Stephanie D. Davis, MD
Stephanie Duggins Davis, MD is the Edward C. Curnen Jr., Distinguished Professor and Chair for the Department of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also serves as the Physician-in-Chief of UNC Children’s. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned her MD from Bowman Gray (Wake Forest University) Medical School in Winston Salem, North Carolina. She then completed her pediatrics residency and pediatric pulmonology fellowship at Riley Children’s Hospital in Indiana.
As a pediatric pulmonologist, her research initiatives focus on respiratory diseases affecting young children including cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, and respiratory morbidity associated with preterm birth. She is a NIH funded investigator who has led or co-led several large clinical studies and/or trials. She has served in several national leadership roles. She is the current chair of the publications and policy committee for the American Thoracic Society. She was the President of the Society of Pediatric Research and Chair of the Pediatric Assembly for the American Thoracic Society. She also previously served as Chair of the Board of Directors for the American Board of Pediatrics.
Dr. Davis has received the Passion, Care, and Dedication (PCD) Award from the PCD Foundation and the Elizabeth A. Rich, MD award from the American Thoracic Society. She is an elected member of the American Pediatric Society. She has over 15 years of experience mentoring various levels of academic trainees including several pre-graduate students and more than 30 post-graduate trainees and/or Assistant/Associate level professors. Dr. Davis previously served on the NHLBI K23/K24 Mentored Patient Oriented Research (MPOR) Review Committee and currently serves as chair of the selection committee for the NICHD-funded Pediatric Scientist Development Program.
Dr. Davis lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with her husband, Dr. Sam Davis, who is an otolaryngologist with Rex Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists in Raleigh. They have three sons, Harrison, Jackson, and Parker.