UNC Health Care Tar Heel Trauma

Mid Carolina Trauma Regional Advisory Committee

2023

David, Meredith, and Lee Fitch

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Special Guests: Trauma Survivor

Meredith and David Fitch are parents of Lee (age 12) and Virginia (age 14).  David is a native Chapel Hillian and the family is deeply rooted in this community.  On March 5, 2021, this family’s life forever changed when Lee was hit by a vehicle while riding his bike in a downtown neighborhood.

Paul Perryman, MSN, MS, RN, NE-BC

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Associate Director, Inpatient Psychiatry
UNC Medical Center

Paul is a second career nurse after being a middle school and high school science teacher. In 2008, Paul began his nursing career in a medical step down unit and progressed to the Cardiothoracic ICU, where he advanced through the clinical ladder over the course of 5 years. In 2016, eager for an opportunity to lead a team of nurses, Paul took a step outside his critical care box towards Inpatient Psychiatry. During his time there, he has managed Geropsychiatry, Adult Crisis, and Perinatal Psychiatry units, as well as the Electroconvulsive Therapy Clinic. In 2020, Paul was given the opportunity to serve in his current role as the Associate Director for Inpatient Psychiatry at UNC Hospitals with a primary responsibility at the Chapel Hill Campus. During his time in Psychiatry, Paul has served as Co-Chair for the Workplace Safety Program Council, started a Behavioral Response Team Oversight Committee and coordinated the opening of a COIVD Psychiatric Unit.

Cherilyn Ariel Marrs, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FNP-C

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Nurse Practitioner, UNC Acute and General Surgery

Ariel Marrs, DNP, is a trauma nurse practitioner at UNC Hospital. She received her Master of Science in Nursing degree and Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at Frontier Nursing University. Her Doctoral project focused on adequately screening and treating mental health disorders in underserved populations of North Carolina. Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner in the Department of Acute and General Surgery at UNC, she worked 6 years as a trauma nurse at UNC Hospital and 2 years as a primary care provider. Ariel has served on many committees at UNC, and most recently has helped implement the Trauma Resilience and Recovery Program at UNC, a multidisciplinary clinical service designed to address the mental health needs of patients with traumatic injuries.