Students, faculty celebrate another successful Match Day
March 20 was a day of celebration at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University: the annual rite-of-passage for medical students known as Match Day. The future physicians...
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Kosovo children doing well after heart surgery
Two days after having life-saving heart surgery at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, 6-year-old Aurela Berisha sat in a wheelchair in her pajamas and pink slipper socks smiling during a press...
Latest therapies for brain cancer now offered in Greenville
Several Greenville health care providers are teaming up to provide state-of-the-art radiation and chemotherapy options for people with brain tumors. Neurosurgeons from Eastern Neurosurgical and Spine Associates are working with...
Research shows sentinel nodes accurately pinpoint cancer
GREENVILLE, N.C. (Oct. 1, 2002) — A less invasive technique for detecting breast cancer's spread continues to produce impressive accuracy in determining the extent of disease, according to...
Board of Governors honors three Brody professors
GREENVILLE, N.C. (June 5, 2002) — Three local recipients of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of Teaching Award share a common trait -...
First class of “master educators” named at medical school
GREENVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 1, 2002) — Recognizing their dedication to students and educational leadership, 10 faculty members at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University have...
Literacy can affect health, compliance
GREENVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 1, 2002) — Imagine living in a world where you speak the same language as those around you but you can't read signs, newspapers, books,...
Carotid artery angioplasty offers patients alternative to surgery
GREENVILLE, N.C. (Dec. 20, 2001) — Specialists at Pitt County Memorial Hospital are using a minimally invasive procedure to treat selected cases of carotid artery disease. The disease,...
Students named Schweitzer Fellows at medical school
GREENVILLE, N.C. (Dec. 15, 2001) — Following in the footsteps of a man considered to be one of the world's greatest humanitarians, five students of the Brody School...
ECU researcher seeks vaccine for biological warfare agent
GREENVILLE, N.C. (Nov. 1, 2001) — When Dr. Marty Roop moved to Greenville in January to teach at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, he...