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Luigi Pascarella, MD, Clerkship Director, along with Drs. Barnhouse and Klipstein won The Whitehead Medical Society of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine award for Best Application Phase Course Award. The award acknowledges and recognizes the Hospital, Interventional, and Surgical Care among the courses in the Application Phase...

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Ikonomidis for receiving a NIH R21 award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for the project entitled, “Exploration of key proteases and validation of biomarkers in genetically triggered thoracic aortic aneurysms”, in the amount of $233,250 for the period 8/1/2019 to 7/31/2021.

Mark Farber, MD, chief of vascular surgery at the UNC School of Medicine, is the national principal investigator for the study and performed the trial’s first implant of the GORE® EXCLUDER® Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis, an investigational device, at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, NC.

In response to updated safety information from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Allergan has Voluntarily Recalled BIOCELL® Textured Breast Implants and Tissue Expanders

Paula Strassle, Ph.D., M.S.P.H joins the UNC Department of Surgery as an Assistant Professor. She sat down to discuss her childhood dream of becoming an anthropologist, the events that inspired her to become an epidemiologist, and the goals she has for herself as a faculty member at UNC.

Mia Klein, MD, 4th-year Surgical Resident, won first place for the North Carolina chapter of the American College of Surgeons as well as best trauma presentation overall. The conference was held at Pinehurst on July 19th. The name of her presentation was “Development of Optimized Tissue Factor-Targeted Peptide Amphiphile Nanofibers...

At UNC we have remained at the forefront of the development, testing, and utilization of rapidly ever-expanding minimally invasive procedures to treat vascular diseases. We strive to incorporate the pursuit of education and research with our overall mission to provide the very best in patient care.

The Division of Surgical Oncology is the surgical arm of the nationally recognized Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The mission of the Division of Surgical Oncology is to provide state-of-the-art cancer care and to improve cancer care, both locally and nationally, through laboratory research and translation of these results into clinical...