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95 Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers Awarded 2024 Carolina Care Excellence

Each year, ºÚÁÏÍø Hospitals administers the Press Ganey Medical Practice survey to solicit feedback from patients. The survey asks our patients about their likelihood of recommending their provider’s practice to their friends and family. This year, 205 ºÚÁÏÍø physicians and advanced practice providers received the highest recommendations, which places them in the top quartile nationall … Read more

How Exercise Can Improve Symptoms of Osteoarthritis

Leigh Callahan, PhD Can exercise help decrease osteoarthritis pain? One would think moving your joints more frequently would increase pain related to a joint disease but in fact physical activity can lessen the symptoms of osteoarthritis. Leigh Callahan, PhD, the Mary Link Briggs Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, and Ass … Read more

Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: February 1 – February 29, 2024

The ºÚÁÏÍø Department of Medicine ranked 23rd in the country in total National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for federal fiscal year 2023 and 8th among peer public universities, according to a new report published by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology Saira Sheikh, MD, Vimal Derebail, MD, MPH, and Tessa Englund rece … Read more

Allergist Provide Insights for Managing Food Allergies and Food-Related Anaphylaxis

Drs. Mildred Kwan and Onyinye Iweala A recent review article published in JAMA by Drs. Edward Iglesia, Mildred Kwan, Yamini Virkud, and Onyinye Iweala reviewed the prevalence, diagnosis, and management of IgE-mediated food allergies in the United States. IgE-mediated allergic reactions to food are caused by immunoglobulin (Ig)E allergy antibodies. Such reactions typically occur w … Read more

University of North Carolina Designated as Scleroderma Research and Treatment Center

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been named a Designated Scleroderma Research and Treatment Center by the National Scleroderma Foundation. This accolade positions ºÚÁÏÍø among the two centers in the state to receive such an esteemed recognition. The acknowledgment highlights ºÚÁÏÍø’s proficiency in providing care for individuals affected by scleroderma, an autoimmune … Read more

Does a Red Meat Allergy Cause Knee Pain?

A Lone Star Tick on a leaf. Credit Judy Gallagher A collaboration between researchers at the ºÚÁÏÍø Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and the Thurston Arthritis Research Center’s Core Center for Clinical Research, investigated the relationship between a red meat allergy, caused from a tick bite known as alpha-gal syndrome, and knee pain. The paper, titled “Tick-bor … Read more

Nelson, Bryant, Chan attend AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar

Amanda Nelson, MD, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Amy Bryant, MD, associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Katherine Chan, MD, MPH, associate professor in the Department of Urology received grants to participate in the 2023 AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar in A … Read more

Removing the Penicillin Allergic Label: Researchers Introduce PADME

Doctors at the ºÚÁÏÍø, including Mildred Kwan, MD, PhD, and Cincinnati Children’s collaborate to develop an innovative, patient-initiated online platform designed to remove the penicillin allergy label from misdiagnosed pediatric patients. Here’s the scene. Your child appears to be sick. You take their temperature. Fever is over 100. Their throat hurts. You immedi … Read more

2024 Fellows Match to the Department of Medicine

The Department of Medicine is honored to welcome new Tar Heel trainees! The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) released results for the 2023 Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match on November 29. More than 7,000 applicants matched to advanced training positions. After a successful Match, the following fellows will join Department subspecialties in July 2024. Division of … Read more

Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: November 1 – November 30, 2023

Division of Hematology Rafal Pawlinski, PhD, and Brandi Reeves, MD, were awarded a one-year $75,000 ºÚÁÏÍø Phase 2 Translational Team Science Award (TTSA) for their project, “evaluating the role of hypoxia inducible factors in endothelial and hematopoietic cells in myeloproliferative neoplasms.” Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism Emily Pfaff, PhD, spoke ab … Read more

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Faculty and Staff in the News Throughout October

The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty throughout the month of October.  Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH, was featured in a New York Times article that depicts a patient’s experience with EoE. Faculty and fellows in the Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine attended the NC Thoracic Society … Read more