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Ellie Mears Ward, NNP, is a new Neonatal Nurse Practitioner at the Novant Brunswick location. She received her bachelors of science in nursing in 2013 and her masters in nursing in 2018, both from East Carolina University. She's had experience at the Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC, Children's Hospital...

Dr. Mayuran Ravindran, Fellow in Allergy/Immunology, presented his abstract titled "Do Atopic Comorbidities Impact Pediatric Peanut Sublingual Immunotherapy (SLIT) Outcomes?" during the Poster Symposium at the Southeast Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Society Meeting. We are happy to share that he won best Best Fellow Presentation! Congratulations Mayuran!

Dr. Maura Olcese joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor in Pediatric Emergency Medicine on September 14, 2024.Dr. Olcese received her bachelor degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 2008. She earned her medical degree and a masters degree in epidemiology and biostatistics from Oregon Health...

Dr. Gross joined the Department of Pediatrics as a board-certified Pediatric Pulmonologist on September 1, 2024. Dr. Gross received her BS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1993. She remained at UNC to complete a PhD in Oral Biology in 1999. She earned her  medical degree...

Kristin Sundy-Boyles, MD, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellow, and Dr. Eric Zwemer as her primary mentor, have been awarded a Dr. Jacob A. Lohr Research Award for her proposal titled "ACGME Milestone Scores and Pediatric Resident Remediation: How Are We Doing?" Congratulations Kristin!

Maureen Farrell, MD, MS, Pediatric Resident in the Physician Scientist Training Program, and Dr. Kori Flower as her primary mentor, have been awarded the Dr. Jacob A. Lohr Research Award for her proposal titled “Exploring the Effect of a Clinic-Based Childhood Literacy Promotion Program among Medicaid-Covered Newborns at a Residency...

Dr. Travis Kaufmann joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor with the Critical Care group in the Wilmington Pediatric Specialty division on August 30, 2024. Dr. Kauffman received his Bachelors degree from North Carolina State University in Raleigh NC in 2008. He completed a Masters of Public Health...

Chawla EM, Schuler CL, Barnhardt EW, Herbst LA, Sarkissian A, McNeal-Trice K, Newmeyer A, Perry M, Poynter SE, Lannon C. Clin Teach. 2024 Aug;21(4):e13753. doi: 10.1111/tct.13753. Epub 2024 Feb 29.PMID: 38419551.

Dr. Jill Kaufmann joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor with the Hospitalist group in the Wilmington Pediatric Specialty division on August 26, 2024. Dr. Kauffman received her Bachelors degree from Meredith College in Raleigh NC in 2009 and earned her Doctor of Medicine from the Brody School...

With mixed emotions we announce that Benny Joyner, MD, MPH has accepted a new role at the Medical University of Buffalo as Chair of the Department of Pediatrics and Physician in Chief of John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital. His last day at UNC will be January 3rd, 2025. Please join...