Category: PULM

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.

Dr. Hoekstra joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Instructor on July 21, 2025. She received her BA from Boston College in 2011. She earned her medical degree at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 2018. Dr. Hoekstra completed a pediatric internship at the UPMC Children's Hospital...

Dr. Espaillat joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Instructor on July 21, 2025. He received his BS from the University of Florida in 2013. He remained in Gainesville and earned his medical degree in 2018. Dr. Espaillat completed his pediatric residency at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston,...

At the UNC School of Medicine’s Academy of Educators 2025 Evening of Scholarship multiple Pediatrics faculty and trainees. Founded in 2006, the Academy of Educators is designed to emphasize teaching and support faculty development both in Chapel Hill and across the state. More information can be found at www.med.unc.edu/aoe. This year’s...

UNC Children's is proud to announce that two physician-researchers were honored by the Triangle Business Journal as recipients of 2025 Health Care Leadership Awards. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Caid (Allergy/Immunology Fellow), Dr. Marielys Collazo-Roman (ID Fellow), and Dr. Paige Noreen (Pulmonology Fellow), who have been selected as our next group of Carolina Child Health Scholars!

Terry Noah, MD, Jacob A. Lohr Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, has been selected by the Assembly on Pediatric (PEDS) Award Selection Committee to receive the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Assembly on Pediatrics Lifetime Contributions to Pediatric Respiratory Medicine Award. Dr. Noah has been a faculty member in the Department of...

The AAP Section on Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine recently presented the 2025 Edwin L. Kendig Jr. Award to Margaret “Magee” W. Leigh, MD. Dr. Leigh, a recent retiree, served as a faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics and the Pulmonary Division for over 40 years. Congratulations!

UNC Children’s has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for the NC Children’s Allergy and Asthma Center through 2026 by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The NC Children's Allergy and Asthma Center is the only pediatric asthma program in the southeastern United States to be certified...

A research project co-led by James Hagood, MD, professor of pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine, and colleagues will be supported in creating an atlas of the cells and cellular interactions in the nasal and oral cavities, throat, and lower airways of pediatric populations in unprecedented detail.