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Thank you for your interest in post-graduate surgical education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. All Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) residencies and fellowships are available through the Department of Surgery at the University of North Carolina Hospitals.<\/p>\n

Current Surgery Fellows<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fellowship Programs:<\/h2>\n

Abdominal Transplant<\/a>
\nProgram Director: Chirag Desai, MD<\/a>
\nProgram Coordinator: Stacey Owen, 919-966-4781 | stacey_owen@med.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Burn Surgery<\/a>
\nProgram Director: Alexandra Coward, MD<\/a>
\nProgram Coordinator: Stacey Owen, 919-843-1084 | stacey_owen@med.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Minimally Invasive GI Surgery<\/a>
\nProgram Director: Timothy M. Farrell, MD<\/a>
\nProgram Coordinator: Stacey Owen, 919-966-4781 | stacey_owen@med.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship<\/a>
\nProgram Director: Matthew Eckert, MD<\/a>
\nProgram Coordinator: Abby Johnston | abigail_johnston@med.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Surgical Oncology<\/a>
\nProgram Director: Jeremiah Deneve, DO<\/a>
\nProgram Coordinator: Abby Johnston | abigail_johnston@med.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Vascular Surgery<\/a>
\nProgram Director: Luigi Pascarella, MD<\/a>
\nProgram Coordinator: Shermeka Arrington, 919-843-6188 | shermeka_arrington@med.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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