The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty throughout the month of December.
John Batsis, MD, attended the National Council on Aging’s Obesity Roundtable and was featured in a JAMA article detailing the annual ObesityWeek conference.
Andrea Coviello, MD, was quoted in an article regarding people seeking Ozempic alternatives.
Joshua Niznik, PharmD, PhD, explained when it’s better to deprescribe medicine than to continue them.
Drs. Koyal Jain, Evan Raff, Lisa Rose-Jones, and Marco Aleman were extras in a video produced by the UNC SOM Class of 2026, “Carolina Blue.”
David Rosen, MD, PhD, and Claire Farel, MD, spoke about the UNC Center for AIDS Research’s dedication to ending HIV.
Vimel Derebail, MD, MPH, and Monica Reynolds, MD, were authors on a paper exploring the characteristics and outcomes of patients with pregnancy-related end-stage kidney disease.
Anne F. Peery, MD, was corresponding author on a study revealing how a screening tool can measure the prevalence of malnutrition among patients at the UNC Multidisciplinary Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic.
Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH, is involved in a clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the ProTractX3™ TTS drug coated balloon for the treatment of benign esophageal strictures.
Yara Abdou, MD, discussed how characteristics of patients with breast cancer impact ADC treatment selection and highlighted some of the topline takeaways from breast cancer treatment to come out of the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting.
Mildred Kwan, MD, PhD, and collaborators, develop an innovative, patient-initiated online platform designed to remove the penicillin allergy label from misdiagnosed pediatric patients.
David L. Rosen, MD, PhD, MSPH,
was featured in NC Health News regarding his survey measuring the amount and type of health care staffing in jails.
Walker Redd, MD, led a study examining how multiple factors contribute to the miscommunication and understanding of the digestive disease, microscopic colitis.
Louise King, MD, is an investigator for the new National HIV Residency Pathway Consortium Site at UNC.
Lisa Carey, MD, was featured in the article, “More Awareness Needed of Heart Events Tied to Breast Cancer Drugs, Experts Say.”
David Wohl, MD, provided tips for staying health during the holiday season.
Edward Barnes, MD, MPH, and
John Haydek, MD, MSCS, published the first comprehensive medical guideline on the management of pouchitis.