Surgery Service

Welcome to the University of North Carolina Hospital’s Surgery Service home page!  We are the largest service consisting of nine unique and dynamic units.  Our team is committed to obtaining the highest level of quality patient care, nursing excellence, customer service and teamwork.  Our units will offer you a wide range of opportunities that are exciting and challenging regardless of what career stage you are in.

Our service bridges the continuum of care between intensive, intermediate and acute levels of care.  The inpatient acute-care areas include: 4 Anderson North (gastrointestinal surgeries and surgical oncology), 5 East (abdominal organ transplant, oral-maxillofacial and high risk plastic surgeries), 5 West (vascular and urology), 5 Bedtower (orthopedics and trauma) and 6 Neurosciences (neurologic, neurosurgical, and ENT).  Our inpatient critical-care areas include: the Intermediate Surgical Care Unit (abdominal organ transplants, trauma, orthopedics, plastics, vascular, neurosurgery, urology and gastrointestinal), the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit (neurological injuries requiring surgery) and the Surgical Intensive Care Units (a wide variety of surgical procedures, trauma and abdominal transplantation).  The N.C. Jaycee Burn Center provides care to burn victims of every age from pediatric to geriatric with acuities ranging from critically-ill to rehabilitative.     

Take a look at the exciting lives of our nurses!  Click on the links below to learn more about our team.

Sincerely,
 

Beth McCawley, RN, MSN, CCRN
Clinical Director UNCH Surgery Service
bmccawle@unch.unc.edu 

Surgery Service Leadership Team

4 Anderson North
Susan Collin, MSN, BSN
scollin@unch.unc.edu 

5 East and 5 West
Jennifer Johnson, BSN, CN IV
JNJohnso@unch.unc.edu

5 Bedtower
Cheryl Stewart, RN, MA, CNAA, BC Nurse Manager
cstewart@unch.unc.edu

6 Neuroscience
Michael Smith, RN, Nurse Manager
masmith@unch.unc.edu

Intermed Surg Care
(Jonathan) Eric Cathey, RN, Interim Nurse Manager
JCathey@unch.unc.edu

Neurosurgery ICU
Jamila Ezell, RN, BSN, Interim Nurse Manager
JEzell@unch.unc.edu

Surgical ICU
Christa Williams, RN, Interim Nurse Manager
CWillia@unch.unc.edu

N.C. Jaycee Burn Center
Grace Schmits, RN, BSN, Nurse Manager
gschmits@unch.unc.edu

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