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Children's Care in Eastern NC

UNC Health Children's in Wilmington, serves patients up to age 18 with complex conditions in multiple hospitals and outpatient clinics across southeastern North Carolina. Our caring and compassionate pediatric professionals are trained for all levels of treatment required by young patients. We are continuously growing our network of specialized care providers to increase our value as a trusted source for parents in North Carolina. Our focus on continuing education and innovative care models enables us to provide our patients with standardized, high quality care.

UNC Health Children’s – Wilmington

SPECIALTY PROGRAMS

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Administration

Baby getting heart check

Cardiology

Child in ICU

Critical Care Medicine

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Endocrinology

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Gastroenterology

Child in hospital bed

Hospital Pediatrics

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Neurology

Baby in incubator

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Child with inhaler

Pulmonology

UNC HEALTH – WILMINGTON NEWS

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  • Christine Tangredi, MD

    Tangredi discusses signs, treatment of epilepsy

    Dr. Christine Tangredi, specializing in Pediatric Neurology with UNC Children’s in Wilmington, shared her personal experience and professional epilepsy expertise with WECT news for National Epilepsy Awareness month

  • Kateryna Kotlyarevska, MD

    Kotlyarevska Finalist for Greater Wilmington Business Journal’s Health Care Heroes Award

    The Greater Wilmington Business Journal has put on the Health Care Heroes awards program since 2013 to honor the people and organizations making an impact on the quality of health care in the region. We are excited to report that Dr. Kateryna Kotlyarevska, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Director, Pediatric Endocrinology, with UNC Health Children’s – Wilmington, is one of three finalists in the Physician category.

  • Ellie Mears, NNP

    Welcome New Clinical Provider: Ellie Mears Ward, MSN, NNP

    Ellie Mears Ward, NNP, is a new Neonatal Nurse Practitioner at the Novant Brunswick location. She received her bachelors of science in nursing in 2013 and her masters in nursing in 2018, both from East Carolina University. She’s had experience at the Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC, Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters in Norfolk, VA and Fairfax Neonatal Associates in Fairfax, VA. Welcome Ellie!

  • Travis Kauffmann, MD

    Welcome New Physician Faculty: Travis Kauffmann, MD

    Dr. Travis Kaufmann joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor with the Critical Care group in the Wilmington Pediatric Specialty division on August 30, 2024. Dr. Kauffman received his Bachelors degree from North Carolina State University in Raleigh NC in 2008. He completed a Masters of Public Health degree from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in 2010. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in 2016. He completed residency at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in 2019 and his fellowship in Pediatric Neurocritical Care Medicine from University of Rochester, Rochester, NY in June of 2024.