News

January 10, 2024

Bailey Published in Pediatrics

Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Kelly Bailey, MD, PhD, for her recent publication of a State-of-The-Art review in ...

January 10, 2024

CHAMP Earns Two Major Awards

Pitt Pediatrics is excited and proud to announce that our community engagement group, CHAMP, has started this year off with a bang. Led by...

January 5, 2024

Sims-Lucas Published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Sunny Sims-Lucas, PhD, for his recent publication in the Journal of the American...

December 21, 2023

Torok Published in New England Journal of Medicine

Disabling pansclerotic morphea (DPM) is a rare systemic inflammatory disease first identified nearly a hundred years ago, though only a handful of patients have been diagnosed with it since....

December 18, 2023

Nowalk Named Vice Chair of International Relations

An announcement from the Chair of the Department of Pediatrics:

I am excited to announce the appointment of ...

December 13, 2023

Congratulations To This Year's Children's Foundation Grant Awardees

The UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation (CHPF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the world-class research and...

December 12, 2023

Pitt Pediatrics Featured At Med Ed Day

The Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators (ADME) is a small group of faculty from various disciplines across the ...

December 12, 2023

Owusu-Ansah Earns Advocacy Award From AAP

Congratulations to Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, MD, MPH, FAAP, for being awarded the Section on Early Career Physicians (...

November 30, 2023

Chaves-Gnecco Receives International Recognition For Salud Para Niños

For over 21 years, Pitt Pediatrics clinician Diego Chaves-Gnecco, MD, MPH, FAAP, has worked tirelessly with...

November 29, 2023

Vajravelu Recognized With Mentoring Award

Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Mary Ellen Vajravelu, MD, MSHP, for recently being awarded a Medical Student...

November 28, 2023

Vockley Published In Nature Metabolism

Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Jerry Vockley, MD, PhD, FACMG, for his recent publication in Nature Metabolism...

November 27, 2023

Alsaied Accepted To Society For Pediatric Research

Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Tarek Alsaied, MD, MSc, FACC, for his recent acceptance of membership into the...

November 16, 2023

Children's Hospital Accepted Into Pediatric Heart Network

Pitt Pediatrics is proud to announce that the Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh has...

November 14, 2023

Owusu-Ansah Receives Inaugural JEDI Award

The Department of Pediatrics has always been committed to leadership in pediatric healthcare, education, and discovery. As one of the...