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Gerber and Cairns Named ASA Fellows

June 15, 2012

June 15, 2012 — David Gerber, MD, chief of the Division of Abdominal Transplant, and Bruce Cairns, Director of the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, were elected as Fellows of the American Surgical Association.

New Pool of Lung Donors

June 6, 2012

Jun e 6, 2012 — Tom Egan, a professor of surgery at UNC, has spent years researching a solution to the shortage of lungs for transplant. He is now studying lungs from a previously-untapped pool of donors – people who have died suddenly, away from the hospital.

Egan Receives Grant for Transplant Research

June 6, 2012

June 6, 2012 — Thomas M. Egan, M.D., of the UNC Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, has received a $100,000 grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for his project “Is there NO solution to IRI? Nitric oxide to improve and expand lung transplant.”

Camp Celebrate Celebrates 30 Years

May 31, 2012

May 25, 2012 — Camp Celebrate, the flagship aftercare program of the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Hospitals and the oldest pediatric burn survivor camp in the country, recently celebrated its 30th anniversary at Camp Kanata in Wake Forest.

Montgomery Appointed New SICU Director

May 24, 2012

May 24, 2012 — Effective June 1, 2012, Dr. Sean Montgomery will assume the reins of directorship of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU).

Four Surgeons Among First “Meaningful Users”

May 24, 2012

May 24, 2012 — UNC’s Practice Quality and Innovation unit submitted its first list of those providers meeting compliance with Medicare and Medicaid Meaningful Use criteria.

Dehmer Article Cited by Medscape Surgery

May 17, 2012

May 17, 2012 — Medscape Surgery’s news bulletin included an article penned by Dr. Jeffrey Dehmer on its list of popular journal readings by general surgeons.