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Lee Receives Grant to Study Reconstruction Decision-Making

September 15, 2011
September 15, 2011 — Clara Lee, MD, Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study patients’ decision-making process to undergo breast reconstruction surgery following mastectomy.

Two Surgery Clinics Among Top Five for Patient Satisfaction

September 15, 2011
September 15, 2011 — The Burn Clinic and Surgical Oncology Minor Procedure Clinic were voted by patients as among the top five for the most recent quarter.

WRAL features Rupp-Led Sponge Study

September 8, 2011
September 8, 2011 — Dr. Christopher Rupp, Assistant Professor in Gastrointestinal Surgery, was the principal investigator of a study featured on WRAL.com

Garrison and Reid Win Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching

August 24, 2011
August 24, 2011 – Doctors Aaron Garrison and Trista Reid have been awarded the 2011 Kaiser Permanent Excellence in Teaching Award.

Jones Accepted into NC TraCS Development Program

August 19, 2011
Dr. Samuel Jones, was recently accepted into the KL2 program run by the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS).

Two from Surgery Included in “Great 100 Nurses” of NC

August 18, 2011
August 18, 2011 — Of the five UNC Health Care nurses named to the list of North Carolina’s “Great 100 Nurses” for 2011, two are affiliated with the Dept. of Surgery.

SICU Wins Beacon Award

August 18, 2011
August 18, 2011 – Surgery Services is proud to announce that the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) received the Beacon Award for Excellence at the bronze level by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.

Surgeons Featured in New Cancer Care Commercials

August 11, 2011
August 11, 2011– Several surgery physicians are featured in a set of commercials promoting UNC Cancer Care that will air across North Carolina beginning Monday, August 15th.