Doug Boyd Archives

Dec 17, 2008
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Long-lost cemetery handled with care before work starts on dental school

Before heavy equipment rolls in and starts pounding the ground, a gentler and more meticulous bit of digging had to be done on the site of the new East Carolina...

Dec 11, 2008
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ECU, PCMH dedicate East Carolina Heart Institute

Officials from East Carolina University and University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina dedicated the East Carolina Heart Institute today. Several hundred invited guests joined leaders from the two organizations to...

Dec 06, 2008
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ECU physicians named to annual Best Doctors list

More than 30 physicians from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University have been chosen by their peers for inclusion in the 2007-2008 "Best Doctors" list. The annual...

Dec 03, 2008
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ECU receives nod to install cardiac CT scanner

State officials have approved a plan by East Carolina University to buy and install a CT scanner that will allow for precise diagnosis of coronary artery disease. The advanced computed...

Dec 02, 2008
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Grant to help advance long-term care administrators’ education

The Eastern Area Health Education Center and East Carolina University are working together to develop a curriculum to advance the educational levels of administrators at long-term care facilities with help...

Nov 24, 2008
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Scientist eyes an end to pox

Dr. Rachel Roper, a microbiologist at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, is studying ways to stop the spread of monkeypox. Last year Roper, an assistant professor...

Nov 13, 2008
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Tenth annual ECU Neuroscience Symposium to be Nov. 25

Alzheimer's disease will be the main topic at the 10th annual East Carolina University Neuroscience Symposium Nov. 25 in Greenville. The daylong event will be at the Edwin W. Monroe...

Nov 12, 2008
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ECU Physicians and Eastern Neurosurgical & Spine Associates complete merger

ECU Physicians and a private neurosurgery practice have completed a merger, bringing brain and spine surgery to the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and paving the way...

Nov 06, 2008
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Indian drums and storytelling part of fun at Brody

When it came to picking a feather from the floor, Austin Newsome had the best moves. The first-year medical student at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University...

Oct 24, 2008
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Brody School of Medicine recognizes leaders who helped establish school

East Carolina University officials unveiled a painting Oct. 23 honoring 41 people who worked to bring a medical school to a rural university in eastern North Carolina. Dr. Paul Cunningham,...