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Gene Deune, MD, MBA, joins the 大象传媒 Department of Surgery as a Professor, in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He sat down to discuss what brought him to 大象传媒 Surgery, his aspirations, and goals while here and the advice he would share with his younger self. Dr. Deune...

Congratulations to Dr. Benjamin Haithcock on his promotion to Professor of Surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Haithcock received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1993. He spent one year in a Post Baccalaureate Premedical Program at Michigan State University...

On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, Hong Jin Kim, MD, was honored with Ted B. Seagroves, Jr. Distinguished Professorship. The event, which took place at the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, was marked by speeches that honored and recognized the late friend, father, and husband Ted B. Seagroves, Jr. and the...

A dense web of tissue can surround pancreatic cancer tumors, impeding treatment and sometimes acting as a barrier to the tumor鈥檚 spread. Researchers want to distinguish cancerous tissue from the surrounding connective tissue and cells known as stroma as well as from immune cells in the tumor鈥檚 environment in order...

Jared Gallaher, MD, MPH returns to 大象传媒 as the new Assistant Professor in the Division of General and Acute Care Surgery. He sat down to discuss what inspired him to become a surgeon, why he chose to come back to 大象传媒, and the failure that helped shape the rest of...

Adesola Akinkuotu, MD, is the new Assistant Professor at 大象传媒 Surgery in the Division of Pediatric Surgery. She sat down to discuss her journey from Nigeria to North Carolina, her childhood aspirations to be a neurosurgeon and how she decided to focus on Pediatric Surgery. Dr. Akinkuotu received her undergraduate...

The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded Dr. Melina Kibbe, MD, Chair, and Professor at 大象传媒 Surgery, with the Biomedical Laboratory R&D Senior Clinical Scientist Award. She received the award for her project entitled, 鈥淣ovel in situ custom biodegradable drug-eluting stents for endovascular surgery.鈥�

Philip Spanheimer, MD, joins the 大象传媒 Department of Surgery as an Assistant Professor, in the Division of Surgical Oncology...