Category: NPM

Melissa Bauserman, MD, MPH was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics effective March 21, 2025. Dr. Bauserman has been a faculty member in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine since 2012. Dr. Bauserman co-leads the UNC-Kinshasa School of Public Health research partnership within the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development...

Katie Paul, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, has been appointed Associate Director of the Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health (CMIH). Congratulations, Katie!

Jenny Bowles-White, MSN, PNP, NNP, was awarded the Carolina for the Kids Award for Excellence in Patient and Family-Centered Care. Congratulations Jenny!

A national multi-site clinical trial, co-led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine, has found that therapeutic hypothermia may be harming preterm infants recovering from a specific type of brain injury.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...