UNC Surgery

UNC Department of Surgery is committed to providing quality patient care through innovation, world-class research, and training the next generation of surgeons.

[UNC Surgery @UNCSurgery]

As the North Carolina Surgical Hospital officially opened today, it is especially fitting that Anthony Meyer, MD, PhD, Chair Emeritus and Professor of #UNCSurgery operated on the first cases. Thank you Dr. Meyer for 40+ years of service to the citizens of North Carolina!

[UNC Surgery @UNCSurgery]

📣Jim Murphy, MHA named next #UNCSurgery Associate Chair of Administration!   Read more about Jim's 18 years of experience at UNC, including roles as ACA for the Dept of Neurosurgery and UNCHC System Director for Specialty Programs. https://t.co/jLkL5y9X4o @UNC_SOM @UNCMedCenter

[Lisa Tracy @LisaTracyMD]

🤩 Awesome talks by this morning UNC surgery residents on their academic years! From surgical education research to basic science and more, the future of surgery looks bright! ⁦@UNCSurgery⁩

[UNC Surgery @UNCSurgery]

Appreciation for all involved!
#UNCSurgery teammates’ areas listed as
"high performing”: Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Pulmonology & Lung Surgery, abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, colon cancer surgery, gynecological cancer surgery, lung cancer surgery, prostate cancer surgery

[UNC Health @UNC_Health_Care]

Multiple UNC Health hospitals were ranked as top hospitals in North Carolina in U.S. News' 2024-2025 "Best Hospitals" report.

Learn more here: https://t.co/6klT4c0NH8

[BehindTheKnife @BehindTheKnife]

We are thrilled to welcome our new fellows! Meet Dr. Michelle LaBella who joins us via @UNCSurgery. The surgical education world is your oyster 🦪!

[UNC Surgery @UNCSurgery]

UNC Surgery is thrilled to share more about the backgrounds, skills, and passions of our newest surgeons. Read on about our newest faculty teammates, Doctors Thane Blinman, Kevin Calder, Bob Hanfland, and Trevor Wood.
👉https://t.co/iOst4rGrCK

[Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases @uncglobalhealth]

Member Anthony Charles @UNCSurgery considers the implications of a preoperative antiseptics study on global surgery: "This study should prompt a change in WHO guidance.” @UNC_SOM https://t.co/WZdIzKrFqm

[UNC Surgery @UNCSurgery]

Our newest Interns have hit the ground running and we are so glad they're here! Peep some of the newest teammates on a hiking trip before training started. Already sporting the #carolinablue !

[UNC Surgery @UNCSurgery]

Congratulations to our graduating Residents and Fellows! The people of North Carolina and #UNCSurgery are forever impacted by your presence here and we wish all of you the best in your next steps!

[Matt Nielsen, MD @m_e_nielsen]

The public mission draws and keeps many of us @UNCMedCenter @UNC_SOM

Grateful to @USNewsHealth for recognizing organizations providing vulnerable populations with substantial access to high quality care

Read more 👀 ➡️https://t.co/Il3U1onwSx

[Lisa Tracy @LisaTracyMD]

🏆 ⁦2024 Softball Game between @DukeSurgRes⁩ and ⁦@UNCSurgery⁩ - and everyone was a winner!!! (Or Duke had forfeit loss depending on your perspective) #LookingForwardTo2024

[UNC Surgery @UNCSurgery]

UNC Surgery's NC Jaycee Burn Center is pleased to announce that it has once again achieved American Burn Association (ABA) Burn Verification for adults and pediatrics. https://t.co/s4VUymVQ5S
@Ameriburn @UNC_SOM

[UNC Surgery @UNCSurgery]

#UNCSurgery had lots of fun over the weekend! 160 teammates + family members enjoyed a @DurhamBulls game and fireworks together on Friday. Saturday brought the inaugural Anthony Meyer MD TraumaFit Games! Congratulations to the trophy winners and thanks to all who participated!

[Elizabeth Gleeson, MD, MPH @RunLiz]

@TheVinodLab presenting @UNCSurgery grand rounds this morning! Exciting work in vaccine therapy for #PancreaticCancer.

[Arielle Perez, MD, MPH @ajperezmdmph]

UNC general surgery resident, Patrick Brown, doing an awesome job and giving his first oral presentation at a surgical conference - #DDW2024 in the Best of PeritonealSurface/Abd wall/SB diseases plenary session. @SSATNews @DDWMeeting @UNCSurgery

[UNC Surgery @UNCSurgery]

🎉he North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center's annual Camp Celebrate is under way with lots of friendships and confidence building! A cornerstone program of #UNCSurgery's Division of Burn Surgery Patient & Family Aftercare Program, this is the oldest camp for burn survivors in the US!

[UNC Surgery @UNCSurgery]

UNC Vascular Surgeons Mark Farber, MD, Professor and Chief and F. Ezequiel Parodi, MD, Associate Professor have implanted the first commercial endovascular stent graft to treat complex aneurysmal disease involving visceral aorta.
➡️Read more: https://t.co/kXKWw1gccE

[DukeSEAL @SEAL_duke]

🎉 Calling all @DukeSurgRes @DukeGSIG @UNCSurgery and @DukeSurgery robot aficionados - join us to toast the surgical prowess of all who competed in our March Madness Challenge! RSVP here: https://t.co/afExZNJXdF

[UNC Surgery @UNCSurgery]

Congratulations to all who participated in the Nathan A. Womack Surgical Society Research Day! Photo: Jen Jen Yeh, MD, Vice Chair of Research, and award winners Ursula Adams, MD, Aidin Alejo, & Kevin Chen, MD (not pictured: Hannah Trembath, MD).

[UNC Surgery @UNCSurgery]

The Nathan A. Womack Surgical Society Research Day is underway! Peep the poster presentations!
Next up: Oral Presentations, keynote lecture by Heather Newman, MD, MS, FACS, Distinguished Visiting Professor, followed by the awards presentation!