March 24, 2025
We are excited to welcome to the newest group of fellows/subspecialty residents to UNC Children’s! Our fellowship programs are committed to fostering the development of future generations of physicians and scientists who will go on to improve the health of children in North Carolina and across the globe.
March 21, 2025
UNC Children’s announces the grand opening of the UNC Down Syndrome Clinic, a dedicated medical program designed to provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for children and adults with Down syndrome. The clinic, led by Dr. Kate Westmoreland, opens its doors on March 21, 2025 — World Down Syndrome Day.
March 10, 2025
A national multi-site clinical trial, co-led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine, has found that therapeutic hypothermia may be harming preterm infants recovering from a specific type of brain injury.
February 25, 2025
Wesley Burks, MD, CEO of UNC Health and dean of the UNC School of Medicine, professor of pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, Department of Pediatrics and Corinne A. Keet, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, write editorial in New England Journal of Medicine Evidence titled, “To Eat or Not to Eat: Oral Immunotherapy for High Threshold Peanut Allergy.”
February 25, 2025
Ahmad Sami, MD, Pediatric GI Fellow and Carolina Child Health Scholar, was awarded a Southern Society of Pediatric Research (SSPR) Young Investigator Award for basic research for his oral presentation titled, “Urolithin A attenuates inflammation and enhances intestinal barrier function in necrotizing enterocolitis.”
February 25, 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Caid (Allergy/Immunology Fellow), Dr. Marielys Collazo-Roman (ID Fellow), and Dr. Paige Noreen (Pulmonology Fellow), who have been selected as our next group of Carolina Child Health Scholars!
February 24, 2025
Several pediatrics faculty were recently selected to receive UNC-Chapel Hill Junior Faculty Development Awards for 2025. The Junior Faculty Development Awards are funded by IBM and R. J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. This award grants $10,000 to support scholarly pursuits over one calendar year.
February 18, 2025
Terry Noah, MD, Jacob A. Lohr Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, has been selected by the Assembly on Pediatric (PEDS) Award Selection Committee to receive the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Assembly on Pediatrics Lifetime Contributions to Pediatric Respiratory Medicine Award. Dr. Noah has been a faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics and the Pulmonary Division for nearly 35 years. He has provided care for children with chronic lung diseases, taught medical students, residents and pulmonary fellows and engaged in research of chronic lung diseases. He has held numerous leadership roles, including Division Chief of Pediatric Pulmonology and Senior Vice Chair for the the Department of Pediatrics. Congratulations!
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We are a national leader in medical education, research, clinical care, and advocacy. Our physician-scientists and clinicians offer excellent, cutting-edge care in the UNC Children’s Hospital, through telehealth, and in clinic locations across the state. Working together, we develop and deliver treatments and cures to help children everywhere.
We have a long history of progressive, national and international investigation in all types of health science research. While investigators continue to pursue substantial bench research, we continue to expand our focus in translational and clinical research. Routinely, we are annually ranked in the top 25 of NIH Awards to Pediatric Departments.
We emphasize safe and high-quality patient care and are dedicated to improving patient safety and mitigating risks with proactive risk management strategies. In order for us all to achieve positive and long-lasting healthcare transformations, it is essential we identify gaps between actual and desired care and to develop expertise in quality improvement methods.
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We inspire each other every day. With pride in our mission and our accomplishments, it is an honor to be surrounded by these exceptionally talented and dedicated faculty, staff, and learners. Our teams are tireless advocates for children and families throughout the state and beyond.
For more than half a century, the Department of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine has offered excellent, cutting-edge care in our children’s units at UNC Hospitals. 2002 marked the beginning of a new era. For the first time, all pediatric services were provided out of a single state-of-the-art facility, NC Children’s Hospital. Located on the UNC medical campus in Chapel Hill, NC, the Children’s Hospital allows the Department to provide complete inpatient and outpatient care for children in one location, a true children’s hospital.
