Zachary Aldewereld, MD

Administrative Assistant: Vickie Johnson

Aldewereld is an assistant professor of pediatrics and critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Aldewereld received his Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Engineering from Auburn University and his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine. He completed a pediatrics residency and the first year of a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at the Ann & Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern McGaw Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine and the second year of pediatric infectious diseases fellowship at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Following completion of his training, he joined Pitt Pediatrics and Critical Care Medicine as Assistant Professor. Aldewereld is primarily interested in using computational techniques to better understand the heterogeneity of sepsis in children. Additionally, he is involved in various stewardship initiatives focused on the pediatric intensive care unit and has a specific interest in infectious diseases in immunocompromised hosts, including patients who have received a transplant.

Professional and Scientific Society Memberships:

• Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2015-Present
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2019-Present