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University of Pittsburgh Faculty
Hoda Z. Abdel-Hamid, MD, FAAN
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
412-692-5520
Jonathan D. Albert, MD
Associate Director of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
412-692-3021
Silva Arslanian, MD
Richard L. Day Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science, Director, Pediatric Clinical and Translational Research Center (PCTRC), and Scientific Director, Center for Pediatric Research in Obesity and Metabolism (CPROM)
412-692-6935
Kanthi Bangalore Krishna, MBBS
Director, Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
4126925923
Greg A. Barretto, Jr., MD, MS
Regional Medical Director, Division of Newborn Medicine
304-276-6369
Dorothy J. Becker, MBBCh, FCP(PEDS)
Professor of Pediatrics and Division Chief Emeritus
Rachel P. Berger, MD, MPH
Director, Child Abuse Research, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh
412-692-8664
Corina O. Bondi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurobiology
412-692-9620
Craig A. Byersdorfer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Assistant Professor of Immunology
412-692-6664
Sylvia Choi, MD, FAAP
Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs and Associate Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-5135
Hey Jin Chong, MD, PhD
Division Director, Allergy and Immunology and Associate Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-5590
Katherine Cobb-Pitstick
Assistant Professor, Division of Child Neurology, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
412-692-5520
Natan M. Cramer, MD, MS, FAAP
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
412-692-7692
Alison J. Culyba, MD, PhD, MPH
Division Director, Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
412-692-6677
Terence S. Dermody, MD
Vira I. Heinz Distinguished Professor and Chair of Pediatrics
412-692-8071
Erick Forno, MD, MPH
Director, Pediatric Asthma Center and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science
412-692-8429
Ira J. Fox, MD
Professor of Surgery and Clinical and Translational Science
412-692-6693
Michael David Green, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics, Surgery, and Clinical and Translational Science
412-692-6111
Melinda Fiedor Hamilton, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine
412-692-8576
Timothy W. Hand, PhD
Director, Gnotobiotic Animal Core Laboratory and Associate Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-9908
Alejandro Hoberman, MD
Executive Vice Chair of Pediatrics, Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Division Director, General Academic Pediatrics, and Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science
412-692-5249
412-999-3277
412-999-3277
Christopher M. Horvat, MD, MHA
Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics
412-692-8576
Arvind K. Hoskoppal, MD, MHS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine
412-692-5609
Amy Joy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH
Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pediatrics
Jennifer L. Kloesz, MD, FAAP
Director, Division of Newborn Medicine
412-641-9906
412-805-1405
412-805-1405
Patrick M. Kochanek, MD, MCCM
Distinguished Professor of Critical Care Medicine
412-692-7985
Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD, FSCAI, FACC
Division Director, Cardiology and Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-6903
Karena Gildea Lawrence, MD, MS, IBCLC, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
412-641-4101
Jessica C. Levenson, PhD, DBSM
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
412-647-7937
Oliver Lindhiem, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Developmental Biology
412-246-5909
Cecilia W. Lo, PhD, FAHA
Distinguished Professor and F. Sargent Cheever Chair of Developmental Biology
412-692-9901
Amanda C. Lovallo, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
412-692-7692
Suneeta Madan-Khetarpal, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology, and Human Genetics
412-692-6583
412-692-6861
412-692-6861
Burhan Mahmood, MD, FAAP
Medical Director, Newborn Medicine ECMO and CDH Programs
412-641-4103
Jennifer R. Marin, MD, MSc
Professor of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, and Radiology
412-692-7692
George V. Mazariegos, MD, FACS, FAST
Jamie Lee Curtis Professor of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine
412-692-6110
Levent Midyat, MD
Medical Director, Advanced Lung Diseases and Lung Transplantation Program
4126925630
Benjamin G. Miller, MD
Division Director, Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Associate Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-5135
Al-Walid A. Mohsen, PhD
Research Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine
412-692-6498
Kanwal K. Nischal, MD, FAACP FRCOphth
Professor of Ophthalmology and Chief, Division of Pediatric Opthalmology, Strabismus and Adult Motility
412-692-8971
Laura Jean Olivieri, MD
