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Thomas Ferkol, MD
Professor and Division Chief, Pediatric Pulmonology
UNC Health Provider
UNC Health providers are employed by an organization within UNC Health.
Specialties
Pediatric Pulmonology
984-974-7337
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM 7:30 AM - 5:30 PMClosed Today Closed Today 
Accepting New Patients
Location Information
UNC Hospitals Children's Specialty Clinic
On Public Transportation, Handicap Accessible
101 Manning Drive
Ground Floor
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
US
On Public Transportation, Handicap AccessiblePhone:
984-974-7337
Hours
| Day of the Week | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM |
| Tuesday | 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM |
| Thursday | 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM |
| Friday | 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
About the Provider
Specialties
- Pediatric Pulmonology
Provider Details
Type: Clinician, Researcher
Gender: Male
Additional Practice Locations for Thomas Ferkol, MD
About Thomas Ferkol, MD
I am a pediatric pulmonologist with over thirty years of experience, who has special expertise in suppurative lung diseases, like cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, and non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. My research has largely focused of genetic and molecular factors that contribute to chronic airway infection, inflammation, and epithelial injury, with nearly thirty-years of continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health...
I am a pediatric pulmonologist with over thirty years of experience, who has special expertise in suppurative lung diseases, like cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, and non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. My research has largely focused of genetic and molecular factors that contribute to chronic airway infection, inflammation, and epithelial injury, with nearly thirty-years of continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health. I have also authored or co-written over 200 original articles, scholarly reviews, and book chapters on these and other pulmonary conditions that affect children and adolescents.
UNC Health Affiliations
- UNC Health Children's
- UNC Health Rex
- UNC Hospitals
Languages
- English
Medical School
- Ohio State University, 1981 - 1985
Residency
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986 - 1989
- Area: Pediatrics
- Honors: Chief Resident, 1988-1989
Fellowship
- University Hospitals Case Western Reserve, 1989 - 1992
- Area: Pediatric Pulmonology
Certifications
- Pediatrics, Board Certified, 2014
- Pediatrics-Pediatric Pulmonology, Board Certified, 2009
US Drug Enforcement Agency-Certified, 2022
Insurance Accepted
- Aetna Commercial Plans (Other than Aetna Whole Health)
- Aetna Whole Health (Tier 2)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage Plans (Other than Aetna Prime HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina Medicaid
- BCBSNC Commercial Plans
- North Carolina State Employees Health Benefit Plan (Active employees)
- BCBSNC Blue Home with UNC Health Alliance
- BCBSNC Medicare Advantage (Other than Experience Health)
- Healthy Blue Medicaid
- Carolina Complete Health Medicaid (Centene)
- Cigna Commercial Plans (Other than Cigna Connect)
- Cigna Secure Medicare Advantage
- Contigo Health Plan (WakeMed employees only)
- Humana Medicare Advantage PPO
- Humana Medicare Private Fee-for-Service
- North Carolina State Employee Health Benefit Plan (Medicare Advantage for retirees)
- Liberty Advantage Medicare Advantage
- MedCost PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Commercial Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare Exchange (ACA) Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Medicaid
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- WellCare of North Carolina Medicaid
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