Category: Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Featured Administrator: Joanna Herath in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Administrators in the department of medicine ensure that division operations are managed efficiently and effectively, to support faculty, staff, and trainees in their pursuit of education, research and clinical care. Their services focus on achieving continuous improvement in the quality and the value of our work, for those we support and the patients we serve.
Fried receives FDA Award for Regulatory Science Excellence
Unique research network is recognized for providing a robust platform that curates real-world data for FDA scientists, helping them communicate the safety and effectiveness of direct-acting antiviral agents in the post-marketing period.
Fried Receives FDA Award for Regulatory Science Excellence
Unique research network is recognized for providing a robust platform that curates real-world data for FDA scientists, helping them communicate the safety and effectiveness of direct-acting antiviral agents in the post-marketing period.
Sartor Named Crohn’s Disease Health Care Hero
The National Liberty Museum honored Balfour Sartor, MD, with its inaugural Healthcare Hero in the Field of Crohn’s Disease for his decades of work to find better treatments for inflammatory bowel diseases. Balfour Sartor, MD R. Baltour Sartor, MD, the Midget Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, received the inaugural Healthcare Hero in the Field of … Read more
Sartor Named Crohn’s Disease Health Care Hero
The National Liberty Museum honored Balfour Sartor, MD, with its inaugural Healthcare Hero in the Field of Crohn’s Disease for his decades of work to find better treatments for inflammatory bowel diseases.
Wall Street Journal Features Gastroenterology’s Dr. Anne Peery
A new Wall Street Journal article tells how gastroenterologists are rethinking the cause and the treatment of diverticular disease.
Genomic Study Finds New Role for MicroRNAs As Predictors of Crohn’s Disease Progression
These findings by UNC School of Medicine researchers are an important step forward in designing more effective clinical trials and developing personalized Crohn’s disease therapies.
Fecal incontinence study compares treatment efficiency, safety and cost
The UNC School of Medicine is one of four clinical sites participating in a five-year $10 million NIH-funded project to identify the most effective treatment options for fecal incontinence. William E. Whitehead, PhD, professor of medicine in the department of medicine’s division of gastroenterology, is one of four principal investigators.
Department of Medicine Divisions Rank Nationally in US News and World Report
Three medicine divisions have been recognized in the “Best Hospitals” ranking from the US News and World Report.
UNC Gastroenterology Ranked Top 20 in the Nation
UNC Medical Center nationally ranked in five adult specialties, scored as high performing in five more. Four other UNC Health Care hospitals rated high performing for common adult procedures and conditions.
Evan Dellon, MD, Wins 2018 Pilot Innovation Award, the Ninth Win For Medicine
The UNC Center for Health Innovation has announced winning teams for the sixth annual Pilot Innovation Awards. Evan Dellon, MD, from the department of medicine’s division of gastroenterology and hepatobiology is principal investigator for a team that will study a treatment for eosinophilic esophagitis. To date, nine winning teams from the department of medicine have received Pilo … Read more
UNC’s Olafur Palsson featured in national media
Olafur Palsson, professor of medicine, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal and at tonic.com for his work on hypnosis to treat IBS.