Our Team

Physicians:

Varina Boerwinkle, MD

• Division Chief – Child Neurology
• Professor – Child Neurology, Epilepsy and Neurosurgery

Casey Olm-Shipman, MD, MS

• Associate 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

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

Katelyn Bricker, MD

• Assistant Professor –  Sleep Medicine, and Child Neurology

Jordan Broman-Fulks, MD

• Child Neurology Residency Leadership Panel 
• Assistant Professor - Child Neurology

Jamie K. Capal, MD

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

Diana M. Cejas, MD, MPH

• Assistant Professor - Child Neurology
• Dual appointment with the Carolina Institute of Developmental Disabilities

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 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

Chon Lee, MD

• Associate Professor, Child Neurology and Epilepsy

Steven P. Trau, MD

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

Qian-Zhou (JoJo) Yang, MD

• Assistant Professor - Child Neurology and Epilepsy
• Director - Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit

Nurse Practitioners:

		Christine Gabriel Colaianni, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC
		Mary Clay Federspiel, MSN, CPNP-PC
		Caroline Zook Lewis, RN, MSN, CPNP

Nurses:

• Jennifer Harrell, RNCC
• Brooke Sebastian, RNCC

Residents:

Stacey Chung, MD, DPharm

Resident - Child Neurology Residency Program

Steven Papas, MD

Resident - Child Neurology Residency Program

Holly Phillippe, DO

Resident - Child Neurology Residency Program

Luke Quehl, MD

Resident - Child Neurology Residency Program

Michaela Squire, DO

Resident - Child Neurology Residency Program