The North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition has awarded UNC Family Medicine Center the Mother-Baby Award for Outpatient Healthcare Clinics. Awardees represent the best our state has to offer in terms of support for the breastfeeding family.
Class of 2008: Dr. Page is the Executive Dean of the UNC School of Medicine and William B. Aycock Distinguished Professor Dr. Page has been named Executive Dean of the UNC School of Medicine. During her time as Department Chair of Family Medicine, she was instrumental in the development and innovative training programs in collaboration … Read more
Dr. Gilchrist received her medical degree with honors from the University of Toronto in Canada. She has received numerous awards including “The Leadership Award” from the NC Academy of Family Physicians in 2005. “Excellence in Education” from Ohio Magazine in 2004, “STFM Research Paper Award” in 1999; “Master Teacher Award” in 2002 and the “Liebelt/Wheeler … Read more
Longtime UNC family medicine researcher Philip Sloane, MD, MPH, wrote a book that employs the latest clinical evidence to help those caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.
Sherry Hay, MPA directs a number of community health initiatives across the department– from helping the uninsured find options, to providing workshops on chronic disease self-management and coordinating Wellness at Work discussions and initiatives. Read a little bit about what she does and why!
In the first large pragmatic trial of its kind in the United States, results from a UNC School of Medicine study show that checking finger-stick blood sugars may not help diabetes patients who do not use insulin. UNC Family Medicine’s research director, Dr. Katrina Donahue, was the senior author on the study.
Andy Colon decided to quit his tobacco addiction and went all out to create a healthier lifestyle for himself. He changed the way he ate, exercised more and, of course, stopped smoking. A friend told him about the Wellness@Work Tobacco Cessation program and Andy loved the idea of getting the support to quit, as well as the convenience of meeting at his workplace. It gave him the “backbone for change.” The free medications and the incentive of $100 for remaining tobacco free for 6 months encouraged him to reach his goal.
Did you know the UNC Health Care system participates in research collaboratives that use clinical data to answer difficult questions and to advance quality improvement in practices? Read more here. Do you know what clinical data is? Do you know how and why it is used for research? A couple of experts in the field … Read more
We spend the early moments of most healthcare visits sitting with an arm in a blood pressure cuff, waiting for the monitor to take its measurement so that the cuff will relax and let our arm “breathe” again. by Greeshma Somashekar We spend the early moments of most healthcare visits sitting with an arm in … Read more
Beat Steiner, MD, MPH, a UNC Family Medicine faculty member, has been elected President of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. He will begin his term as President-Elect in May. Beat Steiner, MD, MPH, UNC School of Medicine assistant dean for clinical education as well as a UNC Family Medicine faculty member, has been … Read more
Cristen P. Page, MD, MPH, has been named chair of the department of Family Medicine, effective March 30. Page is a multifaceted and nationally recognized innovator and clinical educator. Cristen P. Page, MD, MPH, has been named the William B. Aycock Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine. She served in the … Read more
FMC’s Emily Olsson and Julie Gras-Najjar work with UNC’s Hypertension Research Program and help coordinate research studies across the department. Emily and Julie love working with patients, and they especially enjoy collecting data and learning from each study.
Thomas Bodenheimer, MD, a nationally renowned expert in team-based primary care and provider wellness, visited Chapel Hill as the 13th Annual Robert R. Huntley visiting professor. During the course of his stay, he applauded UNC School of Medicine’s Wellness Initiatives and affirmed UNC Family Medicine’s efforts to transform their clinic. Media Contact: Heather Wilson (984)–974-4989 … Read more
Family Medicine offers a unique clinic experience to the first class of PA students. FEBRUARY 2017 — In January 2016, UNC School of Medicine started the Physician Assistant (PA) Program, funded in part by a generous donation from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, the Kenan Foundation, and UNC. One year later, the … Read more
