Author Archives: Charlotte Weaver

Toni Darville, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology at UNC, was recently awarded the 2024 Distinguished Research Award by the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS). Dr. Darville is a renowned clinician and investigator whose research focuses on the prevention of Chlamydia trachomatis. The award recognizes a Society member whose outstanding...

The Greater Wilmington Business Journal has put on the Health Care Heroes awards program since 2013 to honor the people and organizations making an impact on the quality of health care in the region. We are excited to report that Dr. Kateryna Kotlyarevska, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Director, Pediatric...

UNC Children’s in Chapel Hill has been ranked among the nation’s top children’s hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” report released today. UNC Children’s was ranked as the #2 children’s hospital in North Carolina and nationally ranked in nine pediatric specialties.

Dr. Sherry Ross has been selected as the Faculty Director of Outreach Initiatives with a focus on the UNC SOM, UNC Health, and Novant Health partnership. This initiative is an academic and community health system partnership to improve the health and well-being of the population in southeastern NC.

Join us on October 26, 2024 at the Marble Kids Museum & IMAX Theatre in Raleigh for the Juvenile Arthritis Family Fun Day. This Arthritis Foundation event is for families affected by juvenile arthritis and childhood rheumatic diseases. Join us for a brief educational session and then enjoy connecting with...

Jennifer Talbot, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, CPN, joined the Pediatric Division of Critical Care Medicine on October 14, 2024. Jennifer received her BSN from University of Maryland in 2008 and earned her MSN as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner – Acute Care in May 2015. Subsequently, Jennifer completed a post-master’s certification in...

Kasey Zawodniak, CPNP joined the Pediatric Division of Critical Care Medicine on October 14, 2024. Kasey received her BSN from St. Louis University in 1997 and earned her MSN from the University of Pennsylvania in August 2004. Over the last 20 years, Kasey has been working as an Advanced Practice...

Danielle Wood, DNP, joined the Pediatric Division of Critical Care Medicine on October 14, 2024. Danielle received her BSN from OSF Saint Francis College of Nursing, Peoria, IL in 2013 and earned her DNP in Pediatric Acute Care from Rush University, Chicago, IL, in April 2019. Most recently, Danielle has...

Kimberly Fernandez, 4th year UNC Medical Student, has been named the 2024 William Hersey Davis Jr., MD Pediatric Student Scholar. Kimberly stood to the selection committee for her ability to build rapport with patients and her compassion for and commitment to underserved communities.   What impressed her preceptors most was "her...

We are thrilled to announce that recipients of the 2024-25 Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships are both faculty in the Department of Pediatrics!  Dr. Samantha Schilling, Associate Professor Pediatrics, in General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine and Dr. Meghan Rebuli, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, in Allergy/Immunology. Join us in congratulating these exceptional junior faculty,...