UNC Trauma Surgery

02/26/2026

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02/26/2026

Dr. Sumislawski: focused, flexible, and fully committed 💻🩺

03/11/2022

Congratulations to our very own Dr. Jared Gallaher and Dr. Anthony Charles on your awesome JAMA Review🤓

This Review summarizes the risk factors, pathogenesis, diagnosis, types of diagnostic studies, and treatment for patients with acute cholecystitis.

10/21/2020

Welcome to UNC Trauma Surgery Dr. Matthew Eckert.

Matthew Eckert, MD, joins the UNC Department of Surgery as an Assistant Professor in the Division of General, Acute Care, and Trauma Surgery. He sat down to discuss what inspired him to become not only a doctor but a trauma surgeon and his motivation for getting up each day, saving lives on and off....

07/15/2020

Congratulations to our Adult ECMO program. Dr. Anthony Charles, Dr. Trista Reid, Dr. Lauren Raff and Dr. Jared Gallaher!

The ELSO Excellence in Life Support Award recognizes those centers that demonstrate an exceptional commitment to evidence-based processes and quality measures, staff training and continuing education, patient satisfaction and ongoing clinical care. UNC’s ECMO Director is Anthony Charles, MD, MPH. ...

05/29/2019

https://youtu.be/fpxlgncsTXY

Trista Reid, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of General and Acute Care Surgery at UNC. She discusses how her faith led her to become...

05/29/2019

https://youtu.be/ZI0zX_Znd5A

Dr. Anthony Charles is a Professor and Chief of the Division of General and Acute Care Surgery in the Department of Surgery at UNC Chapel Hill. He discusses ...

05/20/2019

Congratulations Professor Charles!

Anthony G. Charles, MD, MPH Honored with Distinguished Professorship May 20, 2019By Sheerah Coe Anthony G. Charles, MD, MPH Honored with The Oliver R. Rowe Distinguished Professorship. On Monday, May 13, 2019, Anthony Gbolahan Charles, MD, MPH, was honored with the Oliver R. Rowe Distinguished Profe...

12/18/2018

Congratulations to our very own Dr. Rebecca Maine!

Award Winners Rebecca Maine, MD, and Ugwuji Maduekwe, MD December 17, 2018By Sheerah Coe Congratulations to Rebecca Maine, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of General and Acute Care Surgery and Ugwuji Maduekwe, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology...

09/20/2018

Trauma surgeon Anthony Charles, MD, MPH, has been named the Director of Global Surgery for the UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases.

05/14/2018

CONGRATULATIONS to our very own Dr. Anthony Charles!

Congratulations Dr. Anthony Charles, MD, MPH for being awarded Fellowship to The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. The College provides professional accreditation from THE oldest, most prestigious and respected surgical bodies. Fellowship of the College is a professional accreditation awarded to those committed to exacting standards and the positive difference they make to patient outcomes and care.

For more information about Dr. Charles: http://www.med.unc.edu/trauma/faculty/charlesag