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Child Neurology Faculty

Varina Boerwinkle, MD

Varina Boerwinkle, MD

  • Division Chief – Child Neurology
  • Professor – Child Neurology, Epilepsy and Neurosurgery
Casey Olm-Shipman, MD, MS

Casey Olm-Shipman, MD, MS

  • Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery - Neurocritical Care, Child Neurology
  • Vice Chair, Quality Improvement
  • Interim Leader – UNC Hospitals Neuroscience Service Line
  • Associate Director, UNC Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement
  • Medical Director UNC Medical Center Neurosciences ICU
Yael Shiloh-Malawsky, MD

Yael Shiloh-Malawsky, MD

  • Program Director - Child Neurology Residency
  • Associate Professor - Child Neurology and Epilepsy
  • UNC Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative (ENGI) - Co-founder and Clinical Core Leader
Jamie Capal, MD

Jamie K. Capal, MD

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology - Child Neurology, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
  • Carolina Institute of Developmental Disabilities (CIDD)
Diana Cejas, MD, MPH

Diana M. Cejas, MD, MPH

  • Assistant Professor - Child Neurology
  • Dual appointment with the Carolina Institute of Developmental Disabilities
Jane Fan, MD

Zheng (Jane) Fan, MD

  • Co-Division Chief - Precision Medicine and Neurogenetics
  • Professor of Neurology - Child Neurology, Pediatric Sleep Medicine, Pediatric Neuromuscular Disorders, Clinical Genetics
  • Medical Director - Sleep Laboratory
Senyene Hunter, MD, PhD

Senyene E. Hunter, MD, PhD

  • Assistant Professor - Child Neurology and Epilepsy
  • Child Neurology Residency Leadership Panel 
  • UNC Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative – Co-founder and Research Core Leader
Steven Trau, MD

Steven P. Trau, MD

  • Director, UNC Clinic for Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders
  • Medical Director, UNC Child Neurology Clinic
  • Assistant Professor - Child Neurology