Category: Peds News

Dr. Christine Tangredi, a child neurologist in Wilmington, is using her own personal experience with a neurological disorder to help children and families in the community. She specializes in working with children with neurologic disorders including epilepsy at the Novant Health Nunnelee Pediatric Multispeciality Care Clinic at Autumn Hall.

Jesse Hart, MD joined the Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine on July 17, 2023. Dr. Hart completed her pediatric residency at UNC and has provided pediatric primary care at WakeMed, where she was also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. Dr. Hart has been very involved in student...

Chelsea will meet Wrexham in Chapel Hill on the evening of Wed, July 19. A portion of every ticket sold will be donated to the Pediatric Hematology Oncology Clinic at UNC Children's Hospital. Group and single-match ticket information is available at FCSeries.com. The stateside match will be the first neutral-site...

Erika Yazawa, MD joined Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine on July 10, 2023. Dr. Yazawa received her BS from Boston College in 2012 and completed her medical degree at the Boston University School of Medicine in 2017. She was a Pediatric Resident at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center from 2017 to 2020....

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.

Summer is a great time for being outdoors—usually. But high temperatures can make outside fun uncomfortable, even dangerous. And smoke from wildfires and even campfires can seriously affect the quality of the air we breathe. UNC Health spoke with pediatric allergist and immunologist David Peden, MD, MS, to learn what...

Congratulations to Dr. Kathleen Wang as she joins the School of Medicine Office of Academic Excellence as a Foundation Phase Academic Coach. In this role, she will coach and support medical students in their foundation phase (MS1 and MS2) to ensure academic success and personal wellbeing.

UNC Children’s in Chapel Hill has been ranked among the nation’s top children’s hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” report released today. UNC Children’s was ranked as the #2 children’s hospital in North Carolina and #4 in the Southeast region. The hospital is nationally ranked...

Lindsay Dyer, MSN, PNP joined Hematology-Oncology on June 12, 2023. Lindsay began working at UNC Children's as a Registered Nurse/Certified Pediatric Nurse in 2015. She earned her Masters of Science in Nursing from UNC-Chapel Hill in May of 2021. Since graduating she has worked as a Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and BMT...

Bianca A. Allison, MD MPH, an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics, sought to examine the awareness and knowledge that adolescents have about the legal landscape of abortion and how these changes might affect them and their communities. The study, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, found that...