DRINKING AND YOUR HEART
Alcohol can have significant negative effects on cardiac function, especially in women, according to the research of Dr. Abdel Abdel-Rahman, vice chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in...
Medical Archives
IMPROVING MEDICAL EDUCATION
A handpicked group of the nation’s leading medical schools – of which ECU’s Brody School of Medicine is a founding member – will have extra time to partner on projects...
Brody physician named head of state medical society
Dr. Timothy Reeder, associate professor and executive vice chair for clinical operations in the Department of Emergency Medicine at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, was recently sworn in as president...
DISASTER DRILL
Nursing and medical students rushed toward the yelling and moaning that echoed through the College of Nursing on Saturday morning. When they arrived at the frenzied scene of bodies and...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...