UNC Children's - North Carolina Children's Hospital

UNC Children's - North Carolina Children's Hospital As a major referral center for children with complex medical and surgical conditions, N.C. We welcome open, honest, and authentic dialogue.

Children's Hospital is nationally recognized as one of the country's best comprehensive care centers for the most critically ill and injured children. About UNC Health

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research. UNC Health is an integrated healthcare system owned by the state of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill. It exists to further the teaching mission of the University of North Carolina and to provide state-of-the-art patient care. UNC Health is comprised of UNC Hospitals at Chapel Hill, ranked consistently among the best medical centers in the country; the UNC School of Medicine, a nationally eminent research institution; Pardee UNC Health Care in Hendersonville; Chatham Hospital in Siler City; Johnston Health in Clayton and Smithfield; UNC Lenoir Health Care in Kinston; Wayne UNC Health Care in Goldsboro; Caldwell UNC Health Care in Lenoir; Nash UNC Health Care in Rocky Mount; UNC Rockingham Health Care in Eden, Onslow Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, UNC Health Southeastern in Lumberton, UNC REX Healthcare and its provider network in Wake County; UNC Health Blue Ridge in the Morganton area; and the UNC Physicians Network. For more information, please visit www.unchealth.org


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🎃 Happy Halloween from all of us at UNC Children’s!
10/31/2025

🎃 Happy Halloween from all of us at UNC Children’s!

The scariest thing about Halloween isn’t skeletons or haunted houses, it’s distracted drivers, says UNC Health pediatric...
10/31/2025

The scariest thing about Halloween isn’t skeletons or haunted houses, it’s distracted drivers, says UNC Health pediatric emergency department physician Daniel Park, MD.

Here’s what you need to know to keep trick-or-treaters safe and having a blast.

Take some precautions so you can avoid a real scare, like a trip to the emergency room.

Halloween can be just as much fun for kids with food allergies. Here are three ways to help you and your family have a s...
10/31/2025

Halloween can be just as much fun for kids with food allergies. Here are three ways to help you and your family have a safe and happy Halloween.

With extra vigilance, kids with allergies can safely trick or treat.

Happy Halloween from all of our beautiful babies in the UNC Children's NICU. 👻🧡
10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from all of our beautiful babies in the UNC Children's NICU. 👻🧡

Is your child nervous about Halloween? UNC Health licensed clinical social worker and therapist Sam Flescher offers his ...
10/30/2025

Is your child nervous about Halloween? UNC Health licensed clinical social worker and therapist Sam Flescher offers his advice.

©️ Getty Images - Roberto Westbrook 3 Ways to Calm Halloween Nerves October 14, 2024 Autism, Kids and Mental Health For most kids, Halloween is a ton of fun—they get to have a party at school, wear a costume to look like their favorite character and—of course—there’s free candy. But it’...

$79,197 raised!Huge thanks to everyone who ran, gave, sponsored, and cheered at the Liam Strong Charity Beach Run. This ...
10/28/2025

$79,197 raised!

Huge thanks to everyone who ran, gave, sponsored, and cheered at the Liam Strong Charity Beach Run. This annual Wrightsville Beach 5K/Fun Run honors Liam Fredric Batten and supports care for kids at UNC Children’s.

Grateful for this amazing community—see you next year. 🧡

10/27/2025

When doctors found a lump in his back, Tondrick Robinson was diagnosed with scoliosis. Guided by his UNC Health care team, he underwent surgery and became one of the first patients to benefit from UNC Health’s groundbreaking bone MRI technology. Tondrick's been doing well since surgery, and he's eager to get back to marching band soon!

Thank you to Sigma Chi Alpha Tau at UNC! 💙This week, members of Sigma Chi presented a $20,000 donation to benefit the UN...
10/22/2025

Thank you to Sigma Chi Alpha Tau at UNC! 💙

This week, members of Sigma Chi presented a $20,000 donation to benefit the UNC Children’s Research Institute—funds they raised through their annual Derby Days philanthropy week.

