Meet Our Team

Child Life Specialists help children cope with the stress and anxiety that often accompanies a hospital experience.

You might spot us in many different places throughout the hospital system, including the Children's Emergency Department, the Pediatric Unit, the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Day Surgery.

Learn more about what this team does at WakeMed.

	Julie - Certified Child Life Specialist Pediatric Surgical Services Clinical Student Site Supervisor Office phone: (919) 350-7166   BS in Child, Adult, and Family Services, Iowa State University Internship: Wolfson Children's Hospital, Jacksonville, FL
	Kathleen - Certified Child Life Specialist Pediatric Surgical Services Office phone: (919) 350-7166 BS in Child Development, Appalachian State University Internship:  WakeMed Health Hospitals, Raleigh, NC
	Susan - Certified Child Life Specialist Pediatrics / Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Office phone: (919) 350-8832 BA in English, University of North Carolina - Greensboro MS in Therapeutic Recreation, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Graduate Assistantship: UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC
	Sunisha - Certified Child Life Specialist Pediatrics / Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Office phone: (919) 350-8832 BS in Birth-Kindergarten Teacher Education, East Carolina University MS in Child Life, East Carolina University Internship:  Kidz First Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
	Erin - Certified Child Life Specialist Children's Emergency Department Office phone: (919) 350-7970 BS in Child Life, East Carolina University Internship: WakeMed Health Hospitals, Raleigh, NC
	Erin - Certified Child Life Specialist, ITFS Children's Emergency Department Office phone: (919) 350-7970 BS in Child Life, East Carolina University Internship: WakeMed Health Hospitals, Raleigh, NC
	Christen - Certified Child Life Specialist Casual Pool-Rotates Units BS in Child Life, East Carolina University Internship:  Kidz First Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand