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Jones Awarded Funding For “Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider Support Program”

December 28, 2021
Honey M. Jones, DNP, ACNP-BC, MBA, FAANP, FCCM, Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, has been awarded funding from the Clinical Investment Committee for the聽鈥淐ritical Care Advanced Practice Provider Support Program鈥 (CCAPPS), developed in collaboration with members of the聽Advanced Practice Provider Center‘s critical care workgroup....

黑料网 Nephrology Receives “Carolina Care Excellence Award”

December 28, 2021
黑料网 Nephrology in Burlington has received a 2021 黑料网 Health Carolina Care which recognizes top clinics with the highest overall Press Ganey Scores. Lucy Menefee, MSN, DNP, ANP-BC, adult nurse practitioner in the division of nephrology and hypertension, explained. 鈥淭his award highlights our level of commitment to serving our patient...

New Approaches to Hemophilia Treatment: ‘Our Cup Runneth Over’

December 27, 2021
In a session titled “Hemophilia Update: Our Cup Runneth Over,” presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), experts in the treatment of bleeding disorders discussed the optimal use of factor concentrates in people with hemophilia, new and investigational alternatives to factor concentrates, and the...

High GI Spending Reveals Research, Public Health Need

December 27, 2021
MD Edge, Internal Medicine reports GI, liver, and pancreatic diseases cost the U.S. health care system about $120B per year and account for approximately 250,000 annual deaths, according to a 鈥渃onservative鈥 estimate from a recent analysis. These figures emphasize the need for more research funding in the area, along with...

Medicine Introduces “Rapid Outpatient Specialty Support Program”

December 27, 2021
The Department of Medicine predominantly serves individuals with complex, chronic diseases. Although sometimes this care can happen entirely within a single clinical specialty, it often requires clinicians from different disciplines, sometimes quickly. The Department is now implementing an organized approach to rapid specialty care. Now, Department faculty, trainees, and APPs...

The National Kidney Foundation Presents the Shaul G. Massry Award to Dr. Jennifer Flythe

December 22, 2021
Jennifer E. Flythe, MD, MPH, associate professor medicine and vice chief of the division of nephrology and hypertension, is the recipient of the Shaul G. Massry Award. She will present the Shaul G. Massry Distinguished Lecture for the National Kidney Foundation鈥檚 2022 Spring Clinical Meetings,聽April 6-10, in Boston. The distinguished...

Carey Discussed Studies of HR-Positive and HER2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer: Overall Survival by Subtype Across Three MONALEESA Studies

December 20, 2021
Lisa A. Carey, MD, FASCO, the聽L. Richardson and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer Distinguished Professor for Breast Cancer Research, Division of Oncology and Deputy Director of Clinical Sciences for the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses findings from a pooled analysis of the MONALEESA-2, -3, and -7 trials. Among the findings was a...

Adimora Recognized for Contributions to COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines

December 20, 2021
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, MD, recognized Ada Adimora, MD, MPH, on Dec. 8 for her contributions to the NIH鈥檚 COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines. 鈥淎s you well know, it has been quite a task...

Peery Lead Author of Study on Burden and Cost of GI, Liver and Pancreatic Diseases

December 20, 2021
Anne Peery, MD, MSCR, associate professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, is the corresponding author of a new article, 鈥淏urden and Cost of Gastrointestinal, Liver and Pancreatic Diseases in the United States: Update 2021,鈥 published October 19 in Gastroenterology. The study concluded, 鈥淕astrointestinal diseases are responsible for millions...

A New Stem Cell Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes Shows Early Promise in 1 Patient

December 19, 2021
Type 1 diabetes management is a lifelong job that can鈥檛 be eliminated by lifestyle changes or any currently available drugs or medical devices. Because there鈥檚 no cure and no simple way to treat this chronic disease, it鈥檚 easy to understand why people might get excited about an experimental stem cell...

Cohen, Wohl and Weber Answer Questions About Omicron Urging Individuals to Get Vaccinated

December 17, 2021
Experts in infectious diseases talked with media about the omicron variant and continued to urge individuals to be vaccinated. Following is a list of articles featuring faculty in the Department of Medicine during the week of December 10-16. Can current monoclonal antibodies protect against the omicron variant?聽鈥 Dr. Myron Cohen...

Kim Provides Expert Perspective on Optimizing Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy

December 15, 2021
Edwin H. Kim, MD, MS, associate professor of pediatrics and medicine in the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, offered his perspective to Healio regarding tips to optimize oral immunotherapy for peanut allergy. Kim is chief of 黑料网 Pediatric Allergy & Immunology. Read the article.