{"id":7554,"date":"2018-10-11T11:21:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T15:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/?page_id=7554"},"modified":"2019-03-11T09:29:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T13:29:25","slug":"2008-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/aboutus\/department-news\/2008-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2008"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"media alt-media\">\n        \n                            <li class=\"media-listitem\">\n                                        <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\">                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/copy7_of_weiner\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Welcome to Dr. Matthew Nielsen\">\n                                    Welcome to Dr. Matthew Nielsen<\/a>\n                                <\/h4>                            <p><\/p>\n<p>On December 31, 2008, Matt Nielsen, MD, joined the Urology faculty.  He comes to UNC from Johns Hopkins and specializes in urologic oncology and robotic surgery..<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                \n                            <li class=\"media-listitem\">\n                                        <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\">                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/copy_of_weiner\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Welcome to Dr. Matthew Nielsen\">\n                                    Welcome to Dr. Matthew Nielsen<\/a>\n                                <\/h4>                            <p><\/p>\n<p>On December 31, 2008, Matt Nielsen, MD, joined the Urology faculty.  He comes to UNC from Johns Hopkins and specializes in urologic oncology and robotic surgery.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                \n                            <li class=\"media-listitem\">\n                                        <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\">                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/copy2_of_weiner\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Dr. David Ollila is Co-Course Director of 4th Annual UNC Conference on Melanoma\">\n                                    Dr. David Ollila is Co-Course Director of 4th Annual UNC Conference on Melanoma<\/a>\n                                <\/h4>                            <p><!-- description --> <\/p>\n<p class='lead'>December 19, 2008 &#8212; The Fourth Annual UNC Conference on Melanoma: A Multidisciplinary Perspective will be conducted on Thursday, February 26, 2009, at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education. Course directors are Dr. David Ollila, of Surgical Oncology, and Dr. Nancy Thomas, of Dermatology. Department of Surgery faculty participants include Dr. Matthew Ewend, Dr. Michael Meyers, and Patricia Long.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                \n                            <li class=\"media-listitem\">\n                                        <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\">                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/copy3_of_weiner\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Christopher Dekaney Receives K01 Award\">\n                                    Christopher Dekaney Receives K01 Award<\/a>\n                                <\/h4>                            <p><\/p>\n<p>December 19, 2008 \u2014 The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has awarded a 4 year Career Development  Grant to Christopher Dekaney, PhD, in the Division of Pediatric Surgery, for his project investigating \u201cThe Role of FGFR1 and FGFR2 in Repair of Damaged Intestinal Epithelium.\u201d The project will begin January 1, 2009.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                \n                            <li class=\"media-listitem\">\n                                        <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\">                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/copy6_of_weiner\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Dr. Tim Weiner Awarded the H. Fleming Fuller Award\">\n                                    Dr. Tim Weiner Awarded the H. Fleming Fuller Award<\/a>\n                                <\/h4>                            <p><\/p>\n<p>November 18, 2008 \u2014 Timothy, M. Weiner, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, was awarded the prestigious H. Fleming Fuller Award at the 11\/13\/08 meeting of the UNC Health Care Board.  The H. Fleming Fuller Award is intended as a permanent memorial to Kinston, N.C., physician H. Fleming Fuller, a founding member of the Board of Directors of the N.C. Memorial Hospital. In establishing the Fuller Award, the Board sought to recognize members of the medical staff who demonstrate the qualities embodied in Dr. Fuller\u2019s lifelong dedication to the highest standards of patient care, teaching and community service.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                \n                            <li class=\"media-listitem\">\n                                        <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\">                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/copy8_of_weiner\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Dr. Aaron Garrison Recognized for Excellence in Research\">\n                                    Dr. Aaron Garrison Recognized for Excellence in Research<\/a>\n                                <\/h4>                            <p><\/p>\n<p>November 18, 2008 \u2014 On 10\/15\/08, Dr. Aaron Garrison was presented with the Surgical Forum Excellence in Research Award by the American College of Surgeons for his abstract, \u201cDevelopmental insight into intestinal adaptation: characterization of intestinal stem cell (ISC) expansion and lucagon-Like Peptide-2 (GLP-2) actions during murine intestinal development.\u201d Dr. Garrison is a PGY-5 General Surgery resident currently conducting research with Dr. Michael Helmrath.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                \n                            <li class=\"media-listitem\">\n                                        <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\">                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/copy4_of_weiner\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Judith Swasey Presented with Nursing Excellence Awa\">\n                                    Judith Swasey Presented with Nursing Excellence Awa<\/a>\n                                <\/h4>                            <p><\/p>\n<p>December 8, 2008 \u2014 The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has named Judith Swasey winner of the 2008 Oncology Nursing Excellence Award, which includes a $1,500 stipend for professional education activities.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                \n                            <li class=\"media-listitem\">\n                                        <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\">                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/copy5_of_weiner\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Surgery-Mentored Student Wins Rhodes Scholarship\">\n                                    Surgery-Mentored Student Wins Rhodes Scholarship<\/a>\n                                <\/h4>                            <p><\/p>\n<p>December 8, 2008 \u2014 On Nov. 29, UNC senior Elisabeth \u201cLisette\u201d Yorke, of Nova Scotia, Canada, was selected as a Rhodes Scholar. The biology major will have the opportunity to study at Oxford University for the next several years.<\/p>\n<p>Yorke has volunteered with the NC Jaycee Burn Center since early in 2007. She works with injured patients and participates in burn research under the mentorship of Dr. Bruce Cairns, Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of the Burn Center.  Dr. Cairns was honored to recommend Yorke to the Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                \n                            <li class=\"media-listitem\">\n                                            <a class=\"pull-left\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/weiner\/\">\n                            <div class=\"thumbnail\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2018\/09\/weiner-image2-64x64.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post_thumbnail size-post_thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dr. Tim Weiner\">                            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\">                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/weiner\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Dr. Tim Weiner Receives H. Fleming Fuller Award\">\n                                    Dr. Tim Weiner Receives H. Fleming Fuller Award<\/a>\n                                <\/h4>                            <p><\/p>\n<p>Timothy M. Weiner, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, was awarded the prestigious H. Fleming Fuller Award at the Nov. 13 meeting of the UNC Health Care Board.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                \n                            <li class=\"media-listitem\">\n                                        <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\">                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/copy9_of_weiner\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Welcome to Surgery&#8217;s newest faculty members:\">\n                                    Welcome to Surgery&#8217;s newest faculty members:<\/a>\n                                <\/h4>                            <p>Michael Bowdish, MD, Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery Christopher Rupp, MD, Assistant Professor, GI Surgery Sean McLean, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Surgery Alexander Toledo, MD, Assistant Professor, Abdominal Transplant Nirmal Veeramachaneni, MD, Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                \n                            <li class=\"media-listitem\">\n                                        <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\">                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/copy10_of_weiner\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"And congratulations on the following appointments:\">\n                                    And congratulations on the following appointments:<\/a>\n                                <\/h4>                            <p><\/p>\n<p>On December 31, 2008, Matt Nielsen, MD, joined the Urology faculty.  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