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Andrew McCormick, MD, FAAP

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics
  • Medical Director, UPMC Vascular Anomaly Center
  • Director, Healthy Transitions Program, Down Syndrome Center
  • Longitudinal Educator, UPSOM

Andrew McCormick is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. He trained in the Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Program at UPMC and joined the division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh after completing his training. His clinical interest include care for children and adults with Vascular Anomalies and serves as the Medical Director of the Vascular Anomaly Center of UPMC. He also works in the Down Syndrome Center of Western PA and directs the Healthy Transitions Program for the Center. Dr. McCormick is also an active member of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine including such roles as a member of Curriculum Committee, Admission Committee, and Promotions Committee. As well he holds key educational roles in the medical school including faculty lead for the Community Alliance Program and a Longitudinal Educator in the Three Rivers Curriculum. 

Professional and Scientific Society Memberships

  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 2005-Present
  • Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2007-Present
  • American Academy of Pediatrics, 2007-Present
  • Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group, 2013-Present
  • International Society for Study of Vascular Anomalies, 2016-Present
  • Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators UPSOM, 2021-Present

Education & Training

  • BS, Molecular Biology and Psychology, summa cum laude, Grove City College, 2003
  • MD, cum laude, University of Pittsburgh, 2007
  • Residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, 2007-2011

Selected Publications

Dharmarajan H, McCoy J, Jabbour N, McCormick A, Xavier F, Correa D & Padia R. Peri-Procedural Anticoagulation in Patients with Head and Neck vs Extremity Venous Malformations. Laryngoscopy. 2021 May 131 (5) 1163-1167.

Vanzant S, McCormick A. Healthcare Transition for Individuals with Down Syndrome: A Needs Assessment. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 2021 http://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.62403

Mahmoud O, McCoy J, McCormick A, Vellody K and Chi D. Repeat Tympanostomy Tubes in Children with Down syndrome. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2021.110811

Khoudary S, Fabio A, Yester J, Steinhauser M, Christopher A, Gyngard F, Adams P, Morell V, Viegas M, DeSilva J, DaSilva Fonseca L, Castro-Medina M, McCormick A, Reyes-Mugica M, Thomas D, Ammanamanchi N, Sada R, Cuda M, Hartigan E, Groscost D, Kuhn B. Design and rationale of a mechanistic clinical trial of propranolol use to increase cardiomyocyte division in infants with Tetralogy of Fallot. International Journal of Cardiology. 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.07.020

Ramprasad V, Konanur A, McCoy J, McCormick A, Jabbour N & Padia R. Operative Surveillance of Airway Hemangiomas in PHACE Syndrome. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. 2022

Konanur A, Jimenez J, Kochin M, McCormick A, Salgado C, Yilmaz S, Bykowski M, Padia R. Non-involuting congenital hemangioma with delayed hypertrophy: A case series. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 2022 June 157.

Santoro S, Baumer N, Cornacchia M, Franklin C, Hart S, Haugen K, Hojlo M, Horick N, Kishnani P, Krell K, McCormick A, Milliken A, Oreskovic N, Pawlowski K, Sargado S, Torres A, Valentini D, Vellody K, Skotko B. Unexplained Regression in Down Syndrome: management of 51 patients in an International Patient Database. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 2022. http://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.62922

Santoro D, Patel L, Kammeyer R, Filipink R, Gombolay G, Cardinale K, Real De Asua D, Zaman S, Santoro S, Marzouk S, Khoshnood M, Vogel B, Tanna R, Pagarkar D, Dhanani S, Ortega C, Patridge R, Stanley M, Sanders J, Christy A, Sannar E, Brown R, McCormick A, Van Mater H, Franklin C, Worley G, Quinn E, Capone G, Chicoine B, Skotko B, Rafii M. Assessment and Diagnosis of Down Syndrome Regression Disorder: International Expert Consensus. Frontiers in Neurology. 2022.

Kirkpatrick L, Sharp E, Abdul S, McCormick A, Matheo L, Kazmerski T. Provider educational needs and preferences regarding transition from pediatric to adult care in a pediatric health system. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. 2023

Oreskovic N, Baumer N, Camillo C, Conachia M, Franklin C, Hart S, Kishnani P, McCormick A, Miliken A, Patsiogiannis V, Pawlowski K, Santoro S, Sargado S, Scoppola V, Torres A, Valentini D, Vellody K, Vallani A, and Skotko B. Cardiometabolic Profiles in Children and Adults with Overweight and Obesity and Down Syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 2023

Weaver M, McCormick A. Healthy Transitions: Roadmap for Young Adults with Down syndrome to Adulthood. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics

Academic and Research Interests

  • Vascular Anomalies
  • Healthcare Transition
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion