Category: News

UNC Health Value Superstars are teammates who exemplify our system values and make a positive impact on our teammates, patients, and communities. This month’s Value Superstar is Ashley Wallace, MSN, RN, FNP-C. Ashley, a Nurse Practitioner in the UNC Hospitals Newborn Nursery, is Leading the Way by ensuring that our...

Spencer Brady, MHA, will serve as interim associate chair for administration for the Department of Pediatrics beginning July 22. Brady currently serves as manager of academic financial analysis and will step away from this role through the interim period. Pediatrics Associate Chair for Administration Jack Curran accepted a new role...

We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Andrea Trembath, Professor of Pediatrics, was named the 2023-24 recipient of the “UNC Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Kcal Award”. The awardee is selected by graduating NPM fellows in recognition of excellence in promoting fellow ‘growth’ over their three years of fellowship.

Sofia Aliaga, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, has been awarded the Educational Research Mentor Award by the Academy of Educators. Congratulations!

Beginning January 1, 2025, Dr. Emilee Lewis, Associate Professor in Hospital Pediatrics, will be joining the physician advisor team for Care Management at UNC Hospitals. Dr. Lewis has been a faculty member in Pediatrics since 2019. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Dr. Lewis is the medical director of the...

Emily Vander Schaaf, MD, MPH, Associate Professor in the Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, has been awarded the Medical Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professorship by the Academy of Educators. Congratulations!

Priyanka Rao, MD was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective June 1, 2024. Dr. Rao has been a faculty member in Pediatrics since August 2020. Dr. Rao received her undergraduate degree from UNC Chapel Hill in 2008 and earned her medical degree in 2013 from the University of Iowa...

We are excited to announce that April Smithwick, ARNP, NNP-BC has accepted the role of Advanced Practice Provider Manager in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine effective May 26, 2024. April joined our NNP team at UNC in 2020 and quickly demonstrated her excellent clinical and leadership skills. We are very proud to welcome...

Camilia Kamoun, MD, Assistant Professor in Pediatric Endocrinology, was recently awarded a grant by the Greenwall Foundation through its Making a Difference Program, in support of her project, "Moving Away from Race-Ethnicity Based Clinical Care of Early Female Puberty Towards Race and Ethnicity Conscious Puberty Justice". Congratulations Camilia!

Dr. Kenya McNeal-Trice will be serving as an American Pediatric Society (APS) representative to the AMSPDC Pediatrics Workforce Initiative for a  three-year term, beginning June 1, 2024.