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Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades and awards, July 1 – September 1. Ria Dancel, MD received the 2019 Pilot Innovation Award. Read more. Fellow Daniel Duddleston, MD received the Carolina Care Resident of the Year award and was honored at a ceremony on Tuesday, September 10...

Over 100 medicine providers visited the recent Eastowne mock-up in MacNider Hall, to observe the collaborative work spaces planned for the new six-story medical office building at the intersection of I-40 and US 15-501. Providers also shared valuable feedback with the Eastowne planning and design team as it prepares for...

Nigel S. Key, MB, ChB, FCRP, chief of hematology in the division of hematology and oncology, recently published practice guideline updates for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis (VTE) for patients in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.聽 In these updates, Key recognizes that direct oral anticoagulants have been added as options for treating...

World Heart Federation Past President Sidney C. Smith, Jr., MD, was presented with the WHF Lifetime Achievement Award today at the opening of聽ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology, for his remarkable contribution to the mission of the World Heart Federation and the entire CVD community over...

Spencer Dorn, MD, MPH, MHA, associate professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, has been appointed to lead changes that will enhance care across the department of medicine. 鈥淒r. Dorn is a creative physician who knows how to get things done,鈥� said Ron Falk, MD, chair of...

Andrew Greganti, MD, the Charles Addison and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Distinguished Professor, and vice chair of the department of medicine has retired following more than 40 years of distinguished service as faculty at the 黑料网. Greganti was universally loved and respected by fellow physicians, patients, internal medicine...

RTI and 黑料网-Chapel Hill researchers, including Beth Jonas, MD, and Katrina Donahue, MD, MPH, analyzed results from 22 studies to support combination therapy as a way improve outcomes for some rheumatoid arthritis patients. The results of their systematic review have been published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Scientists need to be able to research how cells become senescent--no longer able to divide normally--with age and after joint injury; however, isolating them for further study is challenging. The Diekman Lab has developed a tissue culture system that could reproducibly generate a population of senescent cells for further observation....

Saira Sheikh, MD, and Mildred Kwan, MD, PhD, have received a Pfizer grant to improve awareness of pneumococcal immunization among patients with immunocompromising conditions. This will include promoting healthcare provider and patient awareness about the importance of vaccines in patients with autoimmune, immunodeficient and allergic respiratory diseases, while educating providers...