Heart teams vital for patient care success
By Doug Boyd ECU News Services One of the nation’s leading heart surgeons says cardiologists and surgeons should work together as teams to provide the best options and care for...
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ECU sonographer receives national award
Diana McCormick Strickland, a sonographer at East Carolina University, has received the 2014 Distinguished Sonographer Award from the American Institute of Ultrasound Medicine. She is a registered diagnostic cardiac sonographer...
ECU conducts drill at Pediatric Specialty Clinic
A lockdown and evacuation drill was held Jan. 10 at ECU’s Pediatric Specialty Care Clinic on Herbert Court. Staff locked down the building and evacuated next door to the...
ECU surgeon to lead national organization
Dr. Danielle Walsh, a pediatric surgeon at East Carolina University, has been elected president of the Association of Women Surgeons. An associate professor at the Brody School of Medicine at...
Wells Fargo donates to Camp Hope
Wells Fargo Dealer Services has donated a total of $8,400 to Camp Hope, a summer camp for children with cancer, sickle cell and blood disease, operated by the Brody School...
College of Nursing launches Pirate Nurse Network at Vidant Medical Center
East Carolina University’s College of Nursing has partnered with Vidant Medical Center to launch its first alumni network in eastern North Carolina. A member-driven support organization, the Pirate Nurse Network...
Research shown at annual medical meeting
Twenty-one East Carolina University medical students, residents and fellows presented research at the 159th annual meeting of the North Carolina Medical Society. The meeting, held Oct. 25-26 in Raleigh, was...
Baxley elected to national medical board
Dr. Elizabeth G. Baxley has been elected to the board of directors of the American Board of Family Medicine. Baxley is a professor of family medicine and senior associate dean...
Golden Living Center donates to Brody School of Medicine
Golden Living Center has donated $122,527 to the Department of Family Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University to support the department’s teaching nursing home project....
Grants aid breast cancer care for Pitt County women
By Doug Boyd Two East Carolina University projects to promote women's health have received grants from the Susan G. Komen North Carolina Triangle to the Coast Affiliate. "The Pitt County...