FAMILY MEDICINE GIANT
A plaque on the newly named James G. “Jim” Jones Chair’s Suite in East Carolina University’s Department of Family Medicine honors Jones and an immense list of titles for which...
Medical Archives
Banquet honors graduating medical students, legacy of caring
The 39th annual Andrew A. Best, MD Senior Recognition Banquet honored an eastern North Carolina legacy in medicine — and celebrated the graduating members of the Student National Medical Association...
TAKING COMMAND
For someone who claims to not believe in multitasking, Jason Higginson certainly excels at it. In addition to serving as executive dean of East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine,...
ECU alumna named N.C. Distinguished Family Physician of the Year
Shannon B. Dowler, a 1999 graduate of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, was named the 2022 Distinguished Family Physician Award winner by the North Carolina Academy...
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 12 new members. Fourth-year medical students Gary Allen, Mona Amin, Kari Beasley,...
Privette meeting room a venue for exchanging ideas, positive interactions
Doug Privette ’72 came to East Carolina University in 1968 with a suitcase and a plan to focus exclusively on academics. He found friends and his life’s purpose in ECU’s...
ECU 2022: YEAR IN REVIEW
If one word sums up Pirate Nation in 2022, it's "renewal." Pirates returned to campus with a rejuvenated sense of hope in response to COVID-19. Chancellor Philip Rogers was officially...
AUDACITY TO ASPIRE
Nearly 2,000 East Carolina University graduates turned their tassels in Minges Coliseum on Friday, celebrating fall commencement 2022 along with their families, friends, and university faculty, staff and administrators. Chancellor...
INNOVATIVE HEALTH CARE
The East Carolina University-led North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-SteP) has won the 2022 Innovation Award for technology from North Carolina’s i2i Center for Integrative Health. The award celebrates innovation...
Waldrum to chair Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems for AAMC
Michael Waldrum, dean of East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and CEO of ECU Health, assumed the role as chair of the Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems...