Health Sciences Archives

May 15, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Eastern AHEC, ECU and Camp Lejeune partner on new military-civilian cardiac conference

More than 250 military and civilian health professionals came together for a new educational conference entitled Premature Cardiac Death in Eastern North Carolina on May 8 at Camp Lejeune. This...

May 14, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

Student: Peter Eischens

Peter Eischens is a second-year doctoral student in the rehabilitation counseling and administration program at East Carolina University. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at St. Cloud State University,...

Dr. Lisa Callahan delivered the convocation address at Brody School of Medicine’s graduation on Saturday.
May 08, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

BRODY ALUMNA RETURNS TO ECU

Dr. Lisa Callahan’s life has not played out according to plan. But that’s only because she is not a fan of planning. Instead, Callahan – a 1983 East Carolina University...

East Carolina University psychiatry residents Dr. Roopma Wadhwa, Dr. Vikas Gupta and Dr. Rachel Gooding (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 30, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

ECU MAKES MINDGAMES FINALS

A team of East Carolina University psychiatry residents training at Vidant Medical Center was the top qualifier for the finals of a nationwide competition organized by the American Psychiatric Association....

After a successful kidney transplant, Brandon Hodges (left) said he “feels amazing.”
Apr 26, 2018
  • David Irwin

NEW LEASE ON LIFE

“It was a life-changing experience.” That’s how Brandon Hodges describes the kidney transplant he received a couple of months ago at Vidant Medical Center (VMC). Hodges, 42, is a physical...

Apr 25, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Clinton's lead surgeon returns to Brody for lecture

The chest surgeon who led the team that once operated on former President Bill Clinton gave a lecture at the East Carolina Heart Institute on April 25. The surgeon, Dr....

ECU surgeons conduct POEM procedure at Vidant Medical Center. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 17, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

TREATING ACHALASIA

Eating is one of the basic functions of life, but something that is often not possible for the approximately 200,000 U.S. residents living with achalasia. The rare disorder occurs when...

ECU Pirates cut their hair to raise money for pediatric cancer research during the 2018 Pirates Vs. Cancer event. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 16, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

PIRATES VS. CANCER

Music from a live band pumped through speakers outside of ECU’S Health Sciences Student Center on Friday afternoon, as gusting winds provided relief from the eastern North Carolina springtime heat...

Apr 13, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Dr. Emmanuel Zervos named to Raab Professorship

After years of preparation, an endowed professorship through the East Carolina University Medical & Health Sciences Foundation was conferred on its first recipient Thursday at the East Carolina Heart Institute...

Apr 12, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Study finds people with diabetes visit the dentist less frequently

A study led by researchers at East Carolina University and New York University showed that adults with diabetes are less likely to visit the dentist than people with prediabetes or...