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Gerber named Medical Director for Center for Transplant Care, Transplant Clinic

December 21, 2016
In this role, Dr. Gerber will oversee the multidisciplinary clinical operations for adult and pediatric programs in kidney, liver, heart, lung, and pancreas transplant. Gerber succeeds Dr. Ron Falk, who held the position since 2008. Gerber, an accomplished surgeon and researcher, is actively engaged in basic science research focusing on...

Dr. Mclean Makes Journal of Surgical Research

December 19, 2016
Department of Surgery’s Sean Mclean, MD, made it on the front page of the January 2017 Journal of Surgical Research Cover. The title of the article is “A Method for Evaluating the Murine Pulmonary Vasculature Using Micro-Computed Tomography”.

Dr. McLean Earns the Department of Surgery a Junior Faculty Development Award

December 7, 2016
Dr. McLean has been approved for a Junior Faculty Development Research Award from the Faculty Research and Scholarly Leaves in the amount of $7,500. On behalf of the Committee on Faculty Research and Scholarly Leaves and the Department of Surgery, we would like to congratulate you upon this award and...

Brownstein receives 2016 Fuller Award

December 6, 2016
Michelle Brownstein, MD, assistant professor of surgery, was honored with the 2016 H. Fleming Fuller Award at a ceremony on Nov. 21. The Fuller Award is among the UNC School of Medicine’s highest honors and is presented annually to the … Continued

Promotions in Plastic Surgery

November 15, 2016
The Department of Surgery would like to congratulate the Plastic division for some new awards. Lynn Damitz, MD was promoted to Senior Examiner by the ABPS, and Loree Kalliainen, MD who remains a Director of the ABPS, is now an Evaluator for the ABPS (she observes the oral exam to...

Jared Gallaher Wins 2016 IV COT Best Clinical Paper

November 14, 2016
Jared Gallaher, MD won the 2016 Region IV COT (American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma) Resident Paper Competition. The Title of this paper is “The Independent Effect of a New Surgical Residency Program on Trauma Mortality at a Sub-Saharan Africa Tertiary Center.

Dr. Koruda Receives 15 Years of Service Award

November 14, 2016
Castle Connolly America’s Top Doctors have awarded Mark, Koruda, MD with a 15 years of service award. We would like to congratulate Dr. Koruda on this achievement.

Emily Wirtz, MD Wins Best Paper at American Society of Plastic Surgeons

November 9, 2016
The Department of Surgery would like to congratulate Emily Wirtz on winning the Best Paper Award for Breast Reconstruction at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in late September.