Category: PCCM

We are thrilled to announce that the Children’s CLABSI Reduction team won an award at the Quality Expo, October 24, 2024. The poster received the Carolina Quality award for “The project submission that best exemplifies the Carolina Quality Values.” The Initiative to reduce CLABSI across UNC Children’s resulted in a...

Jennifer Talbot, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, CPN, joined the Pediatric Division of Critical Care Medicine on October 14, 2024. Jennifer received her BSN from University of Maryland in 2008 and earned her MSN as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner – Acute Care in May 2015. Subsequently, Jennifer completed a post-master’s certification in...

Kasey Zawodniak, CPNP joined the Pediatric Division of Critical Care Medicine on October 14, 2024. Kasey received her BSN from St. Louis University in 1997 and earned her MSN from the University of Pennsylvania in August 2004. Over the last 20 years, Kasey has been working as an Advanced Practice...

Danielle Wood, DNP, joined the Pediatric Division of Critical Care Medicine on October 14, 2024. Danielle received her BSN from OSF Saint Francis College of Nursing, Peoria, IL in 2013 and earned her DNP in Pediatric Acute Care from Rush University, Chicago, IL, in April 2019. Most recently, Danielle has...

As of November 1, 2024, Dr. Matt Pizzuto will serve as the interim Division Chief of the Critical Care Medicine division in the Department of Pediatrics at UNC. Dr. Pizzuto is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and currently serves as the medical director for the Pediatric Cardiac...

With mixed emotions we announce that Benny Joyner, MD, MPH has accepted a new role at the Medical University of Buffalo as Chair of the Department of Pediatrics and Physician in Chief of John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital. His last day at UNC will be January 3rd, 2025. Please join...

Matthew Pizzuto, MD was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective August 1, 2024. Dr. Pizzuto received a BS in Systems and Information Engineering from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville in May 2044 and received his medical degree from State University of New York (SUNY) in June 2011. He...

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.

The Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (CASP) honored three collaborators with Super Steward Awards. The award recipients were Jenny Boyd, MD; Joseph Stromberg, MD; and David J. Weber, MD, MPH. CASP created the awards in 2022 to recognize colleagues’ efforts to champion stewardship in their settings.

We are excited to recognize our faculty and trainees for their recent Academy of Educator (AOE) accomplishments.  We are so grateful for their enthusiasm, dedication, and talents as UNC AOE educators. Founded in 2006, the Academy of Educators is designed to emphasize teaching and support faculty development both in Chapel...