Director of Cardiac Imaging, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Elissa Katherine Ortolani, MD
Co-Director, Pediatric Stroke Program, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
412-692-5520
Raymond D. Pitetti, MD, MPH, FAAP
Division Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
412-692-7692
Amanda C. Poholek, PhD
Director, Health Sciences Sequencing Core and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Immunology
412-692-9944
Krishna Prasadan, PhD
Director, Cell Imaging Core Laboratory and Research Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-692-9211
Edward V. Prochownik, MD, PhD
Paul C. Gaffney Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
412-692-6795
Maya Indira Ragavan, MD, MPH, MS
Associate Vice Chair of Diversity Equity and Inclusion Research, Department of Pediatrics
Dhivyaa Rajasundaram, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Bioinformatics Core
412-692-8120
Evelyn C. Reis, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science
412-648-2884
Anne-Marie Rick, MD, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science
610-349-5571
Richard A. Saladino, MD
Associate Vice Chair of Faculty Development and Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-7692
Amr H. Sawalha, MD
Division Director, Rheumatology and Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
412-692-8140
Kathleen S. Schwabenbauer, MD
Interim Clinical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, UPMC Magee Women's Hospital
412-641-8181
Wednesday Marie Abaya Sevilla, MD, MPH, CNSC
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-5180
Nader Shaikh, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science
412-692-8111
Eleanor Sharp, MD, MS
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Elizabeth M Sinclair, MD
Medical Director, Feeding and Swallowing Center, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
412-692-5180
Arvind Iyengar Srinath, MD, MS
Associate Vice Chair for Education for Fellowship Training
412-692-5180
Srinivasan Suresh, MD, MBA, FAAP
Division Director, Health Informatics and Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-6303
Paul Szabolcs, MD
Division Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies and Professor of Pediatrics and Immunology
412-692-5427
Eva M. Szigethy, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Medicine
412-667-0416
Melissa M. Tavarez, MD, MS
Associate Vice Chair of Faculty Development and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-7980
Jane B. Taylor, MD, MsCR, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-5630
412-692-5184
412-692-5184
Kathryn S. Torok, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science
412-692-5081
Amery Treble-Barna, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Clinical and Translational Science
412-692-6418
Kalyani R. Vats, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science
412-641-8181
Jerry Vockley, MD, PhD, FACMG
Division Director, Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Cleveland Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research, Professor of Pediatrics and Human Genetics, and Director, Center for Rare Disease Therapy
412-692-7746
Anna Wang-Erickson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Director, Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity in Children
412-692-5871
Natasha K. Wolfe, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
UPMC Residents
University of Pittsburgh Staff
Greg L. Adametz, BA, MPPM
Assistant Director, Data Management and Reporting
724-322-6760
Adrienne E. DeRicco, BSN, RN, CCRC
Lead Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator
412-692-8069
Jennifer Dobberstein, MS
Senior Clinical Research and Regulatory Coordinator
4126927825
Adam David Kufen, RN, BS, CCRC, MBA
Clinical Research Manager and Quality Assurance Review Specialist
412-692-6558
Angela C. Leshinski, MBA, RD, LDN
Clinical Research Coordinator Research Dietitian
412-692-5232
Jessica Lindenberger, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C
Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner
412-692-7530
Carley McDowell, DNP, RN
Assistant Director of Pediatrics Clinical Research Services
4126926717
Charles Howell Nelson, MS
Senior Research Technician, Pandey Lab
412-692-3192
703-853-4510
703-853-4510
Heather Mary Norris, BA
Executive Assistant, Department of Developmental Biology
412-692-7177
Nicole D. Pistorius, BA
Sr. Manager, Operations and Compliance, Pitt Biospecimen Core
412-623-5890
Alicyn Cathleen Simpson
Community navigator, Gender and Sexual Development Program
412-692-8028
Amy Vezzetti
Program Coordinator, UPMC Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
412-641-6259
412-526-1646
412-526-1646
Xiao Hui Wang
Senior Clinical Research and Regulatory Coordinator
412-692-9977
412-692-9900
412-692-9900
UPMC Fellows
Summer Research Internship Program-Kidney Workshop
Rannar Airik, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology
412-692-6229
Hülya Bayır, MD
Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pediatrics and Director, Children’s Neuroscience Institute
412-692-7260
Dana Y. Fuhrman, DO, MS
Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics
412-692-8576
Thomas R. Kleyman, MD
Sheldon Adler Professor of Medicine and Chief, Renal-Electrolyte Division
412-647-3118
Sunder Sims-Lucas, PhD
Director, Histology Core and Associate Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-7927
412-692-9440
412-692-9440
Ora A. Weisz, PhD, FAPS, FASCB
Professor of Medicine, Cell Biology, and Clinical and Translational Science
412-383-8891
University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Scholars
Jean M. Tersak, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science
412-692-8570
Keith Anthony Werling, PhD
Head of Neuroimaging, Program for Study of Neurodevelopment in Rare Disorders
412-526-8418
Division of Neurology and Child Development
Christina M. Patterson, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute
412-692-8773
UPMC and University of Pittsburgh Physicians (UPP) Staff
Zachary Aldewereld, MD
Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics
412-692-5907
Ira Bergman, MD, PhD
Division Director, Child Neurology and Child Development and Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology and Immunology
412-692-7176
Leslie Kathleen Walsh Cyprych, MS, MPH, CGC
Genetic Counselor, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
412-692-7613
Stacey A. Engster, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science
412-692-8506
Simon Horslen, MBChB, FRCPCH
Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-5676
412-270-4706
206-250-1609
412-270-4706
206-250-1609
Barbara Persichetti, BS
Residency Program Coordinator, Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship Program
412-692-7489
Division of Hematology-Oncology
Flow Cytometry Core
Division of Rheumatology
Division of General Academic Pediatrics
Research Administration-Pre-Award Administration
Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Pediatric Clinical and Translational Research Center
Research Administration
Maureen Fortunato, BS
Assistant Director, Richard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research
412-692-6256
Research Administration-Post-Award Administration
Lisa C. Gensler, BA
Assistant Director, Research Administration Post Award
412-692-5876
Division of Infectious Diseases
Division of Emergency Medicine
Robert W. Hickey, MD, FAAP, FAHA
Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science
412-692-7692
Mioara D. Manole, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Division of Allergy and Immunology
Division of Endocrinology
Eliana M. Perez-Garcia, MD
Pediatric Endocrinology Clinical and Research Fellow
412-692-5994
412-692-5211
412-692-5211
Division of Newborn Medicine
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Summer Research Internship Program
Maintenance of Certification Portfolio Program
Richard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research
George K. Gittes, MD
Benjamin R. Fisher Chair and Professor of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatrics and Director, Richard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research
412-692-7291
Research Administration-Clinical Research Support Services
Elizabeth R. Hartigan, RN, MPH
Director, Pediatric Clinical Research Services
412-692-7060
Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Division of Pulmonology
Center for Rare Disease Therapy
Summer Research Internship Program-Neurobiology (SRIP-NEURO)
The Pittsburgh Study
Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD, FSAHM
Professor of Pediatrics, Public Health and Clinical and Translational Science
412-692-8668
Bioinformatics Core
Summer Research Internship Program-Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism (SRIP-ENDO)
Radhika H. Muzumdar, MD
Division Director, Endocrinology and Professor of Pediatrics and Cell Biology
412-692-6993
Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies
Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, MD, MPH, FAAP
Associate Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
412-692-7692
412-692-5784
412-692-5784
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Office of Faculty Development
Vice Chairs
Jeffrey Alan Rudolph, MD
Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs and Associate Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-5180
Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity in Children
Center for Pediatric Research in Obesity and Metabolism
Office of the Vice Chair of Education
Noel B. Spears, MD, MPH
Vice Chair of Education and Associate Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-8411
Research Administration-Human Resources Administration
Office of the Chair
Andrew H. Urbach, MD
Medical Director, Patient Experience and Development, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
412-692-6605
412-692-7288
412-692-7288