Health Sciences Archives

Nov 12, 2018
  • Peggy Novotny

DENTAL STUDENTS DON WHITE COATS

The ECU School of Dental Medicine bestowed clinical white coats upon 51 students in the Class of 2021 during a ceremony on the evening of Nov. 8. The event signaled...

Dr. Gary L. LeRoy, president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians, left, presents Dr. Kendall Campbell, interim senior associate dean for academic affairs at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, an award celebrating Brody’s track record of producing family physicians. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Nov 09, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

FAMILY MEDICINE LEADER

No other medical school in North Carolina – and only one other in the nation – has produced a higher percentage of family physicians in the last decade than the...

Dr. Ford Grant, faculty director of the School of Dental Medicine’s community service learning center in Ahoskie, talks with patient Amber Doering. The dental school has received national recognition for its innovative approach to dental education. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Oct 29, 2018
  • Spaine Stephens

ACCESS SUCCESS

The national organization representing all U.S. and Canadian dental schools announced last week that a 2019 award for innovation will go to the School of Dental Medicine at East Carolina...

Oct 24, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU nursing dean named Fellow in the Academy of Nursing Education

ECU College of Nursing Dean Dr. Sylvia Brown was recently inducted as a Fellow in nursing education’s most prestigious organization, placing her among the country’s most respected nurse educators. Brown...

Oct 24, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU nursing dean named Fellow in the Academy of Nursing Education

ECU College of Nursing Dean Dr. Sylvia Brown was recently inducted as a Fellow in nursing education’s most prestigious organization, placing her among the country’s most respected nurse educators. Brown...

East Carolina University and Vidant Medical Center have been selected for a national trauma research network for the U.S. Department of Defense. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Oct 19, 2018
  • ECU News Services

TRAUMA TRIALS

East Carolina University and Vidant Medical Center have been selected for a national trauma research network for the U.S. Department of Defense. Linking Investigations in Trauma & Emergency Services (LITES)...

Oct 17, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Brody School of Medicine names director of alumni affairs

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has named its first director of alumni affairs. Laura McFall Bond will oversee Brody’s efforts to increase the medical school’s engagement...

Dr. Bryan Ehlert, assistant professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, performs a TCAR procedure at the East Carolina Heart Institute at Vidant Medical Center. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Oct 16, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

LOWER RISK, LESS INVASIVE

East Carolina University physicians at Vidant Medical Center are providing patients at risk of having a stroke the opportunity to significantly reduce their future stroke risk through a new procedure...

Oct 02, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU appoints assistant dean for diversity and inclusion at Brody School of Medicine

East Carolina University has named an assistant dean for diversity and inclusion for the Brody School of Medicine. Dr. Irma Corral, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral...

Dr. Jon Kornegay discusses the challenges Duplin County faced during Hurricane Florence. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Sep 28, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

HURRICANE RELIEF

When Hurricane Florence brought devastation to the Carolinas, students, faculty and alumni from the Brody School of Medicine made sure they were in position to serve the region’s patients and...