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for "East Carolina University. Brody School of Medicine"
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36049
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Talent was present; absent was funding. In a campus meeting, Senator Burr heralded Johnson and Johnson’s offer to help ECU fulfill medical missions like curing diabetes. A research university springing from a teacher’s training school, then, may seem off the beaten path. Realizing this intent—improving the quality of life—made it obvious ECU has stayed on course.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 5 Issue 3, Spring 2007,
p12-17
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25835
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Drs. Gordon Downie and Rosa Cuenca are working with Dr. Ron Allison, a radiation oncologist and chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology at East Carolina’s Brody School of Medicine on a unique and innovate cancer treatment: photodynamic therapy, which uses light rays to target cancerous cells. The Photodynamic Therapy Center is housed at the Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center, supported by Brody and Pitt County Memorial Hospital.
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25839
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Researchers at East Carolina’s Department of Physiology in the Brody School of Medicine have made clinically important connections between asthma-related inflammation and illnesses of the heart and blood vessels. This link will aid further research in environmental triggers and better treatment options.
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36041
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The standing room only event was the debut of ECU’s Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival. Spotlighted for the special event included the unveiled drawing of ECU’s planned new Performing Arts Theatre. Other visual accompaniment were photos of performers, Chancellor Steve Ballard, the New York Metro Alumni Chapter, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 4 Issue 3, Spring 2006,
p20-25
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25772
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Drs. Orville Day and David Pravica, a physicist and mathematician at East Carolina University, have been developing a theory that allows for one to predict the mass and size of a black hole based on energy vibrations. The two are now working with faculty from the Brody School of medicine to apply this theory to the detection of coronary artery disease.
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25773
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Exercise is usually the solution to what ails us, but researchers in the Human Performance Laboratory, a partner with the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, what to make sure we know how exercise works, what works best, and how much is too much.
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25767
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Although Dr. Todd Savitt decided being a physician was not for him, he is employed at the Brody School of Medicine as a professor of medical humanities. In additional to teaching aspiring physicians medical ethics, Dr. Savitt is a groundbreaking researcher and specialist in the field of African American medical history.
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17053
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The East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine has come a long way in a short time. It is one of the ten \"youngest\" medical school sin the country, but in a short time it has become the focal point for many advanced therapies and treatments that are drawing doctors from around the nation and the world to Greenville, North Carolina for training.
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25363
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With the invention of the da Vinci Surgical System, doctors from all over the world are coming to the Brody School of Medicine to learn how to use it. The da Vinci is used primarily for mitral valve replacements, but doctors are hopeful it will one day be used for other surgical procedures as well.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 1 Issue 3, Winter 2003,
p8-15, il, por
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5419
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East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine \"has pioneered and developed some of the most cutting-edge technology in the medical community,\" including robotic heart surgery and telemedicine. Stains discusses researchers and their work at the Brody School of Medicine.
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25700
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Dr. Randolph W. Chitwood, Jr. chairs the Department of Surgery at the East Carolina University School of Medicine and Pitt County Memorial Hospital. Chitwood has built the cardiovascular surgery program from the ground up, and has become an international pioneer in minimally invasive heart surgery with the use of robotics.
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25691
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East Carolina University researchers have developed a new drug that aids in the prevention of asthma attacks. The new drug prevents both inflammation and muscle contracting, while also being long acting.
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123
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Bracey Robertson is earning her Doctor of Medicine degree through a unique program, the Three Plus Three Program, offered by East Carolina University's Medical School wherein twelve months are trimmed off the traditional M.D. Program.
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29443
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East Carolina University's School of Medicine trains doctors in the practice of primary care and family medicine, which have become critical areas in healthcare both nationally and in North Carolina. ECU's medical school is also advancing students into their careers in family medicine with the Three Plus Three Program that combines the fourth year of medical school with the first year of residency.
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3312
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East Carolina University School of Medicine physicians Nicholas A. Patrone and Richard A. Hoppman practice music medicine. Their clinic provides help for performing artists just as sports medicine helps athletes recover.
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