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Critical Care medicine

Meet Our Team - Critical Care

Dr. Joyner

Benny L. Joyner Jr., MD, MPH

Chief, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, and Social Medicine
Director, UNC Clinical Skills and Patient Simulation Center (CSPSC)

Airway inflammation in pediatric patients suffering from inhalation injury, human simulation, and team training.

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Dr. Boyd

Jenny M. Boyd, MD

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Anesthesiology; Medical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Anesthesiology and pediatric critical care.

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Katherine C. Clement, MD

Katherine C. Clement, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology

Anesthesiology and pediatric critical care, Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS).

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Margaret Kihlstrom, MD

Margaret Kihlstrom, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology

Anesthesiology, pediatric critical care, sedation.

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Daniel Matthew Lercher, MD

Daniel Matthew Lercher, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

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Afsaneh Pirzadeh, MD

Afsaneh Pirzadeh, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology

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Stephanie Schwartz, MD

Stephanie Schwartz

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Pediatric Critical Care, anesthesiology, quality improvement and safety, ECMO.

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Paul Leo Shea, MD

Paul Leo Shea, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

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Rebecca Smith, MD

Rebecca Smith, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology

Traumatic brain injury, palliative care, transport medicine.

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Tina M. Schade Willis, MD

Tina M. Schade Willis, MD

Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology
Director of the UNC Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement

Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS), quality improvement, team training, and patient safety.

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Administrative Staff

  • Melissa Halkovic
    Division Administrator
  • Charlotte Weaver, MS
    Administrative Director
  • Tiffany Dias
    Administrative Specialist

Faculty from the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine lead several important UNC Children's program, including:

  • Afsaneh Pirzadeh, MD, directs UNC Children's Pediatric Rapid Response System, the first of its kind in North Carolina.
  • Afsaneh Pirzadeh, MD, is the physician leader for the Pediatric Schwartz Center Rounds, the first pediatric rounds established in North Carolina to provide staff support.
  • Three members of our faculty, Tina Schade Willis, MD, Benny Joyner, MD, and Afsaneh Pirzadeh, MD, have taken the initiative of becoming TeamSTEPPS™ Master Trainers. They have implemented this training throughout the division and in many other departments in the hospital in an effort to encourage communication, improve patient care and enhance the teamwork environment.
  • Jenny Boyd, MD, Katie Clement, MD, and Tina Schade Willis, MD, are actively involved in developing new clinical pathways, establishing new clinical protocols and heading all of the quality improvement efforts.
  • Katie Clement, MD, is involved in improving our ECMO program and introducing new technologies to UNC in an effort to continue to provide the best care available for our little patients.

Read tips and advice from other parents who’ve had a child in the PICU about ways you can care for your child and your family during this time.

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