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Welcome New Clinical Provider: Annie Westlund, NNP

January 24, 2025
Annie Westlund, NNP joined the Pediatric Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine on January 24, 2025. Annie graduated in December 2023 from Duke with an MSN and has been working as an NNP since May 2024. Prior to moving to NC, she lived in Greenville, SC, where she worked as a NICU...

Good Elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation

January 14, 2025
Misty Good, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division Chief of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and Co-Director of Carolina Child Health Scholars Program, was recently elected to membership of the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

UNC Children’s, Cincinnati Children’s, and the NEC Society announce NEC Symposium in Chicago

October 22, 2024
The NEC Society, Cincinnati Children's, and UNC Children’s are proud to announce the NEC Symposium in Chicago, September 7 - 10, 2025. As the world’s largest conference focused on necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), the NEC Symposium will bring together key stakeholders to unite the global community for a world without NEC.

Welcome New Clinical Provider: Sydney Stryker, MSN, NNP

October 3, 2024
Sydney Stryker, NNP, joined the Pediatric Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine on October 3, 2024. Sydney began her nursing career in 2018 in the NICU at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Northern Virginia. With a strong passion for caring for the ELBW population, she was one of the first RNs to help...

Welcome to Our 2024-2025 Pediatric Subspecialty Fellows

August 1, 2024
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.

Welcome New Clinical Provider: Madison ‘Madi’ Rooney, MSN, NNP

August 1, 2024
Madison ‘Madi’ Rooney, NNP, is a new graduate Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. She grew up in Colorado and obtained her undergraduate nursing degree from the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs in 2016. After moving to North Carolina, she began her neonatal nursing career at Duke Regional Hospital and then transitioned to the...

Trembath Earns 2024 UNC NPM Kcal Award

June 20, 2024
We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Andrea Trembath, Professor of Pediatrics, was named the 2023-24 recipient of the “UNC Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Kcal Award”. The awardee is selected by graduating NPM fellows in recognition of excellence in promoting fellow ‘growth’ over their three years of fellowship.

Aliaga Receives Educational Research Mentor Award

June 17, 2024
Sofia Aliaga, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, has been awarded the Educational Research Mentor Award by the Academy of Educators. Congratulations!

April Smithwick Named Neonatal APP Manager

May 26, 2024
We are excited to announce that April Smithwick, ARNP, NNP-BC has accepted the role of Advanced Practice Provider Manager in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine effective May 26, 2024. April joined our NNP team at UNC in 2020 and quickly demonstrated her excellent clinical and leadership skills. We are very proud to welcome...

Frazer Awarded NEC Society Early Career Research Award

May 18, 2024
At PAS 2024, the NEC Society awarded the Early Career Research Award to Lauren Frazer, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Congratulations!