We are pleased to introduce our incoming adult and child neurology residents and fellows for FY2021.

What’s new in the Department of Neurology

Congratulations to neurologist Angela Wabulya, MBChB, for receiving the $10,000 award.

Professor William J. Powers, MD, is a professor of neurology within the Division of Stroke and Vascular Neurology.

Please join us in congratulating neurologists Nina Browner, MD, and Richard Murrow, MD!

Retired pediatric nurse Betty F. Allen, RN, passed away on Thursday, December 17 from non-COVID-19 related issues. Betty grew up in Pittsboro, NC and graduated from Watt’s School of Nursing in Durham, NC in 1974. Betty served as a nurse for 46 years with a special interest in the neuroscience field. She retired from UNC … Read more

What’s new in the Department of Neurology

Alyssa Draffin, LCSW, recently went to extraordinary lengths to ensure that a 12-year-old boy with undiagnosed autism receive an evaluation that would qualify him for therapy and special services.

Serena Spudich, MD, professor of neurology and chief of Neurological Infections & Global Neurology at Yale University, is the first recipient of this award named in honor of beloved UNC neurology professor Kevin Robertson, PhD.

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery Casey Olm-Shipman, MD, MS, was selected as an AMA Health Systems Scholar, a one-year mentored program aimed at developing Health Systems Science (HSS) leaders. In support of her recent appointment as UNC’s Director of HSS for Graduate Medical Education, Dr. Olm-Shipman’s AMA project will be the development and implementation … Read more