Medical Archives

Oct 19, 2011

In Memoriam

Dr. Sudesh Kataria, retired faculty from the Brody School of Medicine, died Oct.16. She was the wife of Dr. Yash Kataria, also a retired medical faculty member. The funeral was...

Oct 17, 2011

CNN on campus

CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks with ECU trauma surgeon Dr. Scott Sagraves Oct. 15 at Pitt County Memorial Hospital about the 2008 death of high school football player Jaquan Waller...

Oct 12, 2011

3rd Annual Pink Ribbon Run set for Oct. 23

The Leo Jenkins Cancer Center is presenting the 3rd Annual Pink Ribbon 5K Fun Run, one-mile walk  or Kids Dash to benefit breast cancer services, Oct. 23 at Metrics, 1240...

Sep 02, 2011

Barnes Lecture set for Sept. 14

The Department of Cardiovascular Sciences Barnes Lecture will be held at 8 a.m. Sept. 14 at the East Carolina Heart Institute. Dr. Blase A. Carabello will present, “Tough cases in...

Aug 23, 2011

Fall 2011 Medical History Interest Group Presentations

The Fall 2011 Medical History Interest Group will present a series of presentations this semester on the 4th floor Evelyn Fike Laupus Gallery at the Laupus Library. Scheduled are the following: ...

Aug 11, 2011

Portrait honors medical school advocate

PORTRAIT PRESENTED: Dr. Paul Cunningham, dean of the Brody School of Medicine at ECU, Ernest Furgurson III and Jo Aycock, from left, talk about Furgurson and Aycock’s father, the late...

Aug 11, 2011

Grant to fund student oncology group

East Carolina University has been awarded an Oncology Nursing Society Foundation grant that will develop a student oncology interest group to increase awareness of the oncology specialty and explore roles...

Aug 08, 2011

Published in Nutrition Today

An article by Family Medicine faculty Dr. Qing Cao and Dr. Kathy Kolasa,  "Gut Check, Finding the Effective Dietary Approach," appeared in Nutrition Today. Cao is Assistant Clinical Professor in Family...

Jul 29, 2011

Mitral valve repair learning curve analysis published

An article by Patrick J. Charland, Evilio Rodriguez, Wiley L. Nifong and Randolph W. Chitwood Jr. (East Carolina Heart Institute) and Tom Robbins (Marketing and Supply Chain Management), "Learning curve...

Jul 11, 2011

Work by ECU professor issued patent

Collaborative work that included ECU professor Rachel Roper (Microbiology and Immunology) was issued a US Patent March 1. The patent was for "SARS virus nucleotide and amino acid sequences and...