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Happy May! I am sure many of you are very busy this month with graduations and end of school activities. My son, Jackson, is graduating this month (on Mother’s Day) from UNC!
It was wonderful to attend the annual Pediatric Academic Societies meeting this past weekend. We had a terrific time, and UNC had a powerful presence! UNC faculty and trainees had over 80 presentations at the meeting. Congratulations and thank you to everyone who submitted work and participated. On a lighter note, over 1000 people stopped by the UNC Children’s booth, but very few were successful at the basketball shot challenge (see picture below). On Saturday evening, we had a combined reception with Duke Children’s with over 100 attendees.
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Secondly, I want to thank Dr. Fernando Moya for serving as the UNC Children’s Wilmington Division Chief; he will be retiring on September 30, 2023. In one brief year, Dr. Moya led his group through a major change, established a new structure, and then helped recruit multiple new specialty providers to decrease the time patients wait for care in Southeastern NC. We celebrated his retirement on April 25th in Wilmington and had a blast! See pictures below. | |
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We have several upcoming events across UNC Children’s, so mark your calendar!
- The Evening of Scholarship is on Thursday, May 25th, at the Kenan Center, starting at 4pm.
- The NC Pediatrics Collaborative Meeting, hosted by Duke Children’s, UNC Children’s, and Novant Health Children’s is scheduled this Saturday, May 6th at the Forsyth Conference Center in Winston-Salem. It’s not too late to REGISTER HERE! Moving forward, this will be our annual CME event, and the next one will occur February 16-18, 2024 at The Grandover in Greensboro.
Our Pinwheels for Moms and Grads fundraiser is going on until May 12th. Grab a pinwheel to honor your mom/new grad! Also, please buy tickets for the UNC Children’s For the Kids Concert tickets featuring Cooper Alan scheduled for June 3rd – contact Mary Brooks Rice if you have any questions.
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As always, your commitment to children and families inspires me daily!
Take Care,
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Raffa Talks With CNN Health About the Increase in Kids Treated for Illicit Substance Ingestion | The outbreak of Covid-19 presented many dangers for children, and a new study suggests increased illicit substance ingestions were among them. Lead study author Brittany Raffa, MD, clinical instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine, talks with CNN Health about the overall stress and parental substance use that contributed to the increase. | | | |
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Pollen season tips from
UNC allergy expert
| We're seeing the effects of a longer pollen season in North Carolina. The highest pollen counts are usually recorded between the last week of March and the second week of April. However, warmer temperatures during winter can mean an early start to allergy season and a more troublesome spring for allergy sufferers. Dr. Edwin Kim, Director of the UNC Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program, is seeing the effects of this jump start to the season from patients. | | | |
More students self-medicating with ADHD medication | ABC11 spoke with Dr. Michael Steiner pediatrician-in-chief of UNC Children's Hospital who said substance misuse by adolescents is something they pay close attention to. Mental health related issues from anxiety to depression are up among young people and health experts say some teens are self-medicating to cope with the pressure. A new study released this week found 1 in 4 students reported misusing prescription stimulants that are used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder also known as ADHD. | | | |
Child life specialists play important role in hospitals | Hospitals can be a scary and sad place for kids, especially if they are going through tough moments. But, there is someone who can be by their side to help ease those emotions. They are called child life specialists. UNC Health Child Life Specialist in Chapel Hill, Heather Eudy, says each day is different and she wears many hats. Eudy works in the pediatric hematology, oncology clinic. She says knowing the kids and how to distract them best during procedures is important. As well as educating families about medical terms. | | | |
Alpha Omega Alpha Inducts 3 from Pediatrics | We are excited to congratulate Pediatrics department members recently inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA). Election to Alpha Omega Alpha signifies a lasting commitment to scholarship, leadership, professionalism, and service. Membership in the society confers recognition of someone's dedication to the profession and art of healing. | | | |
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Rao Awarded AEO Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Priyanka Rao, Assistant Professor in General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, on her award from the Academy of Educators. The AOE Education Scholarship Grant will allow Dr. Rao to evaluate the Communication Bootcamp elective she developed.
AOE hopes to make the grants generators of rigorous evidence that can address brought to bear on important questions of medical education.
Congratulations Dr. Rao!
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Card and Gold Awarded Resident CATCH Grant
Drs. Alex Card and Caitlyn Gold, 2rd year Pediatric Residents, were competitively awarded an AAP Resident CATCH grant for their project "Environmental Equity through Asthma Trigger Remediation," which will connect patients hospitalized at Cone for asthma with a community organization to help them remediate household environmental triggers.
Special thanks to Dr. Aigner Moore, AAP District IV Resident Liaison, for the technical assistance and support for residents at UNC and across the mid-Atlantic.
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Wekon-Kemeni Selected for American Society of Nephrology Loan Mitigation Pilot | |
The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) announced its 2023 Loan Mitigation Pilot Program (LMPP) recipients. Each recipient will receive $50,000 to reduce their loan burden over three years.
Dr. Wekon-Kemeni (known to his patients as Dr. Dub) is a Chief Resident and will begin his fellowship training in Pediatric Nephrology at Emory University/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in July 2023.
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Brown and Adams Project Accepted for IHQI Improvement Scholars’ Program
Lauren Brown, MD, First Year fellow with Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, and Ursula Adams, MD, Pediatric Surgery Resident have had their project “Bivalirudin in Pediatric Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) Patients” accepted into the IHQI Improvement Scholars’ Program.
Improvement Scholars learn clinical improvement leadership by proposing, designing and leading a project with guidance and support from experienced clinical improvement leaders. Improvement Scholars receive training, mentorship and guidance from IHQI Faculty Coaches as well as half-time support of an IHQI project manager for 12 months.
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Sutton Promoted to
Professor of Pediatrics
| Ashley Sutton, MD was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics effective April 1, 2023. Dr. Sutton has been a faculty member in Pediatrics since 2012. Dr. Sutton is a Pediatric Hospitalist and Director of Quality, Patient Safety and Flow for the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. | | | |
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Fuchs Promoted to
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
| Jennifer Fuchs, MD was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective April 1, 2023. Dr. Fuchs has been a faculty member in Pediatrics since 2019. Dr. Fuchs is a Pediatric Hospitalist and the Program Director for the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship. | | | |
McNeal-Trice Selected for National Academy of Distinguished Educators in Pediatrics | Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, has been selected to join the second class admitted to the National Academy of Distinguished Educators in Pediatrics (NADEP). Members are selected after careful peer review. Reviewers congratulated Dr. McNeal-Trice on the depth and breadth of her educational experiences, expertise, and contributions to the field. | | | |
Berkoff Receives Faculty Robert E. Bryan Public Service Award | Molly Berkoff, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and Medical Director, Child Medical Evaluation Program, School of Medicine, was recognized with the faculty Bryan Award for significant contributions to creating high-quality services for North Carolina children who have experienced abuse and neglect. | | | | |
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Patterson and Lewis Accepted for Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar
Jackie Patterson, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, and Emilee Lewis, MD, Assistant Professor in Hospital Pediatrics, have been accepted to the AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar.
This popular and highly interactive seminar provides women at the assistant professor level with foundational leadership knowledge and skills that will enable them to achieve their career goals, advance, and thrive as a successful leader in academic medicine and science.
The seminar will present a foundation for modeling leadership behavior, and participants will learn critical skills and strategies to assist them as they prepare for academic promotion/advancement and to identify and take advantage of leadership opportunities.
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Katherine Chan - UNC Urology's
First Vice Chair for Research
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We are thrilled to share that Katherine Chan, MD, MPH, a distinguished surgeon-scientist and Director of the Pediatric Kidney Stone Clinic, was named UNC Urology's inaugural Vice Chair for Research beginning April 1st. Dr. Chan brings a wealth of experience in conducting and leading funded research, as well as a passion for translating scientific discoveries into improved patient outcomes.
As a surgeon-scientist, Dr. Chan has been principal investigator for multiple NIH-funded research projects over the past 4 years. Her latest research focus is developing a decision-making tool for parents whose children have hypospadias. Her team is also creating a patient-centered outcomes tool to study the long-term effects in adolescents and young adults after hypospadias repair as children.
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NIH Study Examines Early Life Factors Affecting Behavior and Well-Being of Young Children | |
"Conditions during pregnancy and early infancy can identify toddlers who may benefit from early enriched services," said Julie Hofheimer, PhD.
Children born preterm and those whose families experienced social, environmental, or economic hardships were more likely to have persistent behavior difficulties, according to new research funded by the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program (ECHO) at the National Institutes of Health.
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UNC Child Neurology Researchers Led UNC Trial Site for Rett Syndrome Treatment | |
This spring, Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that FDA approved DAYBUE (trofinetide) for the treatment of Rett syndrome in adult and pediatric patients two years of age and older. DAYBUE is the first and only drug approved for the treatment of Rett syndrome.
The UNC School of Medicine was part of this multi-site clinical trial, led by Yael Shiloh-Malawsky, MD, associate professor of neurology. Co-investigators were Diana Cejas, MD, MPH, and Jane Fan, MD, professor of neurology. The lead study coordinator was Yulissa Gonzalez.
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UNC Children's at the
2023 UNC Science Expo
Big thanks to Sondi Stachowski and Dr. Becky Baum and CRI for their outreach on youth mental health and well being at the UNC Science Expo. The photo above is of our great cross-departmental team that came together to do it together with our colleagues in the department of psychiatry.
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, in partnership with the students and faculty at UNC, celebrate science with our community.
This annual celebration of science features more than 100 hands-on activities and science demonstrations led by STEM students, researchers, and practitioners from UNC-Chapel Hill. The UNC Science Expo is your chance to get up close and personal with cutting edge science hands-on activities, demonstrations, games, and performances.
The UNC Science Expo is a signature event of the North Carolina Science Festival.
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UNC Shines at the Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology Meeting
Congratulations on another successful Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology (SPA) meeting for UNC! Members of the team also contributed to this years Society for Pediatric Pain Management (SPPM) and the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (CCAS) meetings in Austin, TX. Through leadership, scholarship and advocacy, our team greatly contributes to the care of pediatric patients and to the advancement of the field of pediatric anesthesiology.
Check out the attached document highlighting this great work. Dr. Pittenger is grateful to all who contributed to the meeting and for those who stayed back to hold down the fort. It was also thrilling to see prior trainees who are also doing amazing things in their clinical and academic practices and who are forever grateful for their training here at UNC. While we may be a smaller pediatric anesthesia program when compared to the Bostons and CHOPs of the world, the UNC Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology remains highly respected across the society and is making a difference in the perioperative care of children across the county!
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Researchers Announce Findings from Landmark Clinical Trial for Pediatric Crohn's Disease | |
Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH, was the lead PI on the clinical trial, which followed nearly 300 children with Crohn's to evaluate how their conditions changed in response to anti-TNF biologic treatments alone or in combination with a second immune suppressive medication.
This significant clinical trial found that patients receiving the tumor necrosis factor inhibitor adalimumab combined with a low dose of methotrexate, a second immunosuppressant, did better than those treated with adalimumab alone. However, patients initiating infliximab, another tumor necrosis factor inhibitor, had similar outcomes with or without methotrexate.
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Eve Wu Appointed as New CARRA Registry Co-PI
It is with great pleasure that we announce that Dr. Eve Wu, Division Chief, Pediatric Rheumatology, Associate Professor, Pediatric Rheumatology, and Associate Professor, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at UNC Children’s Research Institute, has been named as co-Principal Investigator of the CARRA Registry, joining both Drs. Mary Beth Son and Dr. Mara Becker in this role. Dr. Wu has had a long-standing commitment to CARRA. Since joining CARRA in 2008, Dr. Wu has served as co-leader of the CNO/CRMO workgroup since 2018, vice chair Rare Disease (RD) Research Committee from 2020 – 2022, and now chair of this committee since July of 2022. Dr. Wu's appointment was announced at the CARRA Annual Meeting in New Orleans in March. Congratulations, Eve!
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Bianca Allison, MD – General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine – and team published: Single-visit insertion of long-acting reversible contraception in a single health system. Stuart GS, Yates L, Crump J, Allison BA, Navarro AL, Tadikonda A, Neal-Perry G, Arora KS. Contraception. 2023 Mar 15:110009. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2023.110009. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36931546
Maria Boucher, MD – Hematology/Oncology – was included in the WRAL story: Sickle Cell Disease in newborns: What you need to know.
Laura Cannon, MD and Eve Wu, MD, MSCR – Rheumatology – Calcinosis in juvenile dermatomyositis: Updates on pathogenesis and treatment. Pinotti CS, Cannon L, Dvergsten JA, Wu EY. Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 Mar 2;10:1155839. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1155839. eCollection 2023. PMID: 36936211
Maria Ferris, MD – General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine – and team published: Stakeholders' perspectives on caregiver outcomes for health care transition for adolescents and young adults with special health care needs: A qualitative study. Fair CV, Betz C, Naranjo D, Porter J, Bailey EC, Korycinski H, Ferris M. Child Care Health Dev. 2023 Mar 10. doi: 10.1111/cch.13114. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36905081
Misty Good, MD, MS - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - presented at the 2023 Association of American Physicians/American Society for Clinical Investigation/American Physician Scientists Association Joint Meeting at the Research Pathways Directors Annual Workshop titled, “Carolina Child Health Scholars Program: UNC Pediatric Physician-Scientist Training Program” to highlight our new program initiatives to foster the development of pediatric physician-scientists in training at UNC.
Dr. Good also published: Fecal Keratin 8 Is a Noninvasive and Specific Marker for Intestinal Injury in Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Wang K, Tao G, Sun Z, Wei J, Liu J, Taylor J, Gibson M, Mostaghimi M, Good M, Sylvester KG. J Immunol Res. 2023 Mar 14;2023:5356646. PMID: 36959922
Jennifer Goralski, MD – Pulmonology – was included in the Healio article: Triple therapy shows safety, tolerability for young children with cystic fibrosis.
Ajay Gulati, MD – Gastroenterology - received an award notification for the project “Cellular biomarkers for pediatric Crohn's disease” from the Helmsley Charitable Trust for $1,015,144 over 2.5 years.
Julie Hofheimer, PhD and Mike O’Shea, MD – Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine – published:
Risk Factors for Postpartum Depression and Severe Distress among Mothers of Very Preterm Infants at NICU Discharge. Hofheimer JA, McGowan EC, Smith LM, Meltzer-Brody S, Carter BS, Dansereau LM, PastyrnakS, HeldermanJB, Neal CR, DellaGrottaSA, O'Shea TMD, Lester BM. Am J Perinatol. 2023 Apr 18. PMID: 37072014
Katherine Jordan, MD and Elizabeth Walters, DNP, CPNP-PC – General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine – published: Improving Pediatric Asthma Care Through Asthma Apps: A Narrative Review. Wittwer LH, Walters E, Jordan K. Journal for Nurse Practitioners. March 2023. doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2022.11.010.
Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH – Gastroenterology – published: Comparative Effectiveness of Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor in Combination with Low-Dose Methotrexate vs Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Monotherapy in Pediatric Crohn's Disease: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial. Kappelman MD, Wohl DA, Herfarth HH, Firestine AM, Adler J, Ammoury RF, Aronow JE, Bass DM, Bass JA, Benkov K, Tobi CB, Boccieri ME, Boyle BM, Brinkman WB, Cabera JM, Chun K, Colletti RB, Dodds CM, Dorsey JM, Ebach DR, Entrena E, Forrest CB, Galanko JA, Grunow JE, Gulati AS, Ivanova A, Jester TW, Kaplan JL, Kugathasan S, Kusek ME, Leibowitz IH, Linville TM, Lipstein EA, Margolis PA, Minar P, Rios ZM, Moses J, Olano KK, Osaba L, Palomo PJ, Pappa H, Park KT, Pashankar DS, Pitch L, Robinson M, Samson CM, Sandberg KC, Schuchard JR, Seid M, Shelly KA, Steiner SJ, Strople JA, Sullivan JS, Tung J, Wali P, Zikry M, Weinberger M, Saeed SA, Bousvaros A. Gastroenterology. 2023 Mar 31: S0016-5085(23)00538-3. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2023.03.224.
Corinne Keet, MD, PhD – Allergy/Immunology – was included articles:
Why Do Some People Develop Allergies in Adulthood? (New York Times)
Why some allergies come and go as you age (The Advisory Board)
Why do some people develop allergies in adulthood? (The Economic Times)
Edwin Kim, MD – Allergy/Immunology – was included in the articles:
Peanut sublingual immunotherapy reaches clinically significant desensitization in children. (Healio)
Q&A: Sublingual immunotherapy safe, effective for children with peanut allergy. (Healio)
Peanut Sublingual Immunotherapy Safe, Effective. (Physician’s Weekly)
Fernando Moya, MD – UNC Wilmington- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine – published: Unintended Consequences of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Environment: Integrative Review of Single-Family Room Unit Design. Jones CW, Moya F, Lynch N. Adv Neonatal Care. 2023 Apr 1;23(2):151-159. PMID: 35939818
Matt Laughon, MD, MPH - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - in collaboration with Duke and ECU, was awarded a competitive renewal of their Neonatal Research Network (UG1HD040492) 7 year grant titled, “North Carolina Clinical Center.”
Alice Pan, PharmD with Eve Wu, MD, MSCR, and Laura Cannon, MD – Rheumatology – published: Biologics to the rescue: changing the treatment paradigm in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Pan A, Wu EY, Cannon L. Contemp Pediatr 2023 Apr; 40: 7.
Mike O’Shea, MD – Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine – had his mentee, Margaret Pinder, UNC undergraduate (class of 2023), present a talk titled “Breaking the link between poor maternal health and adverse child health outcomes” at the 2023 Break the Cycle Conference, sponsored by the Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) at Emory University, the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine, and the Department of Pediatrics at Morehouse School of Medicine. Margaret’s presentation was recognized as the “Presentation most likely to break the cycle of children's environmental health disparities in the immediate future.”
Dr. O’Shea also published: CpG methylation patterns in placenta and neonatal blood are differentially associated with neonatal inflammation. Eaves LA, Enggasser AE, Camerota M, Gogcu S, Gower WA, Hartwell H, Jackson WM, Jensen E, Joseph RM, Marsit CJ, Roell K, Santos HP Jr, Shenberger JS, Smeester L, Yanni D, Kuban KCK, O'Shea TM, Fry RC. Pediatr Res. 2023 Mar;93(4):1072-1084. doi: 10.1038/s41390-022-02150-4. Epub 2022 Jun 28. PMID: 35764815
A multi-omic approach identifies an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) regulatory complex of functional epimutations in placentas from children born preterm. Freedman AN, Clark J, Eaves LA, Roell K, Oran A, Koval L, Rager J, Santos HP Jr, Kuban K, Joseph RM, Frazier J, Marsit CJ, Burt AA, O'Shea TM, Fry RC. Autism Res. 2023 Mar 20. PMID: 36938998
Martha Perry, MD – General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine – was included in the JAMA article: Teen Girls Are Faring Worse Than Boys on Nearly All Mental Health Measures—Here’s Why.
Matthew Pizzuto, MD – Pediatric Critical Care Medicine – with other UNC colleagues, published:
Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Discharged Directly Home From the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Pizzuto MF, Sutton AG, Schroeder KS, Bravo MA, Li L, Kihlstrom MJ. J Intensive Care Med. 2023 Mar 9:8850666231162530. doi: 10.1177/08850666231162530. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36895117
Increasing Seizures, Encephalopathy, and Hypothermia in an 18-Year-Old Woman. Thompson TZ, Rearick WA, Pizzuto MF, Quinsey C, Enyart CE, Trau SP. Pediatrics. 2023 Mar 1;151(3):e2022057229. doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-057229. PMID: 36756724
Bradley Podd, MD – UNC Wilmington – Pediatric Critical Care Medicine – published: Early, persistent lymphopenia is associated with prolonged multiple organ failure and mortality in septic children. Podd, BS*, Banks RK*, Reeder R, Telford R, Holubkob R, Carcillo J, Berg RA, Wessel D, Murray PM, Meert K, Hall MW, Newth C, Lin JC, Doctor A, Shanley T, Cornell T, Harrison RE, Zuppa AF, Sward K, Dean JM, Randolph AG on behalf of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. Critical Care Medicine. Accepted for publication.
Brittany Raffa, MD – General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine – was awarded an AAP CATCH Planning Grant for her project on "Identifying priorities in NC Latinx Communities”, an important project with great potential for addressing regional disparities.
Dr. Raffa also published: Ingestion of Illicit Substances by Young Children Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Raffa BJ, Schilling S, Henry MK, Ritter V, Bennett CE, Huang JS, Laub N. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Apr 3;6(4):e239549. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.9549. PMID: 37083660.
Immigration Policy and the Health of Latina Mothers and Their Infants. Raffa BJ, Swartz JJ, Ranapurwala SI, Zhao C, Cholera R. J Immigr Minor Health. 2023 Apr 5. doi: 10.1007/s10903-023-01476-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37020058
Carl Seashore, MD – General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine – and team published: Effect of Tailored Coaching on Physicians’ Electronic Health Record Proficiency and User Experience: A Randomized Crossover Study. Khairat S, Chourasia P, Kwong E, Choi JM, Seashore C. Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health. Volume 1, Issue 2, 2023. Pages 94-104. ISSN 2949-7612. doi.org/10.1016/j.mcpdig.2023.02.005.
John Stephens, MD and Mike Steiner, MD – General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine – published: Variation in stool testing for children with acute gastrointestinal infections. Markham JL, Hall M, Collins ME, Shah SS, Molloy MJ, Aronson PL, Cotter JM, Steiner MJ, McCoy E, Tchou MJ, Stephens JR. J Hosp Med. 2023 Mar 29. doi: 10.1002/jhm.13087. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36988413
Eve Wu, MD, MSCR – Rheumatology – published: Intra-articular delivery of AAV vectors encoding PD-L1 attenuates joint inflammation and tissue damage in a mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis. Li W, Sun J, Feng SL, Wang F, Miao MZ, Wu EY, Wallet S, Loeser R, Li C. Front Immunol. 2023 Mar 3;14:1116084. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1116084. eCollection 2023. PMID: 36936967
Jessica Young, MD and Rebecca Baum, MD – General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine – published: Early Childhood Investments to Improve the Mental Health of Disadvantaged Youth. Young J, Baum RA. Pediatrics. 2023 Apr 3:e2022060264. doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-060264. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37009673
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Wrexham and Chelsea Match to support
Pediatric Hematology Oncology Clinic at UNC Children’s
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Kenan Stadium will host its own special event this summer, as it was announced that two United Kingdom football clubs will travel across the pond to play a friendly match in Chapel Hill on July 19, 2023.
If you’re interested in going, the public ticket sale starts next Thursday, April 27th at FCSeries.com. No information about ticket costs were given, but considering the event is being hosted on campus, organized by a third party, and has two teams coming, don’t expect the ticket price to be cheap.
The good news about ticket sales is that some portion will be going to a good cause. A portion of every ticket sold will be donated to the Pediatric Hematology Oncology Clinic at UNC Children’s Hospital.
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Binta Diallo, RN, BSN, CCRN
UNC Children’s PICU
As told to Sarah Yahr Tucker for MEDSCAPE
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Emergencies happen anywhere, anytime, and sometimes medical professionals find themselves in situations where they are the only ones who can help.
Binta Diallo, RN, recently happened to be at H Mart in Cary when a woman came in with her one-week-old baby who had no pulse and was not breathing. She sprang into action and performed CPR, saving the baby’s life.
“I took off my mask and opened her mouth. I took a deep breath and blew a little bit of air in her mouth,” said Diallo. “I continued CPR for maybe 5 or 10 seconds.
“And then she gasped! She opened her eyes, but they were rolled up. I was still doing CPR, and maybe two seconds after that, I could feel under my hand a very rapid heart rate. I took my hand away and lifted her up.”
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