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 and Science University in Portland, in 2017. She completed her internship with Ventura County Family Medicine and completed her Pediatric Residency with the Kaiser Oakland Medical Center in Oakland, CA in 2020. She completed a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship with UNC/Wake Med in Raleigh in 2024. Welcome Maura!

Dr. Capito received her Bachelor of Arts degree with a focus in Cognitive Science from the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, VA in 2008. She earned her DO from West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, WV, in 2016. Additionally, she completed her Pediatric Residency with the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC in 2019, and recently graduated from her Pediatric Fellowship in Emergency Medicine with the University of Tennessee’s Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital partnership in Memphis, TN. Welcome Kristen!

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 Hill and across the state.

We are excited to announce that Shiva Zargham, MD, MSc will join the education team as an Associate Program Director. Dr. Zargham is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Aisha Venugopal, MD joined the Pediatric Division of Emergency Medicine on September 7, 2023. She will be working at the Blue Ridge Urgent Care Center. Dr. Venugopal earned her medical degree from the Eastern Virginia Medical School in 2018. She completed her Pediatric residency between 2018 and 2021 at the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, VA. Beginning in 2021 Dr. Venugopal has been faculty at the Eastern Virginia Medical School Department of Pediatrics and worked in Urgent Care a the Children’s Hospital of The Kings Daughters. Welcome Aisha!!

Latonya Logan joined Pediatric Emergency Medicine on August 8, 2022. In 2018, Ms. Logan received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of South Carolina Upstate in Greenville, SC and her Master of Science in Nursing from Drexel University in Philadelphia in 2021. Welcome Latonya!

Alexandria Whitted joined Pediatric Emergency Medicine on August 8, 2022. In 2013, Ms. Whitted received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and then her Master of Science in Nursing in 2021, both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Welcome Alexandria!

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 Hill and across the state.

Elizabeth Fitzgerald, MD was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective May 1, 2022. Dr. Fitzgerald has been a faculty member in Pediatric Emergency Medicine since 2016. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Dr. Fitzgerald is focused on Global Health.  She is the U.S.-based director of UNC pediatric resident activities in Malawi and has developed and implemented a biannual Pediatric Global Health SIM for UNC trainees planning to do electives in low-resource settings.

We are excited to congratulate Pediatrics department members recently inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA). Election to Alpha Omega Alpha signifies a lasting commitment to scholarship, leadership, professionalism, and service. Membership in the society confers recognition of someone’s dedication to the profession and art of healing.