Dr. Preeti Matkins is the Medical Director of Pat's Place Child Advocacy Center as well as a faculty physician in the Division of General Academic Pediatrics and the Division of Adolescent Medicine. Dr. Matkins works with children of all ages within the hospital, Pat's Place, and Teen Health Connection.
Dr. Matkins graduated from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and received her medical degree from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric internship and residency at Carolinas Medical Center. Upon completing her residency she joined the Department of Pediatrics Faculty at Carolinas Medical Center and serves as as an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
Clinical Interests:
Education:
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry with Honors and Distinction
Chapel Hill, NC
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine
Chapeil Hill, NC
Post Graduate Training:
Carolinas Medical Center
Pediatric Internship and Residency
Charlotte, NC
Honors:
America's Top Pediatricians 2005
Cambridge Who's Who Executive and Professional Registry
Invited Attendee, Oxford Round Table: Child Safety August 2008
Certifications:
FLEX, passed June 1992
Pediatric Board Certified
PALS provider/instructor 1992 to present
Child Medical Examiner Program/Trainer and Examiner 1995-present
Certified Trainer for Child Protective Services Child Maltreatment Investigators 1996-present
Touchpoints Trainer 2004-present
Professional Societies
American Academy of Pediatrics
North Carolina Pediatric Society
Subcommittee on Child Abuse and Neglect 2005-present
Charlotte Pediatric Society
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
Board Member, NC Chapter, American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children 2000-2005
Prevent Child Abuse, North Carolina 1996-2004
Ambulatory Pediatric Association
Society for Adolescent Medicine
Special Interest group on clinician bias and ethics, leader 2008
Special interest group on resident education 2006-present
Special interest group on quality initiatives 2008
NC Association of School Based School Linked Health Centers
Executive Board Member, 2006-present
Current Research Experience:
NC MARCH (NC Multicenter Adolescent Research Consortium for Health) Consortium of NC Adolescent Research Sites 2006-present
Pediatric Research in the Office Setting, AAP 2002-present
Recent Publications:
Matkins, P., "Substance Abuse". In 5 Minute Obstetrics & Gynecology Consult. 1st Edition; Hillard, P., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Philadelphia, PA,2008
Matkins, P., "Alcohol Use and Abuse." In 5 Minute Obstetrics & Gynecology Consult., 1st Edition; Hilliar, P., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Philadelphia, PA, 2008.
