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2024 Carolina Quality and Safety Award

June 26, 2024
The Department of Neurology is please to announce that the Movement Disorders Outpatient Clinic received Honorable Mention at the 2024 Carolina Quality and Safety Award for “Addressing the Pillars of Palliative care: Advance care planning in movement disorders outpatient clinics”. This award program was developed to recognize quality improvement efforts...

Dr. Clio Rubinos awarded SIREN & Simmons Award

June 4, 2024
Dr. Clio Rubinos has been selected as a Simmons Scholar and has been awarded the SIREN MAGNETIC Hub Junior Faculty Subaward from Duke Emergency Medicine. Both awards will support research career development for Dr. Rubinos. Since its launch in 1994, the Simmons Scholars Program has offered...

Grant Award – Dr. Qian-Zhou Yang Receives Promoting Clinical Research in Southeaster NC Award

May 29, 2024
Dr. Qian-Zhou Jojo Yang and Dr. Kiran McCloskey were recently awarded the Promoting Clinical Research in Southeastern NC award from the Research Advisory Council (RAC). Their project, Understanding pediatric epilepsy surgery disparities within the state of North Carolina, will be funded for the next year.

Melissa Massenburg wins Nurse of the Year!

May 16, 2024
The following article was written by Sonya Lester, BSN, RN, CCRN, Patient Services Manager III, Neurosurgical ICU. Melissa Massenburg, BSN, RN, CCRN, was selected by the Medical Center nursing leadership as a MC Nurse of the Year. She was nominated by nursing staff colleagues to honor her for exceptional service...

2024 Carolina Care Excellence Awards!

April 1, 2024
Each year, Hospitals & Faculty Physicians celebrate the empathy and expertise of Health physicians and advanced practice providers. Based on Hospitals Press Ganey Medical Practice survey, 205 of Health providers received the highest recommendations, which places them in the top quartile nationally. The honorees receive 2024...

Dr. Rebecca Traub Elected as Fellow of the American Academy of Neuology

February 20, 2024
Congratulations! Dr. Rebecca Traub has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN). Fellow status recognizes outstanding work and accomplishments in neurosciences, clinical neurology, academic/administrative neurology, within the AAN, and the community. Traub specializes in neuromuscular diseases, as well as inflammatory and hereditary nerve and muscle...

Neurology Division of Movement Disorders Awarded MSA Center of Excellence!

December 4, 2023
The MSA coalition is the largest non-profit foundation in the US supporting patients/families and researchers in multiple system atrophy, which is a relatively rare but devastating neurodegenerative disease. The Purpose of the MSA Center of Excellence program, which is new as of 2023 (2023 was the first year), is to...

Rachel Degrange Recipient of APP Excellence Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice

December 4, 2023
Rachel Degrange, ACNP and member of the Division of Neurocritical Care, was selected as the 2023 recipient of the APP Excellence Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice! Rachel was selected from a pool of outstanding nominees across Medical Center and Clinics. Rachel is an exceptional team member. She has...

Dr. Miriam Sklerov Awarded James Wood Junior Faculty Award!

October 18, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Miriam Sklerov for being awarded the James Wood Junior Faculty Award! Dr. Sklerov was nominated by Dr. Gwen Garden and a letter in support of this nomination was also submitted by Dr. Eran Dayan. She will be giving a speech during 2023 research week!  

Bob Greenwood Awarded Roger & Mary Brumback Lifetime Achievement Award

October 4, 2023
Dr. Bob Greenwood has been given the Roger and Mary Brumback Lifetime Achievment Award for all of his amazing work within the field of Child Neurology! The Roger & Mary Brumback Lifetime Achievement Awards are presented to CNS Members in recognition of a life-long commitment to child neurology, patient care,...