Medical Archives

Mar 17, 2011

Match success: ECU sending 65 percent into primary care residencies

Nearly two-thirds of the medical students graduating from East Carolina University this spring will go into primary care residencies. Those are the results of the annual Match Day, celebrated today...

Mar 17, 2011

Advice from patient helps doctor, family stay close

WINTERVILLE, N.C.   (Mar. 17, 2011)   —   Dr. Tommy Ellis sees a lot of patients in his family medicine practice at East Carolina University. Almost always, he is able...

Mar 01, 2011

Grant aids study of prostate cancer protein

With the help of a grant of more than $400,000, Dr. Maria Ruiz-Echevarria is looking at ways a protein could help the prognosis, treatment and/or, detection of prostate cancer.  Ruiz-Echevarria,...

Feb 27, 2011

Valentine Gift

June Long was with her daughter browsing Valentine's Day cards when she received the call. A match to replace Long's failing kidneys had been found and was on its way to North Carolina. (Read more...)...

Feb 24, 2011

Lessons from the Past

A small group of people can make a difference in fostering better health in a community and often have the most success in creating change, said the keynote speaker for the Jean Mills Health Symposium....

Feb 18, 2011

Summer medical education program deadline nears

Students aiming for a career as a physician have until March 4 to apply to ECU’s Summer Program for Future Doctors....

Feb 14, 2011

ECU Family Therapy Clinic honors Brody Family Medicine

The East Carolina University Family Therapy Clinic presented its Excellence in Collaboration and Biopsychosocial Care Award to the Brody School of Medicine’s Department of Family Medicine and Family Medicine Center...

Feb 01, 2011

Bioengineered Veins

Thanks to research involving experts from East Carolina University, the day when a surgeon can pull a new human vein off the shelf for use in life-saving vascular surgeries is now one step closer to reality....

Feb 01, 2011

Bioengineered Veins

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (2/2/11)--Thanks to research involving experts from East Carolina University, other universities and a Morrisville-based biotechnology firm, the day when a surgeon can pull a new human...

Jan 27, 2011

Family Medicine Center

The Family Medicine Center at ECU has gained recognition as a “patient-centered medical home” from a national organization. Faculty and staff members began working on the certification in February 2009 and submitted an application in April....