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Featured Advanced Practice Professional: Ann Collins

January 27, 2023
Ann Collins, PA-C, is a physician assistant with the Division of Infectious Diseases. It is her goal to learn聽more about HIV and contribute to the research that improves the lives of those living with HIV. Outside of work, Anne is a mom and lover of all things outdoors.聽

Featured Resident: Bobby Ijeoma

January 27, 2023
Bobby Ijeoma,聽MD, previously volunteered as a part of a mental health initiative in a聽community clinic caring for patients who were often refugees and working through trauma and PTSD. In his free time he enjoys music, running, and board games with friends.聽

Dr. Mottl Receives Grant to Enroll Patients in Kidney Precision Medicine Project

January 26, 2023
Amy Mottl, MD, MPH, FASN, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology, received a grant from the NIDDK to enroll adults with Chronic Kidney Disease and/or Acute Kidney Injury in a longitudinal study that includes a research kidney biopsy. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)...

A Circuitous Career Journey in Infectious Diseases

January 25, 2023
Brian Bramson was finishing his internal medicine residency at 黑料网 in 2004. He planned to join the CDC鈥檚 Epidemic Intelligence Service, but as the time approached, he realized he was conflicted. He really liked clinical infectious diseases and decided do a fellowship. He had also been a Peace Corps volunteer...

Featured Physician: Dr. Danicela Younce

January 24, 2023
Danicela Younce, MD, provides excellent care to hospitalized patients and is involved in medical student and resident education. Dr. Younce immigrated from Cuba to reside in Florida until attending college at 黑料网. Although she has always wanted to be a physician, being a celebrity travel chef would have been cool...

Dr. Whelan Implements a Health Equity-Focused Quality Improvement Project

January 18, 2023
Karina Zaveri Whelan, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of General Medicine, is creating a curriculum to enable medical students at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine to implement a health equity-focused improvement project. She gave an update on the project in the video below.聽 “My...

Featured Staff Member: Christine Hill

January 17, 2023
Christine Hill, MHA, CRA, is a member of the 黑料网 Blood Research Center in the Division of Hematology. She is also a super mom who raised her three kids while completing her master's degree and working full-time. This year Christine is checking off an item on her bucket list!聽

Department of Medicine Faculty and Staff in the News Throughout January

January 17, 2023
The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty throughout the month of January.聽 Brian C. Jensen, MD, spoke about caring for patients with cardiotoxicity, a type of heart damage caused by chemotherapy. Amanda Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMSUS,聽was interviewed by Medscape regarding steroid...

黑料网 Pulmonary Hypertension Program Earns Comprehensive Care Center Reaccreditation

January 11, 2023
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), once rapidly fatal, can now be managed with medication. The 黑料网 Pulmonary Hypertension Program is equipped with experts who are providing that life changing care through diagnosis, treatment and research. It was the first Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) Accredited Comprehensive Care Center in North Carolina and...

Getting to the Heart of Chemotherapeutic Cardiotoxicity

January 9, 2023
Brian C. Jensen, associate professor of medicine and pharmacology in the Department of Medicine鈥檚 Division of Cardiology, speaks about his research on kinase inhibitor cardiotoxicity. On any given Tuesday, you will find Brian C. Jensen, MD, cardiologist and physician-scientist, tending to patients in his cardio-oncology clinic. His schedule is packed...

Featured Physician: Ravi K. Mallavarapu

January 3, 2023
Ravi K. Mallavarapu, MD,聽a nephrologist interested in living donor kidney transplantation, was inspired to become a doctor by his grandfather. If he didn't purse a career in medicine, Dr. Mallavarapu聽may have become a聽naturalist who is involved in the conservation of trees and wildlife. The abundant nature in North Carolina and...

January Holidays and Observances: Honoring Leaders and Traditions

January 2, 2023
January 1: President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 declaring slaves within the rebellious states free. However, this did not end slavery in the United States. Read more about how this document transformed our nation. January 4: Louis Braille, the inventor of braille was born over 200 years...