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- Jennifer McEntee, M.D., a second year med/peds resident, recently became President-Elect of the National Med Peds Resident Association. This resident organization is dedicated to providing information, opportunities, and programs to current and future med/peds residents. Dr. McEntee is the current Secretary of the UNC Housestaff Council.
- The U.S. News & World Report "Best Hospitals" issue was released to the public on July 16, and three UNC Health Care medical specialties were listed among the best in the country: Cancer, 37; Kidney, 28; and Gynecology, 24. Click here for a letter from Dean Roper on this subject.
- Lee Berkowitz, M.D., Department of Medicine Residency Program Director, has been elected to the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors. To read more, visit the ABIM website.
Richard Goldberg, M.D., was quoted in a recent New York Times article on Steve Jobs's liver transplant.
Paul Watkins, M.D., was featured in a Triangle Business Journal article about the newly-formed Institute for Drug Safety Sciences, which he leads. Click here for more.Jan Busby-Whitehead, M.D., will serve as Co-PI with Kevin Biese, M.D., M.A., of the Department of Emergency Medicine, who recently received an Emergency Medicine grant from the Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents (GSR) Program. Ellen Roberts, M.D., and Cherri Hobgood, M.D., (Emergency Medicine), along with the entire Futures Group for Geriatric Care, will also participate. The team will use the two-year grant of $40,000 to develop, initiate, and evaluate geriatrics programs and curricula for Emergency Medicine residents. For more, click here.
- New Department of Medicine Chief Residents for the 2009-2010 year began their work on Monday, June 2. These include: traditional UNC Chiefs Alan Cheng and Jason Haag, WakeMed Chief Leslie Proctor, and Outpatient Chief Andrew Sampson. Each of these individuals has been selected for demonstrated dedication to excellent patient care and teaching, and they are extremely capable, caring people. The position of Outpatient Chief is a new one this year, and is expected to be a vital addition to our residency leadership.
- Cam Patterson, M.D., M.B.A., has been invited to join the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Investigation and Molecular and Cellular Biology.
- Jean Dostou, M.D., was named by USA Today as one of the United States' most influential doctors.
- The American Thoracic Society’s (ATS) Annual Meeting was held in San Diego May 15-20, 2009. Richard Boucher, M.D., was awarded the ATS Career Scientific Achievement Award. James Donohue, M.D., received an Outstanding Clinician Award. The faculty participated in poster discussions, abstracts, lectures and chaired sessions. Dr. Donohue for the fifth year participated as the Master Clinician Discussant at the Great Cases Symposium, and Patricia Rivera, M.D., spoke on gender differences in lung cancer.
- Nigel Mackman, Ph.D., will present the Sol Sherry Lecture, one of three named lectureships sponsored by the Council for Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB), at the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Scientific Sessions Meeting in Orlando, Florida in November 2009.
Dr. Mackman is the John Parker Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the UNC Division of Hematology/Oncology. He serves as co-director of the Thrombosis and Hemostasis Program at UNC, and established a collaborative Duke/UNC clotters club. He has also obtained 3 R01 grants from NIH and a grant from the University Cancer Research Fund. He was recognized in 2007 by the International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis for his contributions to hemostasis research.
The Sol Sherry Lectureship honors the founder of the original AHA Council on Thrombosis. Dr. Sherry led a task force of the National Academy of Science’s National Research Council, which developed a plan to bring proper attention to this disorder. This plan resulted in a national conference and a major book on thrombosis, the establishment of the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, and the creation of Specialized Centers of Thrombosis Research by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The task force eventually became the Council on Thrombosis. Learn more about the Sol Sherry Lectureship here and view a list of past honorees.- First Annual Medicine Housestaff Research Day, Monday, May 18, MBRB atrium. Residents will have their research and scholarly projects on display from 5-7 p.m.
- Marco Aleman, M.D., was interviewed by WRAL on the impact of the swine flu virus on the Hispanic community. He was also interviewed about the virus by the Spanish language radio station, La Ley, 96.9 FM.
