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The Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) medical student group at UNC held a Spring event at the end of April focusing on connecting female medical students with surgeons and residents to discuss what it means to be a female surgeon today. The event was made up of 16 medical students...

Jennifer Carr, MD, joins the UNC Department of Surgery as an Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, She sat down to discuss her childhood dream of becoming a singing veterinarian, what inspired her to return to academic medicine and the advice she would share with her younger self....

William Marston, MD, Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery was recently elected to membership of the American Surgical Association. As a premier academic society for surgeons, the American Surgical Association will always strive to benefit the patient and the profession of surgery by advocating and promoting excellence,...

The University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the N.C. Cancer Hospital are partnering with the Melanoma Research Foundation to host Melanoma Patient Day, an afternoon symposium offering information and support for patients with melanoma. The University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the N.C. Cancer...

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Tom Egan for receiving a multi-PI NIH R21 award. Dr. Egan received the award in collaboration with Dr. Marie Muller, Primary Investigator and Assistant Professor in Mechanical Aerospace Engineering at North Carolina State University. The multi-PI NIH R21 award was issued from the National Cancer...

Congratulations to all of our new trainees! General Surgery Residents | PGY1 Ursula Adams University of North Carolina Jingjing “Selena” An Duke University Anoosh Bahraini Medical College of Georgia Taylor Carter Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City           Megan Lombardi Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Hannah Trembath University...

Melina Kibbe, MD, Colin G. Thomas Jr. Distinguished Professor and Chair Department of Surgery was honored with the 12th Annual Women Leaders in Medicine Award! The leaders of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) selected Dr. Kibbe as one of the recipients of the 12 Annual Women Leaders in Medicine Awards!...

Congratulations to Stephanie Downs-Canner, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology. Dr. Downs-Canner received a Faculty Research Fellowship for her research project entitled, “Inhibition of Th17 into Treg conversion as a novel component of immunotherapy in triple negative breast cancer” from the American College of Surgeons....