YOU DID SOMETHING AMAZING! Thanks to donors like YOU, 200 soft and cuddly teddy bears were recently given to medically challenged kids at UNC Children’s. Patients from preemies to teenagers received bears. Kids in the emergency department, hematology oncology clinic, … Read more

Following the loss earlier this year of Connie Roads – mother-in-law and mother to Victor and Allison Kats, and grandmother to their four children – the Kats family decided to honor Connie’s life with a 2023 Tar Heal Tuesday Challenge … Read more

At 2 p.m. on September 6, the lobby of the N.C. Basnight Cancer Hospital folks gathered for a special event at the UNC Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Clinic. Ian Davis, MD, PhD, Chief of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, took the podium and welcomed everyone … 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