Dr. Swathi Eluri Dr. Swathi Eluri presented new findings this year at Digestive Disease Week discussing patient readiness for transition from pediatric to adult care. Read more at Healio: http://www.healio.com/gastroenterology/esophagus/news/online/%7B21afaf8a-7706-4655-b2a8-d2f74e29d6e5%7D/health-care-transition-readiness-lags-in-pediatric-eoe-ege
Dr. Michael Fried discusses exciting findings about challenging HCV patient groups with the Digestive Disease Week blog located here: http://ddwblog.org/2016/05/next-generation-hcv-treatments-should-benefit-challenging-patient-groups/
At the group’s annual Digestive Disease Week conference in San Diego, Kim Isaacs, MD, PhD, was recognized with the American Gastroenterological Association’s Distinguished Clinician Award.
UNC Gastroenterology traveled to San Diego, CA on May 20th-24th to give over one hundred presentations at this year’s Digestive Disease Week (DDW). DDW is the world’s largest gathering of physicians and researchers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy, and gastrointestinal surgery, and showcases the best and most innovative research in the field of … Read more
On Saturday, April 30th a team of UNC Gastroenterology faculty, nurses, patients, and friends participated in the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation’s (CCFA) Take Steps Walk. Led by Co-Captains Dr. Millie Long and Dr. Kim Isaacs, Team UNC raised over $10,000 to support high quality basic and clinical inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) research. As one … Read more
A research question posed through the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) Partners Patient-Powered Research Network CCFA Partners – a collaboration between UNC and the CCFA – served as motivation for this study concept.
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18 UNC GASTROENTEROLOGISTS NAMED TO PRESTIGIOUS 2015-2016 BEST DOCTORS IN AMERICA® LIST
Each year, UNC Health Care administers the CMS-approved Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS) survey to solicit feedback from patients. One question on that survey asks patients if they would recommend their provider’s office to friends and family. One hundred and thirty three of our providers had more than 94 percent of their patients respond “Yes, definitely!” to that question, which places them in the top quartile nationally.
Eight outstanding nurses were recently recognized as winners of the 2015 School of Medicine Nursing Recognition Awards. These awards were established as a way to express the faculty’s respect and appreciation for nurses whose personal contributions have made a significant contribution to patient care. Each award includes a $1,000 scholarship to be used over a three year period for professional development.
High-Impact Hepatology! An Update from the Major Liver Meetings 13th Annual UNC Liver Center CME Symposium UNC Rizzo Conference Center, Chapel Hill, NC Saturday, December 12, 2015 Jointly Sponsored by Wake AHEC CME and the UNC Liver Center 7:45 AM – 8:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:30 AM – 2:30 PM CME Program and … Read more
Ben Smart of UNC’s Carolina Week broadcast speaks with Dr. Sarah McGill about fecal transplants and their benefit to patients with c. difficile
A UNC Lineberger-led study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that vitamin D and calcium supplements do not reduce the risk of colorectal adenomas, which are benign tumors that can evolve into colorectal cancer.