Category: Promotions

Melissa Bauserman, MD, MPH was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics effective March 21, 2025. Dr. Bauserman has been a faculty member in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine since 2012. Dr. Bauserman co-leads the UNC-Kinshasa School of Public Health research partnership within the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development...

Jenny Boyd, MD was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics effective January 1, 2025. Dr. Boyd has been a faculty member in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine since 2009. Congratulations!

Tracie Walker, MD, MPH was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective January 1, 2025. Dr. Walker has been a faculty member in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine since 2019. Congratulations!

Shiva Zargham, MD was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective January 1, 2025. Dr. Zargham has been a faculty member in Pediatric Emergency Medicine since 2019. Congratulations!

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!

Amy Levenson, MD was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics effective October 1, 2024. Dr. Levenson has been a faculty member in Pediatric Endocrinology since 2016. Dr. Levenson is a pediatric endocrinologist and the Director of the UNC Fellowship Training Program for Pediatric Subspecialty Divisions as well as the Program Director...

Matthew Pizzuto, MD was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective August 1, 2024. Dr. Pizzuto received a BS in Systems and Information Engineering from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville in May 2044 and received his medical degree from State University of New York (SUNY) in June 2011. He...

Alex Ahearn, MD, MPH was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective August 1, 2024. Dr. Ahearn has been a faculty member in Pediatrics since 2020. Dr. Ahearn received a BS in Biology from Duke University in 2009 and received his medical degree and a Master’s in Public Health from...

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...