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UNC Children’s is proud to announce that The Duke Endowment has awarded $700,000 to launch “Expanding Care for Infants and Children with BPD across North Carolina – an Interdisciplinary Care and Outreach Program”, a new statewide initiative led by Nicole Stephenson, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of...

A clinical trial led by Dr. Matt Laughon, Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, weighs medications versus ‘wait and see’ approach for treatment of patent ductus arteriosus.

The APP Center has announced the winners for the 2025 APP Excellence Awards, and we are proud to two of our Children's teammates recognized, Athena Samaras, DNP, MPH, PPCNP-BC and Wayne Price, MD. Congratulations to our winners and to all the UNC Children's nominees for your outstanding contributions and unwavering...

Melissa Bauserman, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, has been elected to the American Pediatric Society (APS), North America’s first and most prestigious academic pediatric organization. The society recognizes distinguished academic leaders, educators, and researchers whose contributions have earned national and international acclaim.

The APP Center has announced the nominees for the 2025 APP Excellence Awards, and we are proud to see so many of our Children's teammates recognized. Congratulations to all the nominees for your outstanding contributions and unwavering dedication.

Erin Plosa, MD joined the Pediatric Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine on July 1, 2025. Dr. Plosa completed her medical degree in 2005 at Wake Forest University. She was a Pediatric Resident between 2005 and 2008 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She remained in Nashville and completed her subspecialty training...

Congratulations to Dr. Amalia Lee, a fellow in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, and Dr. Lilly Segal, a Primary Care Pediatric resident - two of the 2025 Robert C. Cefalo Annual House Officer Award winners. These outstanding members of UNC Hospitals’ house staff are recognized for their exemplary service, professional performance and compassionate...

Misty Good, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division Chief of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and Co-Director of Carolina Child Health Scholars Program is one of three researchers named a Yang Family Biomedical Scholar in the eighth installment of this annual School of Medicine award.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Misty Good has been accepted as a Fellow in the 2024 -2025 Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) program at Drexel University College of Medicine.

An international cost-effectiveness study, led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and the Kinshasa School of Public Health, has found that an effective antibiotic used to combat maternal sepsis vastly reduces health-care costs for pregnant patients.