I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and were able to spend time with friends and family. I am truly grateful for the UNC Children’s Family.
We have opened eight surge beds which has been a terrific partnership between the hospital and the department. Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen! We are starting to see some decrease in the RSV positivity as influenza cases increase. In the coming months, 6W will transition as we expand NICU capacity. We will work to identify other areas to expand our acute care bed capacity.
I would like to congratulate Benny Joyner and Kenya McNeal-Trice who were both accepted into the Academic Pediatric Society. The APS is our oldest pediatric society in the United States and represents thought leaders throughout the country.
Wednesday was fellowship match day! Please congratulate our residents who successfully matched in outstanding programs throughout the country! Furthermore, our programs at UNC successfully filled their fellowship positions. Thank you to our fellowship program directors and Julie Seger, our outstanding fellowship coordinator.
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Pediatric & Med-Peds Resident Match:
- Alessandra Angelino – Adolescent Medicine at Johns Hopkins
- Catherine Bernstein – Neonatology at UNC
- Katie Butler – Pediatric Hospital Medicine at UNC
- Isabelle Dagher – Pediatric Critical Care at Colorado
- Keia Faison – Urgent Care at Emory
- Stephanie Gehle – Hematology/ Oncology at St. Jude
- McCauley Massey – Hematology/ Oncology at UNC
- Abigail McRea – Pediatric Critical Care at UCSF
- Kelly Orgel – Neonatology at UNC
- Shenell Reynolds – Neonatology at Emory
- Kiersten Sapp – Adult Pulmonology/ Critical Care at UNC
- Ajan Sivaramamoorthy – Nephrology at CHOP
- Jenny Varner – Nephrology at Duke
- Christel Wekon-Kemeni – Nephrology at Emory
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Incoming UNC Children’s Fellows:
- Allergy & Immunology – Nonie Arora (University of Michigan) and Mayuran Ravindran (Emory)
- Neonatal & Perinatal Medicine – Catherine Bernstein (UNC), Emily Cox (ECU), Kelly Orgel (UNC), and Jeanette Van Steyn (Madigan Army Medical Center)
- Critical Care – Sarah Fleisher (University of Alabama) and Andrew Hayes (Virginia Tech)
- Endocrinology – Marie Abram (Cooper University Hospital)
- Hematology Oncology – Augusta Massie (UNC), Chinonso Onuoha (ECU), and Jamie Zeal (University of Tennessee)
- Hospital Medicine – Katelyn Butler (UNC) and Kristin Sundy-Boyles (Nationwide Children’s)
- Nephrology – Matthew Spangler (University of Tennessee)
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UNC Children's Missions Update |
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Please Welcome our New Children's Providers! |
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Associate Professor
Wilmington Pediatric Specialty – Gastroenterology
Sean Sullivan joined the Wilmington Pediatric Specialty Division in Gastroenterology as an Associate Professor on November 14, 2022. Dr. Sullivan earned his MD from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in 1996. He completed his Pediatrics Residency at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego in 2001 and a Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Johns Hopkins University in 2006. Dr. Sullivan has served as a Pediatric Gastroenterologist at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth since 2015 and as a Pediatric Specialty Leader with the U.S. Navy since 2020. Dr. Sullivan also served as Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth from 2016 to 2019. Welcome Sean!
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Inside UNC PICU where tinest patients struggle to breathe...
Hospitals across the state only have a handful of open beds to care for critically ill children. The NC Pediatric Society uses a live dashboard to track capacity. At times this month, PICU beds were 94% full as children became ill with the flu & RSV.
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www.wral.com
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The Neonatal Critical Care Center is Grateful!
We are excited to share recent gifts in support of our patients and families!
- A grateful family has donated $50,000 to name one of the twin rooms in the upcoming NICU expansion.
- Chiesi, Inc., a global R&D-focused specialty pharmaceutical company committed to the development and commercialization of products for the hospital, rare disease and adjacent specialty care settings, is purchasing 2,400 daily parking passes to make a positive impact on the day to day experience of NICU patients and families.
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Piano Donation Dedicated to Julie Blatt and Stuart Gold
A baby grand piano was recently dedicated in NC Basnight Cancer Hospital! Former UNC Health pediatric surgeon Dr. Tim Weiner and his wife Meredith Weiner donated the piano in honor of two UNC pediatric hematology/oncology leaders, Drs. Julie Blatt and Stuart Gold.
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Photos are of Drs. Blatt and Gold, Joshua Brooks, the pianist for the event, and Dr. Weiner. |
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Faculty Development Workshop:
Crafting a Curriculum Vita (CV)
Presented by:
Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health
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Joyner & McNeal-Trice Elected to American Pediatric Society
The American Pediatric Society (APS) council members have formally elected Benny Joyner, MD, MPH, and Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD, to Active membership with the society.
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Herrera and Weiss Selected for Passing the Torch
Dr. Adriana Herrera, Assistant Professor in Pediatric Hospital Medicine, and Dr. Jasmine Weiss, Assistant Professor in General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine have been selected to be a part of the 2022-2023 Passing the Torch Cohort.
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Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology, is the 2022 recipient of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society's Hall Award for Clinically Innovative Research Paper. The award is presented annually to a junior or mid-career investigator who is the first or senior author of a paper that best illustrates the innovative approach to clinical research demonstrated by Dr. Caroline Hall, for whom the award is named.
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UNC Carolina Child Health Inaugural Scholars |
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We are pleased to announce the first group of fellows into our new UNC Carolina Child Health Scholars Program, which is our Department of Pediatrics Fellowship Physician-Scientist Training Program. This program seeks to foster the next generation of physician-scientists to improve children’s health and build up the pipeline of pediatric clinician-investigators.
Congratulations to Dr. Anisha Gerber (Pediatric Nephrology Fellow), Dr. Ahmad Sami (Pediatric GI Fellow), and Dr. Sahal Thahir (Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellow) who have been selected as our first group of Carolina Child Health Scholars!
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Schilling New Assoc. Director of Peds for NRSA Fellowship
Samantha Schilling, MD, MSHP, Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, has joined the NRSA Primary Care Research Fellowship program to serve as Associate Director of Pediatrics.
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Gonzalez New Assoc. Dir. for Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Lucien Gonzalez, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, has joined the Addiction Medicine Fellowship program to serve as Associate Program Director.
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New Awards, Achievements, Presentations & Publications |
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A multi-specialty team including members from General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Gastroenterology, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, and Pediatric Surgery – published Failure to thrive, oral intake, and inpatient status prior to gastrostomy tube placement in the first year of life is associated with persistent use 1-year later. Bahraini A, Purcell LN, Cole K, Koonce R, Richardson L, Trembath A, deJong N, Sutton A, Hayes AA, Phillips MR. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Nov;57(11):723-727. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2022.03.001. Epub 2022 Mar 7. PMID: 35400490.
Alex Ahearn, MD and UNC Children’s colleagues – Hospital Pediatrics – published Characteristics and Outcomes of Children Discharged With Nasoenteral Feeding Tubes. Ahearn MA, Stephens JR, Zwemer EK, Hall M, Ahuja A, Chatterjee A, Coletti H, Fuchs J, Lewis E, Liles EA, Reade E, Sutton AG, Sweeney A, Weinberg S, Harrison WN. Hosp Pediatr. 2022 Nov 1;12(11):969-980. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2022-006627. PMID: 36285567.
Melissa Bauserman, MD, MPH and Jackie Patterson, MD, MPH - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - were selected to present a Hot Topic Symposia at PAS 2023 titled, “Do Results of Randomized Controlled Trials Performed in High-Income Countries Translate to Low-And Middle-Income Countries?”
Allison Burbank, MD, Michelle Hernandez, MD, and David Peden, MD, MS – Allergy/Immunology – published Effects of combination treatment with tezepelumab and allergen immunotherapy on nasal responses to allergen: A randomized controlled trial. Corren J, Larson D, Altman MC, Segnitz RM, Avila PC, Greenberger PA, Baroody F, Moss MH, Nelson H, Burbank AJ, Hernandez ML, Peden D, Saini S, Tilles S, Hussain I, Whitehouse D, Qin T, Villarreal M, Sever M, Wheatley LM, Nepom GT, Sanda S; Immune Tolerance Network ITN057AD CATNIP Study Team. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2022 Oct 9:S0091-6749(22)01333-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2022.08.029. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36223848.
Kori Flower, MD, MS, MPH – General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine – published The greenlight plus trial: Comparative effectiveness of a health information technology intervention vs. health communication intervention in primary care offices to prevent childhood obesity. Heerman WJ, Perrin EM, Yin HS, Schildcrout JS, Delamater AM, Flower KB, Sanders L, Wood C, Kay MC, Adams LE, Rothman RL. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 Oct 30;123:106987. doi: 10.1016/ j.cct.2022.106987. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36323344.
Lauren Frazer, MD, PhD and Misty Good, MD, MS – Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine – published Intestinal epithelium in early life. Frazer LC, Good M. Mucosal Immunol. 2022 Nov 15. doi: 10.1038/s41385-022-00579-8. PMID: 36380094.
Wade Harrison, MD, MPH, Kori Flower, MD, MS, MPH, and Carl Seashore, MD – Hospital Pediatrics and General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine– published The Association Between Routine Car Seat Screening and Subsequent Health Care Utilization. Harrison WN, Ritter VS, Flower KB, Seashore CJ, McLaurin-Jiang S. Hosp Pediatr. 2022 Nov 1;12(11):913-922. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2021-006509. PMID: 36189493; PMCID: PMC9647635.
