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Desai Guides Chronic Pancreatitis and Autologous Islet Cell Transplant Center Team to Earn National Pancreas Foundation Center of Excellence Designation

October 31, 2022

Chapel Hill, NC, October 27, 2022  – UNC Medical Center – Chronic Pancreatitis and Autologous Islet Cell Transplant Program has been nationally recognized as an approved NPF Center by the National Pancreas Foundation. NPF Centers are awarded after a rigorous audit review to determine that an institutions focus is on multidisciplinary treatment of pancreatitis, treating … Read more

Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Awards

August 26, 2021

Vascular Resident Dr. Colby Ruiz and PGY 1 Preliminary Intern Dr. Julia Button received Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Awards at the 2021 UNC School of Medicine’s Whitehead Lecture and Awards ceremony on August 4.

Congratulations to Our Carolina Care Excellence Award Winning Surgical Providers

December 18, 2020

Please join us in congratulating our 13 providers who will receive the 2020 UNC Health Care and UNC Faculty Physicians Award for Carolina Care Excellence! UNC Health Care administers the CG-CAHPS (Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) survey to solicit feedback from our patients. We asked our patients if they would … Read more

MATCH DAY 2020: Congratulations to our New Trainees!

March 20, 2020

Congratulations to all of our new trainees! General Surgery Residents | PGY1 Mustafa Abid Wake Forest University Chase Cox University of Alabama Conner Haase University of Miami Christopher “Topher” McCauley University of North Carolina           Sasha McEwan University of North Carolina Hanaan Salamah University of North Carolina Lucas Stone Oregon Health … Read more

UNC Surgery Summer 2019 Newsletter

August 29, 2019

Check out the UNC Surgery Summer 2019 newsletter. It includes exciting insights and updates from May through July 2019 about the UNC Department of Surgery. Some of the stories include the 4th Annual Nathan. A Womack Surgical Society Research Day and Graduation as well as highlights and awards and new faculty, staff, and APPs!