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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) & Pediatric Hospitalist Physicians

Pediatric Intensivists 

 

Mark Piehl, MD
Medical Director, WakeMed Children's, WakeMed Faculty Physicians - Pediatrics

Dr. Mark Piehl is a board-certified pediatrician who has been medical director of WakeMed Children's Hospital since 2009, and also is director of pediatrics for WakeMed Faculty Physicians - Pediatrics. He is clinical associate professor of pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine.

He received his medical degree with honors from the UNC School of Medicine and his master of public health from the UNC School of Public Health. He completed his residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. He also earned a Zertifikat Deutsch (an internationally recognized exam of German language ability) from the University of Würzburg in Germany. He holds a bachelor's degree in German from Davidson College.

Dr. Piehl is certified in internal medicine and pediatrics, with a subspecialty certification in pediatric critical care. He also holds certification in pediatric advanced life support, which he instructs. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a member of the North Carolina Pediatric Society, the National Association of Inpatient Physicians, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. 

 

 

David Adams, MD

Dr. David Adams is a board-certified pediatrician who joins Wake Faculty Physicians - Pediatrics as a pediatric intensivist with extensive experience in critical care and emergency pediatric medicine. He is clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.

Dr. Adams came to WakeMed from specializing in pediatric critical care at Betty Cameron Women and Children's Hospital in Wilmington, NC. He previously was the attending physician in pediatric emergency medicine at Cape Fear Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, NC, and also practiced privately in Evanston, WY.

He received his medical degree from the Creighton University School of Medicine, and completed his internship and residency in pediatrics at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital. He also completed a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at Duke University Children's Hospital. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Wyoming.

Dr. Adams is certified in pediatrics and in pediatric critical care by the American Board of Pediatrics. He also holds certifications in advanced trauma life support and pediatric advanced life support.

 

 

Bridget Donell, MD

Dr. Bridget Donell has been a board-certified pediatric intensivist and pediatric hospitalist with WakeMed Faculty Physicians - Pediatrics since 2009, and also is a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine. She is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric critical care.

She received her medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and completed her pediatric residency at UNC, followed by a pediatric critical care fellowship, also at UNC. She also has a master's degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia, and a bachelor's degree in molecular and cell biology from Pennsylvania State University.

Dr. Donell is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Society of Critical Care Medicine. In addition to her board certification with the American Board of Pediatrics, she is certified in Pediatric Advanced Life Support.

 

Travis Honeycutt, MD

Dr. Travis Honeycutt is a board-certified pediatrician who has been with WakeMed Faculty Physicians - Pediatrics since 2006, specializing in pediatric intensive care and inpatient pediatrics. He has previous experience with the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill Department of Pediatrics, Division of Community Pediatrics, where he was clinical instructor of pediatrics, and also as an employee physician in Wilmington Health Associates' Children's Clinic.

He received his medical degree with distinction from the UNC School of Medicine, and completed his pediatric residency at the UNC Department of Pediatrics. He also was a pediatric critical care fellow in the UNC Department of Pediatrics Division of Critical Care. He earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Duke University.

Dr. Honeycutt has extensive experience in providing medical care in developing countries. While in medical school, he was awarded a fellowship to study a Kenyan pediatric immunization program and worked in a pediatric hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. He also worked with an AIDS Care Team and Mano Amiga Orphanage in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, has organized and led a volunteer public health campaign and home visitation for Outward Bound International in Costa Rica, served in the pediatric intensive care unit at Hospital Nacional de Los Ninos in San Jose, Costa Rica, and led and organized a multidisciplinary team to develop pediatric intensive care services in Kampala, Uganda.

He is certified in pediatrics and in pediatric critical care by the American Board of Pediatrics, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He also is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

 

  Stephen Leinenweber, MD

Dr. Stephen Leinenweber is a board-certified pediatrician who brings to Wake Faculty Physicians - Pediatrics extensive experience as a pediatric critical care physician with emphasis on traumatic brain injury, bioethics and teaching. His training in pediatric critical illness led him to basic science research and clinical research in traumatic brain injury, and he plans to continue this interest through clinical research, hospital committees and improving the care of pediatric patients who have suffered a traumatic injury.

He is assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of North Carolina Department of Pediatrics, and is a consulting associate for the Department of Pediatrics at Duke University Medical Center. He has focused his efforts on teaching post-graduate physicians and medical students the broad area of critical illness in the pediatric patient, and also has developed a teaching model to incorporate non-physicians (philosophers and attorneys with an interest in bioethics) into rounds/conferences to teach learners about bioethics.

Dr. Leinenweber received his medical degree from Rush Medial College in Chicago, and completed his pediatric residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago and a pediatric critical care fellowship at Duke University Medical Center. He also served as an international medical volunteer at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center in Moshi, Tanzania. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame.

He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in pediatric critical care.

 

Pediatric Hospitalists 

Karen Chilton, MD

Dr. Karen Chilton is a board-certified pediatrician with WakeMed Faculty Physicians - Pediatrics who specializes in inpatient pediatrics/pediatric intensive care. She has been medical director of WakeMed's Comprehensive Pediatric Asthma Program since June 2005.

She received her medical degree from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, and completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She earned a bachelor's in biology from Western Maryland College.

Dr. Chilton has formally lectured residents and medical students on various topics, conducted clinical teaching on pertinent topics during rounds with residents and students, and completed the Pediatric Advanced Life Support instructor course with plans to teach pediatric advanced life support to WakeMed employees and the surrounding medical community. 

 

  Holly Warner, RN, MSN, FNP

Holly Warner is a board-certified advanced practice nurse with WakeMed Faculty Physicians - Pediatrics with more than 17 years of practical experience in hospital, primary care, and academic environments.  Her special interests include child maltreatment and neglect, and developmental disorders of childhood. She also serves as a clinical preceptor for Duke University pediatric nurse practitioner students, teaching continuing education classes for experienced pediatric nurses and orientation classes for new pediatric nurses. 

As a family nurse practitioner, Ms. Warner is responsible for managing inpatient pediatric patients, and specializes in medical care for children who are victims of child abuse, including acute medical care, communication with Child Protective Services and law enforcement when indicated, and developing safe discharge plans with appropriate follow up.
 
She received her Master of Science in nursing, family nurse practitioner and her Bachelor of Science in nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, and holds certification in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).

 

 

Michael G. Goley, MSN, RN, CPNP

Michael Goley is a board-certified pediatric nurse practitioner who joins WakeMed Faculty Physicians - Pediatrics as a clinical instructor with The University of North Carolina School of Nursing, where he supervises undergraduate nursing students on a Pediatric Unit and family nurse practitioners and pediatric nurse practitioners in their clinical rotations.

His previous experience includes per diem nurse liaison for Walgreen's Optioncare and ward team coordinator/pediatric nurse practitioner for the Pediatric Hospitalist Team at The University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He serves on the Master's Admission Committee for the School of Nursing at UNC-Chapel Hill.

He received his Master of Science in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of South Carolina at Columbia. He is a member of the national and local chapters of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Sigma Theta Tau International Alpha Xi Chapter. He holds certification in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).

 

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