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Dr. Sean Montgomery Recalls 9/11 and Treating Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan

May 26, 2015
Hours after the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, Sean Montgomery stood on the roof of the Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics and Surgery Center at Andrews Air Force Base, where he was doing rotations for his general surgery residency at Walter … Continued

CT Resident Staci Beamer named Womack Scholar

May 21, 2015
Staci Beamer Staci Beamer, MD, a resident in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, was named the 2015 Nathan A. Womack Scholar at the annual meeting of the Womack Society on May 15, 2015. The Scholarship is awarded to recognize in … Continued

Surgery Resident Megan Quintana wins Sheldon Research Award

May 21, 2015
Megan Quintana, MD, a resident in the UNC Department of Surgery, won the George F. Sheldon, MD Surgical Research Award with her Basic Science oral presentation at the Nathan A. Womack Society meeting on Friday, May 15. Other winners of … Continued

Dr. Michelle Brownstein Featured as 2015 Health Policy Scholar

May 20, 2015
Dr. Michelle Brownstein was featured as a 2015 Health Policy Scholar, representing the ACS/Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Health Policy. A total of 17 surgeons will participate in the Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management in June … Continued

Michael Phillips, MD Receives 2015 Robert C. Cefalo House Officer Award

April 22, 2015
The 2015 ceremony marked the eighth year that the award has been named in honor of Robert Cefalo, MD, PhD, who passed away in 2008 after a battle with cancer. Cefalo served with distinction for 25 years as director of … Continued

UNC Surgery hosts Society of Black Academic Surgeons

April 15, 2015
SBAS logo on the big screen in the Dean Dome Basketball legend Charlie Scott speaks before the SBAS members The UNC Department of Surgery hosted the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) from April 9-12. … Continued

Congratulations to the Surgeons Recommended by at Least 94% of Their Patients!

April 2, 2015
In recognition of this achievement, each of these providers will receive the 2015 UNC Health Care and UNC Faculty Physicians Award for Carolina Care Excellence. We thank each of these individuals for their leadership in helping to create an exceptional … Continued

Dr. Thomas Caranasos to be featured on YOUR HEALTH®

April 2, 2015
This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be talking with Drs. Thomas Caranasos, John Vavalle and Michael Yeung, surgeons from UNC’s TAVR Program. The theme of the conversation will be The Aorta and Its Valves. Please listen here: … Continued