By Tom Sowders, UNC Health Foundation At 2 p.m. on September 6, the lobby of the N.C. Basnight Cancer Hospital buzzed with anticipation as folks gathered for a special event at the UNC Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Clinic. Ian Davis, MD, PhD, … Read more
An enthusiastic UNC School of Medicine community gathered with elected officials and leaders from UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina system Monday to celebrate the opening of Roper Hall, UNC’s state-of-the-art new home for medical education. Named for … Read more
By Mark Kimmel, UNC Health Foundation It’s well established that UNC Children’s has set a standard for world-class care for newborns and their families. Though the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) provides care for more than 900 infants each year, … Read more
Jon Angier has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer at the UNC Health Foundation, effective July 24, Foundation president Leslie H. Nelson-Bernier announced recently. Angier joins the Foundation after nearly 10 years as director of finance for UNC Faculty … Read more
By Mark Kimmel, UNC Health Foundation Jersey Mike’s Subs raised a record-breaking $21 million by accepting donations nationwide during the company’s 13th Annual Month of Giving in March. Among the more than 200 local charities selected to receive critical funds … Read more
Eight graduates from the Carolina MED EXCEL program have officially entered the ranks of UNC School of Medicine’s Class of 2027. Joseph Bell, MD ‘86, was keynote speaker for the event held at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Carolina Club in early May. … Read more
Scholarship donors, medical students and UNC School of Medicine leaders gathered recently during the Annual Spring Medical Alumni Weekend to celebrate the critical investment that scholarship donors are making in medical students – and the impact these students will have … Read more
By Mark Kimmel, UNC Health Foundation March is National Kidney Disease Awareness Month, but for the Ward family of Holly Springs, kidney disease has been an all-consuming circumstance for the past two years. In 2021, the youngest of their three … Read more
By Mary Erskine Chris Hall, 22, a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill, has taken a low point in his life and turned it into something positive, all in memory of his mother, Lynn, who died of triple negative breast cancer in … Read more
In his first emergency medicine attending position, Leon Adelman, MD ‘08, developed an interest in managing systems of care delivery, in addition to caring for individual patients. “I really enjoyed designing processes to make sure that all patients coming through … Read more
