Doug Boyd Archives

May 25, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

New clinic offers better care for pulmonary hypertension

People in eastern North Carolina with the deadly disease pulmonary hypertension now have a one-stop clinic where physicians are providing coordinated, convenient care. East Carolina University has reorganized its pulmonary...

May 23, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Sebelius discusses patient safety with ECU physicians

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius agreed on the importance of not only improving patient safety but also measuring the effectiveness of safety projects during talks today...

May 17, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

$10.5 million gift to help build pediatric wing, fund professorship

A $10.5 million gift announced today will help expand the Children's Hospital at University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina and fund a professorship in pediatrics at the Brody School of...

May 13, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Reilly named top nurse at medical school

A cardiovascular nurse has been named the best in her field for 2011 at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and its medical group practice, ECU Physicians....

May 10, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Free oral cancer screening to be May 17

Dentists with East Carolina University will conduct free screenings for oral cancer Tuesday, May 17, before the ECU-Old Dominion baseball game at Clark-LeClair Stadium. Dental chairs will be set up...

May 10, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

ECU recognized for sending graduates into family medicine

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University is one of top medical schools in the country for sending graduates into family medicine, according to the American Academy of...

Friends and family cheered as ECU graduates received their degrees at East Carolina University's annual spring commencement, May 6. Commencement speaker Ray Mabus, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, urged graduates to do something bigger than themselves by undertaking service to their schools, their communities, their nation or their world. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
May 09, 2011
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COMMENCEMENT 2011: ‘Do something bigger than yourself’

Since she was in second grade, Jammie Lynn McCurry has wanted to be a teacher. “I love helping others. I love teaching. I love seeing a child have their ‘ah-ha’...

May 06, 2011
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Graduates mark end of medical school

The Class of 2011 formally completed medical school today during the annual convocation of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Seventy students received their degrees at the...

May 05, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

MIRACLE MILESTONE

When East Carolina University senior Brittney Massey marches in commencement exercises Friday with her classmates, it will be the second time she's worn her purple cap and gown. The first...

May 04, 2011
  • Doug Boyd

Convocations to begin Friday

Seventy medical students will receive their degrees at the annual convocation of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University on Friday, May 6. The convocation begins at 2...