The brothers organized creative events including a car wash, a flag football tournament, and t-shirt sales, rallying their peers and the Chapel Hill community around one shared goal: supporting children’s health and advancing pediatric research right here at UNC.

Their generosity will help UNC Children’s physician-scientists pursue discoveries that improve treatments and outcomes for kids across North Carolina.

Thank you, Sigma Chi, for your incredible energy, teamwork, and commitment to making a difference for our youngest patients! 💙🐏

Bullying can be physical, verbal or take place online, via social media networks or direct messaging.UNC Health clinical...
10/16/2025

Bullying can be physical, verbal or take place online, via social media networks or direct messaging.

UNC Health clinical psychologist Danielle Roubinov, PhD, shares some tips to spot the signs of bullying —and what to do.

Parents can help improve behavior whether their child is bullied or bullying.

Last week we joined our friends from Hyundai Hope On Wheels to celebrate their incredible support for our Pediatric Hema...
10/16/2025

Last week we joined our friends from Hyundai Hope On Wheels to celebrate their incredible support for our Pediatric Hematology-Oncology program.

Thanks to their passionate generosity, we are creating more comforting, functional spaces for children receiving cancer treatment.

This grant is also strengthening our research efforts, helping us collect and study tumor samples that fuel new discoveries in childhood cancer treatment. Each of these investments helps make care at UNC Children’s more compassionate today and more innovative tomorrow!

Special thanks to Kelsie Boykin, Aftercare Program Coordinator, for sharing how these updates are transforming the clinic experience for patients and families, and to Dr. Ian Davis for highlighting the advances this funding makes possible in our research labs.

Together, we’re building brighter futures — one handprint at a time! 💙✋

Just because pregnancy loss is common doesn’t mean it’s easy to process.“Perinatal loss can feel like psychological juji...
10/16/2025

Just because pregnancy loss is common doesn’t mean it’s easy to process.

“Perinatal loss can feel like psychological jujitsu to work through,” says Julia Riddle, MD, a UNC Health psychiatrist with a focus in reproductive mental health.

It’s OK to grieve and “feel the feelings.” Experts share their tips.

There are a lot of theories about what causes autism, but not everything you hear is backed by scientific evidence. Here...
10/15/2025

There are a lot of theories about what causes autism, but not everything you hear is backed by scientific evidence. Here’s what autism experts have learned over decades of research.

Genetics may play the biggest role.

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As a top-tier academic medical center, UNC Children's protects the health of children throughout North Carolina and beyond, no matter how critical or rare their challenges. More than merely treating patients, we uphold a four-tiered mission to "CARE," aligning clinical care, advocacy, research, and education to deliver world-class, patient- and family-centered care—always regardless of a family's ability to pay. UNC Children's offers complete inpatient and outpatient care at our state-of-the-art clinical home, N.C. Children's Hospital, a part of UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. We also bring leading-edge care closer to home through more than two dozen satellite outpatient clinics located throughout North Carolina and a partnership with New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. Specialties: UNC Children's specialty-trained physicians, nurses and clinical staff offer expert care in the following pediatric subspecialties: allergy, cardiology, critical care medicine, dentistry, dermatology, developmental-behavioral medicine, emergency medicine, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general pediatrics and adolescent medicine, genetics and metabolism, hematology-oncology, immunology, infectious disease, neonatal-perinatal medicine, nephrology, occupational therapy and physical therapy, psychiatry/psychology, pulmonology, radiology, and rehabilitation. Pediatric surgery specialties include anesthesiology, general surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology/head and neck surgery, plastic surgery, and urology. Specialty Care Units: N.C. Children’s Hospital's inpatient services include neonatal intensive care, pediatric intensive care, cardiac intensive care, and general medical and surgical beds for children. Other specialty inpatient programs include pediatric organ transplant programs for kidney, heart, lung and liver. The Children's Hospital also has a pediatric-specific Level 1 trauma center.