Wes Jackson, MD, MPH and Mike O’Shea, MD, MPH – Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine – published Analysis of Neurodevelopment in Children Born Extremely Preterm Treated With Acid Suppressants Before Age 2 Years. Jensen ET, Yi J, Jackson W, Singh R, Joseph RM, Kuban KCK, Msall ME, Washburn L, Fry R, South AM, O'Shea TM. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Nov 1;5(11) :e2241943. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen. 2022.41943. PMID: 36378311.
Matt Laughon, MD, MPH – Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine – published Safety of sildenafil in premature infants at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Rationale and methods of a phase II randomized trial. Lang JE, Hornik CD, Martz K, Jacangelo J, Anand R, Greenberg R, Hornik C, Zimmerman K, Smith PB, Benjamin DK, Laughon M; Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act—Pediatric Trials Network Steering Committee. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2022 Oct 31;30:101025. PMID: 36345347.
Tisu Mvalo, MD – General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine – with his UNC Global Health mentee, Jacob Todd, MD, MS, MPHTM published RTS,S vaccination is associated with reduced parasitemia and anemia among children diagnosed with malaria in the outpatient department of a district hospital in rural Malawi. Todd JL, Topazian HM, Zulu M, Mafunga P, Mapanje C, Kaphatika JG, Chagomerana MB, Hoffman I, Juliano JJ and Mvalo T (2022). Front. Epidemiol. 2:1039414. doi: 10.3389/fepid.2022.1039414.
Mike O’Shea, MD, MPH – Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine – published:
Long-Term Outcome of Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation. Vaidya R, Yi JX, O'Shea TM, Jensen ET, Joseph RM, Shenberger J, Gogcu S, Wagner K, Msall ME, Thompson AL, Frazier JA, Fry R, Singh R; ELGAN-ECHO Study Investigators. Pediatrics. 2022 Nov 1;150(5):e2022056445. PMID: 36200375.
Association of prenatal modifiable risk factors with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder outcomes at age 10 and 15 in an extremely low gestational age cohort. Cochran DM, Jensen ET, Frazier JA, Jalnapurkar I, Kim S, Roell KR, Joseph RM, Hooper SR, Santos HP Jr, Kuban KCK, Fry RC, O'Shea TM. Front Hum Neurosci. 2022 Oct 20;16:911098. PMID: 36337853.
Rohan Patel, MD – General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine – was a featured panelist on a webinar, Keeping Pediatric PHI Secure: Using the Security Risk Assessment Tool, hosted by the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Clinical Information Technology in collaboration with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, and the Office for Civil Rights.
Emily Vander Schaaf, MD, MPH – General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine – published
John Stephens, MD and Michael Steiner, MD – General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine – published Variation in bacterial pneumonia diagnoses and outcomes among children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infections. Cotter JM, Hall M, Shah SS, Molloy MJ, Markham JL, Aronson PL, Stephens JR, Steiner MJ, McCoy E, Collins M, Tchou MJ. J Hosp Med. 2022 Nov;17(11):872-879. doi: 10.1002/jhm.12940. Epub 2022 Aug 10. PMID: 35946482.
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Misty Good Awarded $1 Million by CZI to Combat NEC
PIs Misty Good, MD, MS, & Scott Magness, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, and Jennifer Canvasser, MSW, NEC Society will lead a $1-million project funded through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to map cellular roles in necrotizing enterocolitis.
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Second Sky Music Festival Raising Funds for UNC in Malawi
Volunteers (including his parents) were fundraising for the Robinson Malawi Fund, a fund he and his family started in partnership with UNC to improve the outcomes of pediatric and adolescent patients with Burkitt Lymphoma.
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www.rollingstone.com
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Jessie Feudale
Division Administrator - General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine and Hospital Pediatrics
Nominated by Drs. Kori Flower, Lindsay Chase, and Mike Steiner
Jessie stepped in to the Division Administrator role for GPAM during the pandemic!—a challenge in itself. Additionally, at that time she was the only administrator for the division (no AAs) of a very complicated and big division.
She immediately was able to make important changes in how we operated, developed a vision for the future administrative structure, helped assure the success of the decision to divide the division into two (both of which she continues to lead)--Hospital Pediatrics and GPAM. Since then she has developed and led the administrative structure and hired absolutely terrific Administrative Specialists for each division. She does all of this while being incredibly insightful and thoughtful and a terrific guide and partner for the division chiefs.
The current administrative team in GPAM is the highest functioning group in its 50+ year history and a lot of this is due to Jessie’ leadership. Thank you Jessie!
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