Members of NC General Assembly Tour NC Cancer Hospital
Members of the NC General Assembly are touring the North Carolina Cancer Hospital to get an early view of the state’s new state-of-the-art facility. Greeted by UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp and UNC School of Medicine Dean Bill Roper, the legislators visited several key locales in the building that will improve the way cancer care is delivered at UNC and across North Carolina:
April 13, 2009 Tour
(l – r) Dr. Larry Marks with Senator David Rouzer
(l – r) Dr. Shelley Earp with Representative Bill Owens
(l – r) Representative Carolyn Justice with Dr. Tom Shea
(l – r) Drs. Tom Shea and Cathy Melvin show a map of the University Cancer Research Projects taking place in NC to Senator Joe Sam Queen
February 3, 2009 Tour
UNC School of Medicine Vice Dean Dr. Etta Pisano discusses plans for the Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC) to Senator Eleanor Kinnaird.
UNC Health Care senior vice president for system affiliations Mary Beck outlines aspects of the new structure.
Here she describes a typical inpatient room.
After talks following the tour, Dr. Joe DeSimone, describes his work in greater detail.
Dr. Ian Davis describes how the new pediatric space will be used.
UNC School of Medicine Dean Bill Roper describes plans for the Biomedical Research Imaging Center.
January 22, 2009 Tour
(l-r) Dr. Ian Davis, assistant professor of pediatrics; Dr. Claire Dees, associate professor of medicine and; Dr. Stuart Gold, professor of pediatrics and chief of the division of pediatric hematology-oncology; Dr. William Zamboni, associate professor of pharmacy; Dr. Joel Tepper, Hector MacLean Distinguished Professor of Radiation Oncology; UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Dr. Holden Thorp; and Dr. Donald Rosenstein, professor of psychiatry and director of the new UNC Comprehensive Cancer Support Program
(l-r) UNC School of Medicine Dean Bill Roper and UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp greet Senators David Weinstein and William Purcell.
(l-r) Dr. David Ollila, associate professor of surgery and co-leader of the UNC Breast Center and the Melanoma Program explains an aspect of the building to NC Legislators as Mel Hurston, UNC Health Care Senior Vice President of Professional Services, looks on.
Drs. Stuart Gold and Ian Davis (r) show the new pediatric space.
Dr. Tepper responds to a question from Senator Richard Stevens.
Dr. Earp leads the legislators over the bridge linking the cancer hospital to the Physicians Office Building.
UNC faculty Dr. Jim Evans, professor of genetics and leader of the clinical cancer genetics program; Dr. Etta Pisano, UNC School of Medicine Vice Dean; and Dr. Lisa Carey, associate professor of medicine and medical director of the UNC Breast Center, thank Representative Hugh Holliman following their presentations of current research.