- Charles van der Horst, M.D., was quoted by several sources, including the News & Observer, regarding his opinion of a North Carolina Supreme Court ruling that the NC Medical Society could not punish doctors for monitoring vital signs at state executions. Read more here.
- An interview with Myron Cohen, M.D. was published in the most recent edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. The article is entitled "Myron Cohen Ponders Path to HIV Prevention." It can be accessed via at the JCI website.
- Juneko Grilley-Olson, M.D., William Irvin, Jr., M.D., and Shan M. Pradhan, M.D., fellows in the Division of Hematology-Oncology have received ASCO Cancer Foundation Merit Awards. These awards are given annually to recognize outstanding abstracts submitted for consideration for presentation at an ASCO scientific meeting. For more on the awards, click here. For a list of these fellows' presentation/abstract titles, click here.
- A team of scientists from the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, including Shelton Earp, M.D., and Young Whang, M.D., has received one of 10 creativity awards from the Prostate Cancer Foundation. The one-year awards are designed to support innovative ideas that have the potential to achieve breakthroughs for the detection and treatment of prostate cancer. The team's work involves the application of nanotechnology to prostate cancer modeling and therapies. For more, click here.
- UNC has received $2.7 million from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health to train HIV/AIDS researchers in China, Malawi, and Cameroon. The program supports long- and short-term HIV/AIDS research training and is run by UNC’s Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases. UNC works with international partners to recruit trainees who will be hired at partner institutions in their home countries after they leave the program. For more, click here, or read the recent Herald-Sun story.
- Thomas Shea, M.D., has been voted chair-elect of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR). He will serve one year as chair-elect before starting a two-year term as chair in 2010. The committee establishes policy for, and provides scientific direction to, the center. For more, click here.
- The Southeast Regional Center of Excellence for Emerging Infections and Biodefense (SERCEB), headquartered here at UNC, has been awarded another five years of funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health. The award is worth $7.1 million per year and supports basic and translational research on emerging infectious diseases and defenses against microbial agents of bioterrorism. To read more, click here.David Weber, M.D., was quoted in the News & Observer about a new molecule developed at NCSU that prevents biofilms and thereby increases the efficacy of antibiotics.
- Nortin Hadler, M.D., was quoted in a News & Observer story about healthcare reform. His quotations were taken from his recent reading of his book, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America at the Regulator bookshop in Durham.
- John Buse, M.D., was quoted in a TIME story about heart risk for diabetics.
- Thomas O'Connell, M.D., was quoted in a WCPO-TV (Cincinnati) story on new technology for diabetes patients.
- UNC is celebrating a National Championship and recognizing its stars - both on and off the court. Watch a video recognizing UNC's stars, including Lisa Carey, M.D.
- John Buse, M.D., was among those recently honored by Triangle Business Journal in its eight annual Health Care Heroes program. Click here for more. Dr. Buse was also recently quoted in a News & Observer article about diabetes.
- Nortin Hadler, M.D., will be featured on WRAL's The Doctors on Thursday, April 16, at 10 a.m.
- Shelton Earp, M.D., was quoted in a News & Observer article about Senator Basnight and the N.C. Cancer Hospital.
- Kristy Richards, M.D., is among the contestants in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Eastern North Carolina chapter kicked off their Man & Woman of the Year competition, which raises money for blood cancer research and patient services. For more about the competition and the other contestants, click here.
- Cam Patterson, M.D., was quoted in a WebMD article entitled, "10 Ways to Protect Your Heart From the Tolls of Recession.
Nortin Hadler, M.D., published an opinion piece on ABCNews.com about conflicts of interest in regard to clinical activities. He also published another piece, on the same site, about health care reform. Dr. Hadler will also be in the East Room of the White House Wednesday evening for Diane Sawyer's interview of the President on health care reform to air on ABC at 10 p.m. He will be present for consultation as needed.
Norman Sharpless, M.D., was featured in a WebMD article about the P16 gene, which becomes more active with age.