Health Sciences Archives

Jul 18, 2014

Cotterill named division director of Pediatric Dentistry at ECU

Christopher A. Cotterill has been appointed division director of Pediatric Dentistry in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics at the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine. Cotterill assumed...

Jul 01, 2014

East Carolina Heart Institute earns top rating

The East Carolina Heart Institute has received the highest quality rating awarded by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. The society database is the national report card that compares the quality...

Jun 17, 2014

ECU cardiologist elected to Royal College of Physicians

By Amy Adams Ellis ECU News Services East Carolina Heart Institute physician Ashesh Buch has been elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Buch was formally...

May 22, 2014

Brody School of Medicine dean speaks at Vidant health conference

By Kathryn Kennedy ECU News Services Dr. Paul Cunningham, dean of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, was one of four health care professionals to present Monday,...

May 21, 2014

ECU pediatrician certified as physician executive

By Amy Ellis ECU News Services Dr. John M. Olsson, division chief for general pediatrics at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, was recently named a certified physician executive...

May 08, 2014

Saeed interviewed on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’

Dr. Sy Saeed, chairman of the Department of Psychiatric Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine, was interviewed on NPR’s “All Things Considered” May 7 regarding the effectiveness of telepsychiatry...

May 08, 2014

Nursing student group named ECU Outstanding Organization of the Year

By Elizabeth Willy College of Nursing The East Carolina Association of Nursing Students was honored as ECU's Organization of the Year at the Student Activities and Organizations banquet May 4....

Apr 24, 2014

Society honors humanism, professionalism in medicine

The 2015 inductees to the Gold Humanism Honor Society at ECU were honored in a ceremony April 21 at Ironwood Golf and Country Club. The society honors medical students, residents,...

Apr 14, 2014

ECU medical students advocate for healthcare system change on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON - Two fourth-year ECU medical students attended the Family Medicine Congressional Conference held April 7- 8 in Washington, D.C.  More than 200 physicians attended the meeting. Sponsored by the...

Apr 01, 2014

Departing Brody students offer annual ‘Day of Service’

Before learning where they’d be placed for medical residency, 80 students from ECU’s Brody School of Medicine spent a Day of Service giving back to the place they’ve called home...