I would like to say thank you to Dr. Edward Spence, who retired from UNC Children’s at the end of December. Dr. Spence has been with UNC Children’s as a Professor of Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism since November 2017. Prior to that, he served as faculty physician at the Carolinas Medical Center for over 25 years, and also as interim chair for CMC’s Department of Pediatrics. While at UNC, he served as Assistant Medical Director of UNC Children’s Specialty Clinic, and was highly committed to teaching medical students and residents.
Dr. Spence was well loved by the patients and families he served, who described him as “terrific,” and “very caring and thorough.” In 2012, he received the Denny, Katz, Simon, Tingelstad Academic Service Award from the North Carolina Pediatric Society, which is the highest award in the state for an academic physician, and is given to a physician for outstanding efforts to improve the health and wellness of all children in the state. I can’t agree more. On behalf of everyone at UNC Children’s, we will miss you, Ed!
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The Krispy Kreme Challenge is this Saturday, 2/4 in Raleigh! The challenge is to run 5 miles, eat a dozen of doughnuts during the race, all in under one hour. If you plan to attend, let me know! I will be out there!
Thank you to all the faculty who helped with residency interviews. We conducted nearly 400 interviews! Thank you to Meg Kihlstrom, Michael Contarino, Ian Davis, Kelly Lear, Denita Moore, Robin Howard, Kate Matthews and our chiefs, Christel Wekon-Kemeni, Shenell Reynolds, Megan Hoppens, Joanna Glanz for leading these efforts!
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The Newborn Critical Care Center is excited to announce a new $50,000 donation to name a NICU room on 6NCCC!
Macrina Liguori, MD, one of our Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellows, is happy to announce the arrival of a little addition to her family! Carlisle Anne Liguori decided she was ready to meet the world (in a very quick fashion!) at 11:50a on January 2, 2023. Congratulations!
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UNC Children's Missions Update |
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Please Welcome our New Children's Providers! |
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Advanced Practice Provider
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Kristen Brandt joined Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine on January 9, 2023. Ms. Brandt received her BSN and MSN/NNP at the University of Texas after first earning a BS in Psychology at Texas A & M University. She joins our team with 17 years of experience working as a neonatal nurse practitioner in Level 2/3 NICUs in Texas. Welcome Kristen!
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Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Tracy Wester joined the Pediatric division of the Department of Anesthesiology January 23, 2023. She earned a BS in Biology followed by her Medical Degree, both from Duke. Her education continued with an Anesthesiology residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis, MO, and a Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at Vanderbilt. Since completing Fellowship, Dr. Wester has worked at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). She is a NC native and will be closer to family. Her professional interests include: pediatric anesthesia, pediatric regional anesthesia and Peri-operative pain management, pediatric simulation, quality improvement. Welcome Tracy!
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UNC Children's Awarded by the Pediatric Heart Transplant Society
The UNC Pediatric Heart Transplant program is a recent recipient of the PHTS Vangard Center Award! This award was established to recognize the dedication and commitment of the all the team members at a participating PHTS Center that ultimately contribute to a Center’s success. This award recognizes individual Centers for their outstanding contribution to the Pediatric Heart Transplant Society Registry.
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IRSF Includes UNC as a Center of Excellence
The International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF) has awarded UNC Rett Syndrome Center-of-Excellence designation. Co-directed by Drs. Yael Shiloh-Malawsky and Diana Cejas, the center will provide specialized care for individuals living with Rett syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that affects 1 in every 10,000 births. The center will be joining the IRSF Centers-of-Excellence Network, which includes 18 centers committed to providing the Rett Syndrome community access to best-in-class clinical care and supporting Rett syndrome research.
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Rare Disease Day Coming on February 28th
February 28th is being celebrated as Rare Disease Day. Led by Dr. Cindy Powell, members from the Division of Genetics and Metabolism will be showcasing and distributing information about clinics and research for rare diseases at UNC. A table will be set up in the lobby of UNC Children's - all are encouraged to visit!
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Greenwood Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The Child Neurology Society Awards Committee has selected Robert S. Greenwood, MD, Professor of Neurology with UNC Children's, as the recipient of a 2023 CNS Roger and Mary Brumback Lifetime Achievement Award!
The Brumback Lifetime Achievement Awards are presented to CNS Members in recognition of a life-long commitment to child neurology, patient care, and humanism in medicine. Recipients will be recognized at the CNS Annual Meeting Legacy Reception.
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Kim Elected as AAAAI Food Allergy Secretary
Congratulations to Dr. Edwin Kim on his election as Food Allergy & Eosinophilic Disorders (FAED) Interest Section Secretary in the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI).
Read more
www.med.unc.edu
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Faculty Development Workshop:
Crafting a Curriculum Vita (CV)
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Tues, March 7 @
10:45a - 11:45a
238 MacNider or
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Thurs, March 9 @
3:00p - 4:00p
238 MacNider or
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UNC Hosts NCMGA Meeting
The Division of Genetics and Metabolism hosted the biannual meeting for the North Carolina Medical Genetics Association (NCMGA) on December 2, 2022.
The program included excellent presentations from several UNC faculty including Drs. Neeta Vora (Maternal Fetal Medicine), Carolina V. Guimaraes (Chief, Pediatric Radiology), Julie Blatt (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology), Beth Neiman ( ediatric Dermatology) and Matthew Hirsch (Gene Therapy Center).
With 185 participants, it was the largest biannual NCMGA meeting to date! A big thank you to all of our UNC Children's colleagues, and the faculty and staff in Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism for making this meeting so successful.
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If you couldn't join us for the
Dept. of Pediatrics Faculty Meeting
on Thurs, January 19th,
the slides can be found here!
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New Awards, Achievements, Presentations & Publications |
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Indoor environmental exposures and obstructive lung disease phenotypes among children with asthma living in poor urban neighborhoods. Grant T, Lilley T, McCormack MC, Rathouz PJ, Peng R, Keet CA, Rule A, Davis M, Balcer-Whaley S, Newman M, Matsui EC. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2022 Nov 15:S0091-6749(22)01515-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2022.08.032. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36395986.
Fernando Moya, MD – Wilmington Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine – published A randomized controlled trial of oropharyngeal therapy with mother's own milk for premature infants. Rodriguez NA, Moya F, Landino J, Zauk A, Prazad P, Perez J, Vento M, Claud E, Wang CH, Caplan MS. J Perinatol. 2023 Jan 3. PMID: 36596945
Mike O’Shea, MD, MPH – Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine –published Comparing autism phenotypes in children born extremely preterm and born at term. Joseph RM, Lai ER, Bishop S, Yi J, Bauman ML, Frazier JA, Santos HP Jr, Douglas LM, Kuban KKC, Fry RC, O'Shea TM. Autism Res. 2023 Jan 3. PMID: 36595641
Jackie Patterson, MD, MPH – Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine – published Limiting adverse birth outcomes in resource-limited settings (LABOR): protocol of a prospective intrapartum cohort study. Adu-Amankwah A, Bellad MB, Benson AM, Beyuo TK, Bhandankar M, Charanthimath U, Chisembele M, Cole SR, Dhaded SM, Enweronu-Laryea C, Freeman BL, Freeman NLB, Goudar SS, Jiang X, Kasaro MP, Kosorok MR, Luckett D, Mbewe FM, Misra S, Mutesu K, Nuamah MA, Oppong SA, Patterson JK, Peterson M, Pokaprakarn T, Price JT, Pujar YV, Rouse DJ, Sebastião YV, Spelke MB, Sperger J, Stringer JSA, Tuuli MG, Valancius M, Vwalika B; LABOR Study Group. Gates Open Res. 2022 Aug 24;6:115. PMID: 36636742
Megan Rebuli, PhD – Allergy/Immunology – published The E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury Epidemic: Pathogenesis, Management, and Future Directions: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Rebuli ME, Rose JJ, Noël A, Croft DP, Benowitz NL, Cohen AH, Goniewicz ML, Larsen BT, Leigh N, McGraw MD, Melzer AC, Penn AL, Rahman I, Upson D, Crotty Alexander LE, Ewart G, Jaspers I, Jordt SE, Kligerman S, Loughlin CE, McConnell R, Neptune ER, Nguyen TB, Pinkerton KE, Witek TJ Jr. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 Jan;20(1):1-17. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202209-796ST. PMID: 36584985; PMCID: PMC9819258.
Misty Good, MD, MS – Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine – was awarded a grant ($22,000 total for 2 years) from the AAP section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine to increase and foster the next-generation of neonatologist-scientists by facilitate the programmatic development of a platform of support for fostering future physician-scientists in neonatal-perinatal medicine.
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Ian Davis Awarded $1 Million by V Foundation
The V Foundation Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board has awarded funding to Ian Davis, MD, PhD, the G. Denman Hammond Professor of Childhood Cancer in the Division of Hematology/Oncology and a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer.
Read more
www.med.unc.edu
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Jennifer Jones, RN
Children's Primary & Specialty Care - Farrington Road
Nominated by Katie Jordan, MD
Jennifer Jones took over the role of interim medical director for UNC Children's Primary and Specialty Care at Farrington Road. She served in the role for 7 months and did an amazing job. She not only learned how to do her new role very quickly, she did an amazing job.
She weathered multiple waves of covid, helped keep up staff morale during that time, and helped our clinic provide really high quality care. She even organized multiple vaccine outreach clinics with the covid vaccine, collaborating with community organizations. She continues to be a leader in our clinic and everyone who works with her is so grateful for her care! She is a great role model for other nurses, is excellent with patients and also helps teach our resident physicians.
Thank you Jennifer for your amazing service!
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