Author Archives: Charlotte Weaver

UNC Pediatric Rheumatology and Duke Pediatric Rheumatology will be joining forces at the Arthritis Foundation’s annual Jingle Bell Run event this December!

Principal investigators Misty Good, MD, MS, and Scott Magness, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, and Jennifer Canvasser, MSW, NEC Society will lead a $1-million project funded through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to map cellular roles in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).

Lucien Gonzalez, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, has joined the Addiction Medicine Fellowship program to serve as Associate Program Director. Dr. Gonzales joined the UNC Department of Pediatrics in August 2022.  Prior, Dr. Gonzalez completed a Pediatric Residency at New...

Dr. Eve Wu authors editorial article examining the complement system in autoimmunity.

Dr. Eve Wu co-authors manuscript focusing on outcomes in patients with MIS-C and the factors associated with the use of glucocorticoids following discharge.

Dr. Aliese Sarkissian attends Cure JM Foundation’s Mosaic of Mental Health Workshops and is quoted on the organization’s website: “I left the workshops feeling inspired and hopeful for future improvements in my practice to provide the best care for my patients!”

Drs. Eve Wu and Laura Cannon take part in the UNC Health Professions panel during Carolina for the Kids’ One Weekend fundraising event.

The American Pediatric Society (APS) council members have formally elected Benny Joyner, MD, MPH, and Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD, to Active membership with the society. Active member nominations are accepted for individuals who reside in the United States or Canada who have distinguished themselves as child health leaders, teachers, scholars, policymakers,...

Dr. Adriana Herrera, Assistant Professor in Pediatric Hospital Medicine, and Dr. Jasmine Weiss, Assistant Professor in General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine have been selected to be a part of the 2022-2023 Passing the Torch Cohort. Both are true assets to our health care system and to the UNC Department of...

Sean Sullivan joined the Wilmington Pediatric Specialty Division in Gastroenterology as an Associate Professor on November 14, 2022. Dr. Sullivan earned his MD from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in 1996. He completed his Pediatrics Residency at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego in 2001...