PIRATES VS. CANCER
Stefani Funez spends most of her days trying to entertain herself in a hospital room. This has been the case for the 15-year-old Duplin County resident since she was diagnosed...
Medical Archives
Brody chapter of Gold Humanism Honor Society inducts new members
The East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) recently inducted nine new members. Third-year medical students Ryan Accomazzo, Matthew Drake, Kelsey Evans,...
Agricultural health, safety issues addressed during collaborative N.C. symposium
Agromedicine experts from around the country descended on the Research Triangle on March 27 to discuss issues facing agricultural industry workers and their families. The 2019 North Carolina Agricultural Health...
MATCH DAY 2019
Fourth-year medical students gathered in the auditorium of ECU’s Brody School of Medicine on Friday – surrounded by their peers, professors and family members – to open letters telling them...
MORE EFFICIENT CARE, FOR LESS
Eastern North Carolina residents in need of long-term intravenous antibiotic treatments now have an alternative to receiving those treatments in a hospital. ECU Physicians, the medical practice for the Brody...
IMPLEMENTING CHANGE
When Rev. Richard Joyner noticed a concerning trend of young people dying of chronic, preventable diseases in his small community of Conetoe, he went looking for solutions at the institutional...
ECU Physicians earns Gold Status from American Heart Association
ECU Physicians has been honored for its dedication to improving patients’ blood pressures. The practice’s Adult Medicine and Pediatrics Clinic recently earned a Gold Status designation from the Target: BP...
ECU Physicians, UnitedHealthcare announce new network relationship
ECU Physicians and UnitedHealthcare have established a new network relationship, giving people enrolled in UnitedHealthcare employer and individual plans greater access to ECU Physicians. The new relationship provides plan participants...
ECU physician receives national service award
A physician at the ECU Brody School of Medicine has received the 2018 Outstanding Service Award from the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry (AMP). Dr. Michael Lang, clinical associate professor...
DR. JITKA VIRAG
Imagine that someone suffering from a heart attack could have their life saved by the administration of a protein instead of having to undergo a stent placement or heart transplant...