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Congratulations Dr. Jen Jen Yeh for receiving a multi-PI NIH T32 award with Dr. William Kim (Lineberger) from the National Cancer Institute for the project entitled, “UNC Integrated Translational Oncology Program (UNC-iTOP)”, in the amount of $2,578,421 from 9/20/2019 – 8/31/2024. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Integrated...

Welcome to the Department of Surgery at UNC. Check out our Department video to find out more information about who we are and our commitment to providing outstanding care to the patients of North Carolina and beyond.

The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded Dr. Melina Kibbe, MD, Chair, and Professor at UNC Surgery, with the Biomedical Laboratory R&D Senior Clinical Scientist Award. She received the award for her project entitled, “Novel in situ custom biodegradable drug-eluting stents for endovascular surgery.”

Ezequiel Parodi, MD, is the new Associate Professor with UNC Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery. He sat down to discuss what inspired him to become a surgeon, why he chose to pursue academic medicine, and his work with complex aortic disease.

Check out the UNC Surgery Summer 2019 newsletter. It includes exciting insights and updates from May through July 2019 about the UNC Department of Surgery. Some of the stories include the 4th Annual Nathan. A Womack Surgical Society Research Day and Graduation as well as highlights and awards and new...

Philip Spanheimer, MD, joins the UNC Department of Surgery as an Assistant Professor, in the Division of Surgical Oncology...

Dr. Brittany Williams received a Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award at the 2019 UNC School of Medicine’s Whitehead Lecture and Awards ceremony on August 7...

Adeyemi Ogunleye, MD, joins the UNC Department of Surgery as an Assistant Professor, in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery...