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Gonzalez New Assoc. Director for Addiction Medicine Fellowship

November 29, 2022
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. Dr. Gonzales joined the ºÚÁÏÍø Department of Pediatrics in August 2022.  Prior, Dr. Gonzalez completed a Pediatric Residency at New...

Joyner & McNeal-Trice Elected to American Pediatric Society

November 16, 2022
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. Active member nominations are accepted for individuals who reside in the United States or Canada who have distinguished themselves as child health leaders, teachers, scholars, policymakers,...

Herrera and Weiss Selected for Passing the Torch

November 15, 2022
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. Both are true assets to our health care system and to the ºÚÁÏÍø Department of...

Schilling New Assoc. Director of Pediatrics for NRSA Primary Care Research Fellowship

November 7, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Sam Schilling!  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. Dr. Schilling has great expertise on mechanisms of child abuse prevention and...

Orr Receives 2022-23 James Woods Junior Faculty Award

October 6, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Colin Orr!  Dr.Orr has been selected to receive the 2022-23 James Woods Junior Faculty Award. The selection committee members were very impressed with his proposal to develop a novel peer support intervention to address food insecurity and consequently type 2 diabetes in children in the Hispanic population.

Seashore Named Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer

October 1, 2022
We are pleased to announce that, Dr. Carl Seashore has been named Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer for the ºÚÁÏÍø Medical Center.  Dr. Seashore is a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine  with interests in quality improvement, newborn care, ambulatory pediatrics, and informatics.

Welcome New Physician Faculty: Rohan Patel, MD

September 1, 2022
Rohan Patel joined the Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine as an Assistant Professor on September 1, 2022. In 2016, Dr. Patel earned a medical degree from the Saint George School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies. Dr. Patel completed a Pediatric Residency at the Morehouse School of Medicine...

Kihlstrom and McNeal-Trice Receive Denny, Simon, Tingelstad Academic Service Award

August 29, 2022
Meg Kihlstrom, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Critical Care Medicine, and Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD, Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Hospital Pediatrics, have been awarded the Denny, Simon, Tingelstad Academic Service Award from the North Carolina Pediatric Society in recognition of their work with the...

McNeal-Trice Elected President of North Carolina Pediatric Society

August 29, 2022
Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, has been elected President of the North Carolina Pediatric Society (NCPeds), the state chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Welcome New Physician Faculty: Jessica Young, MD, MPH

August 29, 2022
Jessica Young joined the Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine as an Assistant Professor on August 29, 2022. Dr. Young earned a medical degree from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in 2017. Dr. Young completed a Pediatric Residency at Levine Children's Hospital at Carolina Medical...