May 9, 2011 — Anthony Charles, MD, was invited by graduating medical students to speak at the May 7 commencement ceremony.

April 27, 2011 — The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded a three-year, $1.05 million grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to study use of simulators for cardiac surgery training. The multi-institution project will study whether resident physicians who are learning cardiothoracic surgery can become safer surgeons by using surgery simulators to acquire skills before they operate on people.

April 4, 2011 — Erin Fraher, PhD, is quoted in an article in today’s “Daily Tar Heel.”

March 29, 2011 — The “Convergent” procedure, pioneered by Andy Kiser, a UNC cardiac surgeon, is an innovative, minimally invasive procedure that provides effective treatment of patients with chronic atrial fibrillation.

March 10, 2011 — ABC News consulted UNC surgical oncologist Hong Jin Kim, MD, for a Healthbeat article on pancreatic cancer.

March 1, 2011 — A WRAL News story about an ATV accident victim highlights two members of the UNC Pediatric Surgery team: Patty Lange, MD, and Robin DeLoach, NP.

March 1, 2011 — Pediatric surgeon Timothy Weiner, MD, is featured in this week’s HealthBreak, a 90-second news clip produced by Rex Healthcare.

February 24, 2011 — Mr. Bob Eaves, First Gentleman of North Carolina, visited the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Hospitals yesterday to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Burn Center, which opened Feb. 23, 1981.