Category: Cardiology

Elisabeth Leong, DO, MSCR was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective December 1, 2024. Dr. Leong has been a faculty member in Pediatric Cardiology since 2014. Congratulations!

Ryan Shea, MD was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective November 1, 2024. Dr. Shea has been a faculty member in Pediatric Cardiology since 2016. Congratulations!

Pace Johnston, MD was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective August 1, 2024. Dr. Johnston has been a faculty member in Pediatrics since July 2019. Dr. Johnston received a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta in July 2008 and received his medical degree from...

We are excited to recognize our faculty and trainees for their recent Academy of Educator (AOE) accomplishments.  We are so grateful for their enthusiasm, dedication, and talents as UNC AOE educators. Founded in 2006, the Academy of Educators is designed to emphasize teaching and support faculty development both in Chapel...

Dr. Matthew Pizzuto, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics has been appointed Physician Service Leader of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) in the North Carolina Children’s Hospital. He has served as interim PCICU service leader since 2021. We look forward to Dr. Pizzuto’s continued leadership in his new role.

Dr. Cara Beth Carr, Assistant Professor in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Dr. Clara Hildebrandt, Assistant Professor in Pediatric Genetics & Metabolism, Dr. Elisabeth Leong, Assistant Professor in Pediatric Cardiology, and Dr. Lindsay Marszal, Assistant Professor in General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine have been selected to be a part of the 2023-2024 Passing...

Karen Jones, MSN, CPNP-AC/PC joined the Pediatric Division of Cardiology on October 2, 2023. Karen will be primarily working in the Catheterization Suite as well as seeing outpatients in several of our offices. She has had extensive experience at Children’s of Mississippi (Congenital Heart Surgery) and at Duke Children’s Hospital...

Diagnosed with a congenital heart condition while still in utero, Suzi Leahy’s unborn son, Jett, was given “little chance of survival,” yet he beat the odds thanks to the life-saving care of the N.C. Pediatric Heart Center at UNC Children’s Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC.