascular Surgery Foundation (SVS) for her work entitled, “Using Precision Medicine to Define Adaptive Treatment Strategies for Patients with Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia.” The award is in the...

We are incredibly excited and proud to announce that Dr. Andrea Hayes (formerly Hayes-Jordan), Professor and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief of the UNC Children’s Hospital has accepted the position of Chair of the Department of Surgery at Howard University College of Medicine. This is an...

Congratulations to our faculty who recently received promotions: Muneera R. Kapadia, MD, MME, has been promoted to Professor in the division of gastrointestinal surgery.

Congratulations to our faculty who recently received promotions: Katharine McGinigle, MD, MPH, has been promoted to Associate Professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery. Felicia Williams, MD, has been promoted to Associate Professor in the Division of Burn Surgery. Karyn Stitzenberg, MD, MPH, has been promoted to Professor in the Division...

JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association, is pleased to announce the appointment of Anthony Charles MD, MPH, as Associate Editor. Dr. Charles is the Oliver Rowe Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of General and Acute Care Surgery, Director of Adult ECMO, and Director of Global...