COLLABORATION AND EXCELLENCE

White Owl 2023 Recipients

Dr. Anoosh Bahraini

Dr. Xavier Baldwin

Dr. Kamran Khan

Dr. Ian Kratzke

Dr. Megan Lombardi

Dr. Idorenyin Ndem

Dr. Colby Ruiz

Dr. Jaclyn Portelli Tremont

Dr. Sarah Weiner

Dr. Avital Yohann

Ursula Adams, MD

General Surgery Research Resident, was accepted into UNC’s Institute of Health Care Quality Improvement Scholars. Her work will focus on the project: “Bivalirudin in Pediatric Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) Patients” in collaboration with PICU Fellow Lauren Brown, MD.

Adam Akerman, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has awarded, an R01 grant and a 4-year funding period for his study entitled: “Enhanced Biochemical Monitoring for Aortic Aneurysm Disease.”

Adesola Akinkuotu, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Pediatric Surgery has been elected to participate in the inaugural cohort of the Junior Underrepresented Mentorship and Promotion (JUMP) Start program, sponsored by the Association of Academic Surgery (AAS) and the Society of University Surgeons (SUS). Also named UNC Simmons Scholar; she will be elligible to recieve suport for up to five years.

Laura Burkbauer, MD

General Surgery PGY-3, was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society at UNC-Chapel Hill.