Department of Surgery Vice Chair of Clinical Operations
James F. and Alice B. Newsome Distinguished Professor
Recipient of the 2020 UNC Health Care and UNC Faculty Physicians Award for Carolina Care Excellence
SPECIALTIES
GI malignancy including esophageal, gastric, colon and rectal cancer, liver cancer, and melanoma.
EDUCATION
- Fellowship: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2001 – 2003
- Residency: Louisiana State UMC, New Orleans, LA, 1995 – 2001
- MD: Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 1995
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
General Surgery – Board Certified, 2002
PUBLICATIONS
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PATIENT STORIES
A Fighter All Her Life, Surviving an Unsurvivable Condition | June 2, 2020
 Acid reflux. That’s what doctors initially thought Helen Nance was suffering from. Helen shares her intense medical journey from being airlifted to UNC, to being diagnosed with a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm that burst a hole in her esophagus. Read more about Helen’s story. |
