Category: News

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...

We are excited to welcome to the newest group of fellows/subspecialty residents to UNC Children’s! Our fellowship programs are committed to fostering the development of future generations of physicians and scientists who will go on to improve the health of children in North Carolina and across the globe.

One of our retired faculty members, Dr. Wally Brown passed away on August 1st. Dr. Brown was a UNC resident, adjunct faculty member, and then, from 2001 to 2015, was a full-time faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Brown consistently won the Resident Teaching Award and Faculty Clinician...

Madison ‘Madi’ Rooney, NNP, is a new graduate Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. She grew up in Colorado and obtained her undergraduate nursing degree from the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs in 2016. After moving to North Carolina, she began her neonatal nursing career at Duke Regional Hospital and then transitioned to the...

Alexandra Borst, MD joined the Pediatric Division of Hematology/Oncology on August 1, 2024. Dr. Borst received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Pomona College in Claremont, CA in 2005. She earned her MD from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York, NY in May 2010....

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...

Eric Zwemer, MD was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics effective August 1, 2024. Dr. Zwemer has been a faculty member in Pediatrics since 2015. Dr. Zwemer received a BA from Princeton in 2006 and earned his medical degree from Harvard School of Medicine in 2011. He completed his Pediatric residency...

Emily Greengard, MD joined the Pediatric Division of Hematology/Oncology on July 31, 2024. Dr. Greengard received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, WI in 1999. MD from St. Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO in 2004. Dr. Greengard completed her...

Justin Sperlazza, MD joined the Pediatric Division of Hematology/Oncology on July 31, 2024. Dr. Sperlazza received his MD from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, in May of 2018. He also received his Bachelor of Science degree with highest honors from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in Chapel...