ºÚÁÏÍø Surgical Health Services Research Center (USHER)
Our Vision:
The USHER Center will be the nation’s premier place to conduct health services research and develop a career at the intersection of surgical quality improvement, surgical coaching, decision sciences, and implementation science.
Our Mission:
The USHER mission is to improve the delivery of surgical care by conducting high-impact research and cultivating the next generation of surgical-scientists.
Five-Year Goals:
- Develop and advance a statewide quality collaborative for improving the delivery of surgical care.
- Establish a robust and inclusive surgical health services research training program for early career faculty, fellows, residents, and research staff.​
- Acquire and sustain extramural grant funding and philanthropy to support high-impact research.
- Inform health policy at institutional and state levels through community partner-driven research and partnerships.
Our Leadership

Research Associate Professor
of Surgical Oncology
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Associate Director, USHER
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Associate Professor of
Vascular Surgery
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Executive committee member, USHER

Associate Professor of
Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Executive committee member, USHER

Carter Sherman, MSW
Research Program Manager, USHER
CONTACT US
USHER@med.unc.edu