Longtime employee celebrates 80th birthday
Longtime ECU employee Hagar Jackson celebrated her 80th birthday March 18. She has worked at ECU for 27 years, beginning in 1986 at age 50. She retired when she turned...
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Wilson named vice dean at ECU School of Dental Medicine
Dr. Margaret B. Wilson, associate dean for student affairs and clinical professor at the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine, became vice dean at the school Feb. 1 –...
ECU Medical & Health Sciences Foundation names new board members
The East Carolina University Medical & Health Sciences Foundation recently named five new board members. They are David Brody of Kinston; Dasha Little of Chesapeake, Va.; Dennis Young of...
East Carolina Endoscopy Center achieves AAAHC reaccreditation
The East Carolina Endoscopy Center has achieved reaccreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). Accreditation distinguishes this endoscopy center by recognizing high quality of care provided to...
ECU joins in Give Kids a Smile event
ECU dental students and student-athletes were among the volunteers at the Give Kids a Smile event Feb. 7 at Eastern Pediatrics and Orthodontics in Greenville. Volunteers from ECU, along with...
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...
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...
Occupational therapy grad students serve in Costa Rica
Four East Carolina University graduate students in the occupational therapy master’s program traveled to San Jose, Costa Rica in August for a medical mission trip. Katie Hopkins, Keli McColl, Brittany...
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...