Bobby Ampezzan Archives

May 29, 2025
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Brody School of Medicine inducts 14th Gold Humanism Honor Society class

The East Carolina University (ECU) Brody School of Medicine recently honored 16 new members — 10 medical students and six ECU Health residents — inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor...

Two sisters in blue Navy T-shirts with similar builds and features stand shoulder to shoulder with their arms crossed, smiling at the camera.
May 28, 2025
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Twin U.S. Navy commanders from Pinetops earn doctorates together

A line the color of gold runs through the lives of twins Linda and Brenda Sharpe. It begins in their childhoods, when East Carolina University’s purple-and-gold sports teams and promotional...

Brinkley-Lane Scholar medallion in front of purple flowers.
May 21, 2025
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Brinkley-Lane Profile: Drew Crumpler

Today’s traditional college students grew up in the era of the side hustle, and Andrew “Drew” Crumpler of Bentonville, Arkansas, is a man for this moment. A musician (guitar, bass...

May 02, 2025
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ECU medical students celebrate residency Match Day

Each year, millions of Americans walk a commencement stage. They’re given a handshake for a job well done and a piece of paper proving it. In addition to May’s commencement...

Apr 08, 2025
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Child life specialists treat childhood fears, grow resilient humans

Thursday mornings at the Brody Outpatient Clinic’s pediatric hematology-oncology practice is given over to children with sickle cell disease, a congenital condition that limits aerobic activity and can be painful...

A female M4 student with tan skin and light hair cries with excitement of finding out where she matched, surrounded by family.
Mar 24, 2025
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  • Kelly Rogers Dilda
  • Spaine Stephens

Match Day 2025

Across the nation, medical students learned Friday where they will spend the next several years completing their residencies, the postgraduate training program for recent medical school graduates to gain specialized...

Mar 10, 2025
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National Academy of Sciences member shares genetics research, hope that assisted reproduction can be safer.

To Dr. Marisa Bartolomei, the investment East Carolina University has made in research is impressive. Last month, the university was granted R1 status by the American Council on Education and...

Fast-moving and turgid flood waters move down a moderate slope upon which a red brick ranch house sits partially submerged.
Feb 11, 2025
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Agromedicine Institute continues aid, outreach through western North Carolina’s hurricane recovery

Recovering from a natural disaster can be as harrowing as the event itself, and it does not discriminate, but it lands differently for farmers and farm families. Growers are tied...

Dec 11, 2024
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Hands-on experience gives high schoolers a look at their health sciences education

Success stories start as dreams we harbor in our youth. Career days such as the third Future Health Professionals Conference Nov. 23 help fill in the critical details that make...

Dec 04, 2024
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Donors, students celebrate scholarships that lighten the load of medical school debt

“It should not be the case that when you cross Interstate 95 you have a different life expectancy,” Dr. Michael Dale Warren told a crowd of donors and medical students...