Category: Peds News

Kimberly Fernandez, 4th year UNC Medical Student, has been named the 2024 William Hersey Davis Jr., MD Pediatric Student Scholar. Kimberly stood to the selection committee for her ability to build rapport with patients and her compassion for and commitment to underserved communities.   What impressed her preceptors most was "her...

We are thrilled to announce that recipients of the 2024-25 Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships are both faculty in the Department of Pediatrics!  Dr. Samantha Schilling, Associate Professor Pediatrics, in General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine and Dr. Meghan Rebuli, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, in Allergy/Immunology. Join us in congratulating these exceptional junior faculty,...

As of November 1, 2024, Dr. Matt Pizzuto will serve as the interim Division Chief of the Critical Care Medicine division in the Department of Pediatrics at UNC. Dr. Pizzuto is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and currently serves as the medical director for the Pediatric Cardiac...

Ric Ong, MD, MBA joined the Pediatric Division of Genetics & Metabolism on October 7, 2024. Dr. Ong received his BA from University of Rochester, NY in 1988 and earned his MD from Duke University in 1996. He completed a Residency in Emergency Medicine at Johns Hopkins University in 1999...

Sydney Stryker, NNP, joined the Pediatric Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine on October 3, 2024. Sydney began her nursing career in 2018 in the NICU at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Northern Virginia. With a strong passion for caring for the ELBW population, she was one of the first RNs to help...

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...

Ellie Mears Ward, NNP, is a new Neonatal Nurse Practitioner at the Novant Brunswick location. She received her bachelors of science in nursing in 2013 and her masters in nursing in 2018, both from East Carolina University. She's had experience at the Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC, Children's Hospital...

Dr. Maura Olcese joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor in Pediatric Emergency Medicine on September 14, 2024.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...

Dr. Gross joined the Department of Pediatrics as a board-certified Pediatric Pulmonologist on September 1, 2024. Dr. Gross received her BS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1993. She remained at UNC to complete a PhD in Oral Biology in 1999. She earned her  medical degree...

Kristin Sundy-Boyles, MD, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellow, and Dr. Eric Zwemer as her primary mentor, have been awarded a Dr. Jacob A. Lohr Research Award for her proposal titled "ACGME Milestone Scores and Pediatric Resident Remediation: How Are We Doing?" Congratulations Kristin!