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PERSON OF THE WEEK: UNC DR. BAND

Two gynecologic oncology surgeons from UNC Women’s Hospital are preparing for a big debut. They landed a record deal and are about to release their first album.Their band is appropriately titled No Evidence of Disease,” and the money they raise goes to help fight cancer in women.

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“We were first put together as a novelty to play at one of our society meetings. The idea was to sort of lighten up our big conferences,” explained band member Dr. John Boggess.

Boggess and Dr John Sopher make up the group with four other doctors from around the country.

“We all thought about it and thought this could be fun,” Boggess explained. “None of us really knew each other that well so we over the internet put together a song list everybody practiced on their own and we put together 20 cover tunes.”

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