Patient Care At A Glance

Sixty physicians in the Department of Medicine were included in The Best Doctors in America ® database for 2007. The database contains doctors chosen through an extensive peer-review survey that asks: "If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer them?" One hundred ninety-eight UNC Health Care physicians were included in the 2007 database. The Department of Medicine physicians, listed by their medical specialty (as the specialty is identified in the Best Doctors database), are:

Allergy and Immunology - Nortin M. Hadler (also listed in Geriatric Medicine and Rheumatology), David M. Peden
Cardiovascular Disease - Kirkwood Adams, J. Paul Mounsey, Marschall S. Runge, Sidney C. Smith, Jr., David Tate, Park W. Willis IV
Endocrinology and Metabolism - Susan Braithwaite, John B. Buse, David Clemmons, Jean Dostou, Thomas L. O’Connell, David A. Ontjes, Janet E. Rubin
Gastroenterology - Eugene M. Bozymski, Douglas A. Drossman, Ian S. Grimm, Kim L. Isaacs, Michael Fried, William D. Heizer, Roy Orlando, Robert Sandler, R. Balfour Sartor, Nicholas J. Shaheen, Steven Zacks
Geriatric Medicine - Jan Busby-Whitehead, Nortin M. Hadler (also listed in Allergy and Immunology and Rheumatology), Laura C. Hanson
Infectious Disease - Myron Cohen, Joseph J. Eron, Jr., David Margolis, P. Frederick Sparling, Charles M. van der Horst
Internal Medicine (General) - Marco A. Aleman, Timothy Carey, M. Andrew Greganti, John S. Kizer, James E. Kurz, Michael Pignone, Amy W. Shaheen
Medical Oncology and Hematology - Stephan Bernard, Lisa A. Carey, Elizabeth Claire Dees, Richard Goldberg, Nigel S. Key, Stephan Moll, Thomas C. Shea, Mark Socinski
Nephrology - Randal K. Detwiler, Ronald J. Falk, Debbie S. Gipson, Gerald A. Hladik, Patrick H. Nachman, William Primack
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine - Richard C. Boucher, James F. Donohue, David C. Henke, Michael Knowles, Peadar Noone, Patricia Rivera, James R. Yankaskas
Rheumatology - MaryAnne Dooley, Nortin M. Hadler (also listed in Allergy and Immunology and Geriatric Medicine) 

Physicians in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill provide patient care in a variety of clinical settings across North Carolina. Most patients (98%) are drawn from within the State, with over 40% coming from the immediate five-county area. In this past year, physicians and residents have seen approximately 120,000 patients in Medicine off-campus clinics and 25% of all patients seen at UNC Health Care. We provide patients with primary and subspecialty diagnostic and health care services. Medicine faculty members perform world-renowned medical research that gives patients access to the latest technology and treatment advances.

Medicine physicians and residents know how to focus on one individual at a time, whether that patient has a complex disease or needs a comprehensive assessment and preventive care plan. All physicians work together as a team, ensuring each patient receives coordinated and appropriate medical attention.

In addition to our faculty on campus in Chapel Hill, over 450 Medicine faculty members are actively involved with North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (AHEC), whose mission it is to meet the State health and health workforce needs by providing educational programs in partnership with academic institutions, healthcare agencies, and other organizations committed to improving the health of the people of North Carolina.