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I am so thrilled to serve as the Pediatrics Track Director for UNC’s Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program. I am trained in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and completed my HPM training as the peds track fellow at UNC in 2023. Since graduation I have been on faculty at UNC, splitting my time between attending on our in-patient pediatric palliative care service and in our outpatient pediatric complex care clinic.<\/p>\n

Mentoring, working alongside and teaching fellows is easily one of the best parts of the work I do! Outside of medicine I am married to my partner, Paul. We have two children, Violet (3) and Hazel (1). I enjoy eating and exploring new restaurants and coffee shops with my family, knitting, and poetry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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