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Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Gastroenterology, has received a CDC Cooperative Agreement Awards (U01) award entitled “Improving Outcomes and Reducing Disparities for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease through Epidemiology, Enhanced Disease Management, Dissemination, and Education”. This will be a 5-year, $3.75 million award starting...

Indriati Hood Pishchany, MD, PhD joined the Pediatric Division of Infectious Diseases on July 31, 2023. Dr. Hood Pishchany received her BS from Houghton College in Houghton, NY in 2006. She completed her PhD in Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology in 2012 and medical degree in 2014, both from Vanderbilt University...

Dr. Christine Tangredi, a child neurologist in Wilmington, is using her own personal experience with a neurological disorder to help children and families in the community. She specializes in working with children with neurologic disorders including epilepsy at the Novant Health Nunnelee Pediatric Multispeciality Care Clinic at Autumn Hall.

Jesse Hart, MD joined the Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine on July 17, 2023. Dr. Hart completed her pediatric residency at UNC and has provided pediatric primary care at WakeMed, where she was also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. Dr. Hart has been very involved in student...

Chelsea will meet Wrexham in Chapel Hill on the evening of Wed, July 19. A portion of every ticket sold will be donated to the Pediatric Hematology Oncology Clinic at UNC Children's Hospital. Group and single-match ticket information is available at FCSeries.com. The stateside match will be the first neutral-site...

Erika Yazawa, MD joined Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine on July 10, 2023. Dr. Yazawa received her BS from Boston College in 2012 and completed her medical degree at the Boston University School of Medicine in 2017. She was a Pediatric Resident at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center from 2017 to 2020....

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.

Summer is a great time for being outdoors—usually. But high temperatures can make outside fun uncomfortable, even dangerous. And smoke from wildfires and even campfires can seriously affect the quality of the air we breathe. UNC Health spoke with pediatric allergist and immunologist David Peden, MD, MS, to learn what...

Friedland AE, Maziarz EK, Wolfe CR, Patel CB, Patel P, Milano CA, Schroder JN, Daneshmand MA, Wallace RJ Jr, Alexander BD, Baker AW. Am J Transplant. 2023 Jul;23(7):1048-1057. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.04.009. Epub 2023 Apr 12. PMID: 37059177; PMCID: PMC10330292.

Congratulations to Dr. Kathleen Wang as she joins the School of Medicine Office of Academic Excellence as a Foundation Phase Academic Coach. In this role, she will coach and support medical students in their foundation phase (MS1 and MS2) to ensure academic success and personal wellbeing.