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Dr. Brownstein and Dr. Dreesen Achieve New Positions with the Department of Surgery

March 28, 2017
Dr. Elizabeth Dreesen Dr. Michelle Brownstein We are pleased to announce that Drs. Brownstein and Dreesen will be taking over the leadership in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit and the Surgical Critical Care fellowship. Dr. Brownstein will assume the role … Continued

Dr. Cairns Delivers Final Remarks at his Final Meeting as Chair of the Faculty at UNC

March 28, 2017

Dr. McGinigle Joining As Associate Director of Surgical Clerkship

March 17, 2017
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Kate McGinigle will be joining us as Associate Director of the Surgical Clerkship

Surgery Residents win Resident Jeopardy

March 3, 2017
Nashville: For the second consecutive year, the UNC team won the Resident Jeopardy competition at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Surgical Congress.

Lumbar puncture procedure Taught by Ana Felix, a Vascular Neurologist at the UNC Sim Lab

March 2, 2017

Visit from Dr. Justin Dimick to Grand Rounds on Wednesday

March 2, 2017
Justin Dimick, MD, MPH, visited on Wednesday to give a lecture on “Innovative Approaches for Improving Surgical Quality”. He is the Chief of Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery and the Associate Chair for Strategy and Finance at the University of … Continued

Congratulations to Sara Scarlet on her Fellowship

March 2, 2017
Sara Scarlet, MD, has been accepted as a one-year fellow at the American College of Surgeons-Maclean Center Surgical Ethics Fellowship at the University of Chicago for the 2017-18 fellowship year.

Howell Graham, who received a lung transplant at UNC Hospitals, is now the longest-surviving lung transplant patient in the United States

February 28, 2017
In 1990, Howell Graham was the first cystic fibrosis patient to receive a lung transplant at UNC Hospitals. At that time, Graham was 28. His cystic fibrosis had progressed to the point that it was difficult to walk across a … Continued