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Welcome New Physician Faculty: Arshiya Ahuja, MD

July 12, 2021

Dr. Ahuja joined the Department of Pediatrics as faculty in Hospital Pediatrics on July 12, 2021. Dr. Ahuja completed her Pediatric residency at Loyola University in June 2014 and a fellowship in Global Clinical Education at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2015. Most recently, Dr. Ahuja has served as a Pediatric Hospitalist at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ.

Welcome New Physician Faculty: Bianca Allison, MD, MPH

July 12, 2021

Dr. Allison joined the Department of Pediatrics as faculty in General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine on July 12, 2021. She joined UNC as a Pediatric Resident until 2019 and subsequently completed her National Research Service Award fellowship at UNC in 2021.

Welcome New Physician Faculty: Lauren Frazer, MD, PhD

July 5, 2021

Dr. Frazer joined the Department of Pediatrics as faculty in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine on July 5, 2021. She completed her Pediatric residency at UNC Chapel Hill in 2018 and, in June 2021, she completed a fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard University.

Welcome New Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology

June 30, 2021

The Department of Pediatrics is excited to announce that Nancie J. MacIver, MD, PhD, has accepted our offer to serve as the new Division Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology. Dr. MacIver will be starting in June 2021.

Gulati Promoted to Professor of Pediatrics

June 1, 2021

Ajay Gulati, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics as of June 1, 2021. Dr. Gulati is a long-standing researcher in the UNC Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease (CGIBD).

Mills Named Pediatrics Director of Medical Student Education

May 28, 2021

We are excited to announce that William Mills, Jr., MD MPH has been named and accepted the role of Director of Medical Student Education in Pediatrics and the Course Co-director for the Care of Specific Populations (CSP) Course in the School of Medicine.

Welcome New Provider: Renee A. Ducatte, BSN, RN, CCRN

May 17, 2021

Renee Ducatte joined the Department of Pediatrics on May 17th as an APP in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Ms. Ducatte completed her BSN at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2016 and went on to completed her MSN at the Duke University School of Nursing in 2020. Beginning in 2016, she worked for 2 years as a nurse in the PICU at Duke University and then in the Cardio Vascular Intensive Care Unit at Levine Children’s Hospital, in Charlotte

Welcome New Researcher: Jaydeep Sinha, M.Pharm, PhD

May 1, 2021

Dr. Sinha joined the Department of Pediatrics as faculty in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine on May 1st. Dr. Sinha completed his PhD in Pharmacometrics in 2019 from the Univeristy of Otago School of Pharmacy in Dunedin, New Zealand. Beginning in 2019 he has been a Post Doctoral researcher in the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at UNC.

Park Promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics

May 1, 2021

Daniel Park, MD, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics as of May 1, 2021. Dr. Park has been a faculty member in Pediatric Emergency Medicine since 2016.