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UNC Surgery assists Liberian burn survivor

December 4, 2015
The North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center and the Division of Plastic Surgery‘s Dr. Scott Hultman have reached out to help a young burn victim from Liberia. For the full story, please click here.

Michelle Roughton, MD Joins Teaching Scholars Program

November 2, 2015
The Teaching Scholars program, launched in 1986, takes nominations from across the many divisions and departments that make up the UNC School of Medicine and chooses the next rising stars to invest faculty development time in each fall. The year-long … Continued

Cardiologist Sara Pasquali will speak during heart symposium at UNC

September 29, 2015
Sara K. Pasquali, MD, MHS, a pediatric cardiologist at the University of Michigan, will be the visiting professor and keynote speaker during the 2015 UNC Children’s Heart Collaborative Fall Symposium. She will speak at two events: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, … Continued

Surgery Resident Launches #ILookLikeASurgeon

September 8, 2015
Heather Logghe, MD, a resident in surgery at UNC Hospitals, had been following media coverage about #iLookLikeAnEngineer — a hashtag created by software engineer Isis Anchalee in response to negative feedback she received after being featured in an ad for … Continued

Clayton Commander, MD and Teddy Puzio, MD Receive Awards

August 25, 2015
Clayton Commander and Teddy Puzio were awarded Kaiser-Permanente Excellence in Teaching Awards. This award was created by the Class of 2000 to recognize those residents and interns who contribute in an exemplary way to the education of medical students with … Continued

Dr. Sean Montgomery Named Program Director of Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

August 20, 2015
Dr. Sean P. Montgomery, Assistant Professor in the Division of General and Acute Care Surgery, has been appointed as the new Program Director for the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship by the GMEC committee. Dr. Montgomery was previously the Associate Program … Continued

Surgery Residents Receive Awards

August 6, 2015
Two of the Department of Surgery’s Residents, Jared Gallaher and Clayton Tyler Ellis, received awards at the North Carolina/South Carolina chapters of the American College of Surgeons Joint Meeting in 2015. Tyler won 1st Commission of Cancer with a presentation titled “MSCR National Trends in Non-Operative Management of Rectal Adenocarinoma”...

Dr. Bruce A. Cairns selected for NIH appointment

July 24, 2015
Dr. Bruce A. Cairns, Director of the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center and John Stackhouse Distinguished Professor of Surgery, was selected to serve as a member of the Surgery, Anesthesiology and Trauma Study Section, Center for Scientific Review for the … Continued