Gysella B. Muniz Pujalt, MD, MBA, FAAP

Administrative Assistant: Pamela Lynn Orr

Muniz is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of General Academic Pediatrics. She is a graduate of the Universidad San Martin de Porres in Lima, Peru. Muniz completed her internship, residency and chief residency at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. 

Muniz is engaged in newborn care as UPMC's Regional Director of Quality Newborn Care and Medical Director of Newborn Nursery Services at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. Her quality improvement (QI) work is focused on decreasing variation and improving outcomes through the implementation of multiple clinical initiatives for neonatal hypothermia, neonatal hypoglycemia, breastfeeding initiation and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Muniz is involved in the development and implementation at a UPMC system wide level of Eat Sleep and Console (ESC), a novel assessment tool for newborns with NAS.  She is also part of a skilled team developing and implementing an antibiotic stewardship program across multiple pediatric outpatient practices. 

Through the Clinical Trials Unit at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Muniz is deeply involved in several federally funded research studies focused on diagnosis and management of common pediatric infections such as otitis media, sinusitis, and urinary tract infections, as well as research related to newborn outcomes in at risk populations. Muniz is Chair of the Remote Village Project (VHCMB), an NGO that serves rural areas in Comayagua, Honduras. Her global health interests are related to indoor smoke pollution and community health care worker training.

Professional and Scientific Society Memberships

• American Academy of Pediatrics, 2013-Present 
• Academic Pediatric Association, 2018-Present