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Fraher Awarded Grant to Track Physician Shortages

July 20, 2011
July 20, 2011 — The Physicians Foundation has awarded Erin Fraher, PhD, a two-year, $750,000 grant to develop a tracking system that will monitor the country’s physician workforce in hopes of anticipating shortages.

UNC Department of Surgery Welcomes Dr. Michael Woods

July 19, 2011
July 18, 2011 — The Department of Surgery would like to welcome the following new Attending to our faculty:

Chapel Hill Magazine Names UNC Plastic Surgery the “Best”

July 18, 2011
July 18, 2011 — The July/August 2011 edition of Chapel Hill Magazine names the “Best of Chapel Hill Awards.”

UNC Surgery Well Represented at ACS Resident Research Forum

July 18, 2011
July 18, 2011 — Several general surgery residents participated in the Resident Research Forum at the North and South Carolina Chapters of the American College of Surgeons, held in Asheville, NC, on July 15-17.

Vital Signs Features Udell in “real doctors, real people”

July 15, 2011
July 13, 2011 — Dr. Ian Udell, a resident in urological surgery at UNC Hospitals, is also an accomplished wakeboarder sponsored by O’Brien Watersports.

Kiser Named Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery

July 8, 2011
July 1, 2011 — Dr. Andy Kiser, recognized as an international leader in arrhythmia surgery, has been named the new Chief of UNC’s Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He succeeds Dr. Micheal Mill, who led the division as interim chief from 1998 to 1999 and as chief from 2000 to 2011.

New Titles for Farrell and van Aalst

July 1, 2011
July 1, 2011 — Promotions for Tim Farrell, MD, and John van Aalst, MD, are effective July 1.

Castle Connolly Names ‘Top Regional Doctors’

June 17, 2011
June 17, 2011 — Thirty UNC Health Care physicians, including eight from the Department of Surgery, have been recognized as “top regional doctors” by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.