General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
About Us
The UNC Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine is a group of health care providers who:
- Have expertise in comprehensive health care of children from birth to early adult years.
- In addition to primary care, provide subspecialty care in Adolescent Medicine, Child Abuse Pediatrics, and Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Our generalists also have specific expertise in caring for children with medical complexity.
- Perform important research across a wide range of topics including the social and contextual factors that shape health outcomes, health equity and other health services research.
- Teach foundational concepts in pediatrics care to students, residents and fellow trainees.
- Advocate for policy changes that will improve the health and wellbeing of children, adolescents and their families.
Our Vision
We will transform health, well-being, and health care delivery for children, adolescents, and young adults as a leader in whole-person care. We will provide and increase access to high quality, interdisciplinary, and comprehensive patient- and family-centered care that optimizes the development, safety, and well-being of children and adolescents. Our innovative teaching, groundbreaking research, and advocacy to improve policy will lead to greater health equity for children and adolescents.
GENERAL PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINE NEWS
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New Study Finds Obesity Can Be Prevented in Very Young Children
A large study co-led by Kori Flower, MD, MS, MPH, division chief of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine demonstrates that combining text messaging with in-person clinic counseling reduces obesity in the first two years of life. Samantha Schilling, MD, MSHP, associate professor in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at UNC, was also a co-investigator in the study.
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The Hometown Hero Response to Hurricane Helene
After Hurricane Helene devastated areas of Western North Carolina, Alyssa Tilly, MD, assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics in the UNC Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, helped coordinate a field hospital to provide medical care to some of the most impacted and vulnerable residents.
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Schilling and Rebuli Awarded Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships
We are thrilled to announce that recipients of the 2024-25 Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships are both faculty in the Department of Pediatrics! Dr. Samantha Schilling, Associate Professor Pediatrics, in General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine and Dr. Meghan Rebuli, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, in Allergy/Immunology. Join us in congratulating these exceptional junior faculty, who are most deserving of the recognition that comes with these prestigious awards.
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Welcome New Physician Faculty: Sandeep Dhadvai, MD
Sandeep Dhadvai, MD joined the Pediatric Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine on August 21, 2024. Dr. Dhadvai received his Bachelor of Science degree from Haverford College in Pennsylvania in May of 2011. He earned his MD from the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix in 2017. He completed his pediatrics residency in 2020 from the University of California Irvine/Children’s Hospital of Orange County and since has been a practicing pediatrician in southern California. Welcome Sandeep!