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UNC Anesthesiology is thrilled to recognize third-year (CA-3) resident Natalie Campbell, MD, for being named one of five 2026 recipients of UNC Hospitals’ Robert C. Cefalo House Officer Awards. Each year, UNC Hospitals selects five department-nominated house staffers with the Cefalo House Officer Award based upon demonstration of exemplary clinical care, professionalism, leadership, and compassionate patient care. As a Cefalo House Officer awardee, Dr. Campbell receives a $1000 stipend to offset expenses tied to professional development and/or attendance of scientific conferences that enrich healthcare/hospital setting knowledge and abilities.

Considered one of the highest UNC Hospitals house staff honors, the Cefalo House Officer Award recognizes the legacy of memory of Dr. Robert C. Cefalo, Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology and UNC Hospitals’ former Office of Graduate Medical Education Designated Institutional Official (DIO). As a 25-year UNC Hospitals Residency and Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Cefalo served as a model of exemplary leadership and service to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

Dr. Campbell’s selection as a 2026 Cefalo House Officer Award recipient upholds UNC Anesthesiology’s ongoing tradition of senior residents being selected for this distinguished UNC Hospitals house staff honor. Including Dr. Campbell, six UNC Anesthesiology senior residents have been honored with the Cefalo House Officer Award since 2000: Natalie Campbell, MD (2026); Jennifer Tripi, MD (2024), Michael Hart, MD (2021), Katie Schott, MD (2018), Christopher Terry, MD (2012); and Warren Eng, MD (2006). 
To read more about the Robert C. Cefalo House Officer Awards, click HERE.