Category: Peds News

Jessica Owens joined Pediatric Gastroenterology on October 18th. Ms. Owens received her BSN from Queens Univeristy of Charlotte - Presbyterian School of Nursing in 2013 and went on to completed her MSN at the Duke University School of Nursing in 2018. Beginning in 2013, she worked for 6 years as...

Dr. Rudra joined the Pediatrics Division of Gastroenterology as faculty on October 4, 2021. Dr. Rudra received her BS from Duke University in 2010 and her MD from the University of Texas School of Medicine in San Antonio in 2015. She completed her pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of...

Dr. Virkud joined the Division of Pediatric Allergy-Immunology as faculty on October 1, 2021. Dr. Virkud received her medical degree from Washington University in 2008. She completed her pediatric residency at St. Louis Children’s Hospital in 2011. Her clinical and research fellowships were completed at Duke University in 2014. Dr....

Lindsay Mize joined the Division of Hospital Pediatrics on September 20th. Ms. Mize received her BSN from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007 and stayed on to complete her MSN in 2008. Since 2010, she has worked at the Duke University Medical Center, first in Pediatric Hematology & Oncology and then...

Dr. Baum joined the Department of Pediatrics as faculty in the Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine on September 13, 2021. Dr. Wood received a BS inBiochemistry from Pennsylvania State University in 1992 and received her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. She most recently was...

Dr. Wood joined the Department of Pediatrics as faculty in the Division of Emergency Medicine on September 1, 2021. Dr. Wood received a BS in Nutrition and Exercise from Virginia Tech in 2010 and received her degree in Osteopathic Medicine from Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2015. She...

Dr. Keet joined the Department of Pediatrics as faculty in the Division of Allergy/Immunology on August 30, 2021. Dr. Keet completed her medical degree at the University of California - San Francisco in 2004.  Subsequently, completing her pediatric residency in 2007 and fellowship in allergy/immunology in 2010, both at Johns...

A study in Lancet Global Health led by UNC School of Medicine’s Peyton Thompson, MD, MSCR and Jonathan Parr, MD, MPH showed the feasibility and acceptance of hepatitis B virus testing, treatment, and vaccination programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ms. Allis joined the Department of Pediatrics as a Nurse Practitioner in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine on August 23, 2021. Ms. Allis received her BSN from Barton College in 2003 and in 2006 completed her masters in nursing from East Carolina University. She has worked extensively in the Neonatal...

Dr. Cannon joined the Department of Pediatrics as faculty in the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology on August 23, 2021. Dr. Cannon completed her medical degree in 2014 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she stayed to complete her pediatric residency in 2017. In June of 2021,...