Diane Armao, MD, presented, “New insights on GAN spanning GAN KO models and human GAN” in June 2019 at the Giant Axonal Neuropathy (GAN) Scientific Session at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Armao serves as Associate Investigator on Clinical Protocol 15-N-0073: A Phase I Study of Intrathecal Administration of scAAV9/JeT-GAN … Read more

Gunnell ET, Franceschi DK, Inscoe CR, Hartman A, Goralski JL, Ceppe A, Handly B, Sams C, Fordham LA, Lu J, Zhou O, Lee YZ. Initial clinical evaluation of stationary digital chest tomosynthesis in adult patients with cystic fibrosis. Eur Radiol. 2019 Apr;29(4):1665-1673. doi: 10.1007/s00330-018-5703-9. Epub 2018 Sep 25. Khandani AH, Commander CW, Desai H, Oldan … Read more

The Department would like to recognize Yueh Z. Lee, MD, PhD, for multiple significant honors spanning late 2018 through early-year 2019. A March 2019 Physics World article spotlights the development of a first-generation, stationary digital breast tomosynthesis (sDBT) system by lead author Lee and co-investigators. In a paired-image study published in Academic Radiology*, Lee’s team … Read more

The Department of Radiology would like to congratulate both its faculty members and residents selected in March 2019 as UNC School of Medicine Academy of Educators inductees.  Drs. Katrina McGinty, David Mauro, and Brian Handly have been selected as 2019 AOE Faculty Inductees. Three Diagnostic Radiology residents — Drs. Bryan Ashley, Justin Rodriguez, and Will Boyd — have been selected as … Read more

The Department would like to belatedly recognize Assistant Professor of Radiology Dr. David Mauro for his selection and April 2018 induction into the medical honor society Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), as one of four UNC School of Medicine (SOM) Alumni chosen for 2018 induction. Election to AOA signifies a member’s embodiment of AOA values, including … Read more

The Department would like to congratulate our recently named 2019-2020 Chief Residents: Diagnostic Radiology Chief Resident: Dr. John Campbell Chief Resident: Dr. Hamilton Howe Chief Resident: Dr. Justin Rodriguez Interventional Radiology Chief Resident: Dr. Clayton Commander  

2019-2020 will be a unique year for Interventional Radiology training.  Not only is it the final year of existence for the Interventional Radiology (IR) Fellowship, it will also be the only year UNC graduates IR Fellows and our first IR Resident.  After years of hard work (and paperwork), Bob Dixon’s vision of the UNC Interventional … Read more

With establishment of the integrated interventional radiology (IR) residency, cultivating medical student interest in IR (the newest medical specialty) and increasing student exposure is more important than ever. A thriving medical student IR interest group is key in accomplishing these goals. I assumed the role of faculty advisor for the medical student IR interest group … Read more

Q & A with Associate Chief Resident Dr. Monica Reddy Q1: Tell us about yourself, including your decision to stay at UNC for fellowship (we’re thrilled you are). A1: I grew up in Oklahoma and Texas, but I consider myself an Oklahoman at heart. I completed my undergraduate work at the University of Oklahoma, and then matriculated … Read more

The Department would like to recognize Tengfei Li, PhD, for being named institutional investigator and Subcontract P.I. for a collaborative study — “Analysis of Big Data Squared in Biomedical Studies” – funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in September 2018 ($318K+) to Yale University P.I. and Professor of Biostatistics Dr. Heping Zhang. Over … Read more

The Department would like to recognize Zibo Li, PhD, for receiving both industry and federal funding for two significant investigations in late 2018. In October 2018, Dr. Li entered a sponsored two-year research agreement (renewable $186.6K+/year) with OncoTrap Inc., to conduct a study entitled, “Evaluation of OncoTrap’s lead drugs in tumor bearing mouse model.”  In … Read more

The Department would like to congratulate Gang Li, PhD, for receiving a Junior Faculty Development Award from the University’s Committee on Faculty Research and Scholarly Leaves. For the full 12-month 2019 calendar year, Li is applying his $10K award toward a scholarly project proposed in his application to the Committee — “Computational Tools for Analysis … Read more