Category: Peds News

The nomination form for the Carolina for the Kids' Excellence in Patient and Family Care Award is NOW LIVE. The mission of the Carolina For The Kids Foundation is to provide major emotional, medical, and financial support for the patients and families served by UNC Children's Hospital. We want to...

Congratulations to Dr. Misty Good on her election to the Research Committee of the Executive Council Leadership Team for the American Academy of Pediatrics Mid-Career Neonatologist Section (MidCaN). MidCaN aims to create, inspire, and empower a community of mid-career leaders by supporting career and leadership development and increasing active participation...

We are excited to announce a $5,345 donation from Capital Area Disc League (CADL) to the Newborn Critical Care Center from proceeds raised at a recent disc golf tournament. Thank you CADL!

Dr. Eric Zwemer, Associate Professor in Pediatric Hospital Medicine is featured the Hospitalist Corner section of the American Academy of Pediatrics site. Hospitalist Corner is a monthly column highlighting the work and thoughts of pediatric hospitalists around the country. In this edition, Dr. Eric Zwemer discusses processing mistakes, crafting CVs,...

Dr. Nina Jain, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, in the Division of Endocrinology has recently been certified as a Lifestyle Medicine Physician through the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine. Lifestyle medicine is a medical specialty that uses therapeutic lifestyle interventions as a primary modality to treat chronic conditions including, but not...

Dr. Eve Wu was elected to a 3 year term as Chair for the Rare Diseases Research Committee for the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA). Dr. Wu previously served as Vice Chair for the committee from July 2020 – June 2022 and continues to serve as a Steering...

Principal investigators Misty Good, MD, MS, and Scott Magness, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, and Jennifer Canvasser, MSW, NEC Society will lead a $1-million project funded through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to map cellular roles in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).

Lucien Gonzalez, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, has joined the Addiction Medicine Fellowship program to serve as Associate Program Director. Dr. Gonzales joined the UNC Department of Pediatrics in August 2022.  Prior, Dr. Gonzalez completed a Pediatric Residency at New...

The American Pediatric Society (APS) council members have formally elected Benny Joyner, MD, MPH, and Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD, to Active membership with the society. Active member nominations are accepted for individuals who reside in the United States or Canada who have distinguished themselves as child health leaders, teachers, scholars, policymakers,...

Dr. Adriana Herrera, Assistant Professor in Pediatric Hospital Medicine, and Dr. Jasmine Weiss, Assistant Professor in General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine have been selected to be a part of the 2022-2023 Passing the Torch Cohort. Both are true assets to our health care system and to the UNC Department of...