People

Division of Neurology and Child Development

Hoda Z. Abdel-Hamid, MD, FAAN
Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology and Clinical and Translational Science
412-692-5520
Farheen Ahmed, MD
Resident, PGY-2
Ruba Al-Ramadhani, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Bassam Albashiti, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Christine Amity, MSN, RN
NeuroNEXT Program Manager
412-383-7549
Eric N. Anderson, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
412-692-9310
Jeffery L. Anzelone, BA
Pre-Award Grant Administrator
724-612-5336
Lauryn Bender, MD
PGY-1
Nicholas Benjamin, MD
Child Neurology Fellow, PGY-4
412-692-5285
Ira Bergman, MD, PhD
Division Director, Child Neurology and Child Development and Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology and Immunology
412-692-7176
Emi Bolettieri, MD
PGY-1
Evora Brent, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-3285
Katsiah Cadet, MD
Fellow, PGY-3
Okan Capuk, MD
Resident, PGY-2
Ross Carson, MD
Professor of Pediatric Division of Neurology and Epilepsy
Diego G. Chaves-Gnecco, MD, MPH, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-6000
Catalina Cleves-Bayon, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-5520
Katherine Cobb-Pitstick, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Child Neurology, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
412-692-5520
John Collyer, MD
Fellow, PGY-4 (NDD)
Dana Douglas Cummings, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-6207
Nadia Dominguez-Molina
Luis Fernandez
Robyn Filipink, MD
Associate Professor
412-692-5520
Tyler R. Fortuna
Graduate Student Researcher
412-692-6084
Alexis L. Franks, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-7437
Jenna Marie Gaesser, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-5520
Krrithvi Dharini Ganesh, MBBS
PGY-1
Yanhua Gao, MD, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-9025
Kelli Gold
Administrative Coordinator
412-692-5520
Olga Greg, BS, CNMT, ARRT, CCRP
412-692-7825
Laura Grezzo, MD
Resident, PGY-5
Elizabeth Ivy Harrison, MD, MS
Resident, PGY4
Cimy Susan Jacob, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Rochita Kadam, MB, BS
Fellow, PGY-4
Kate Kielty, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-5520
Laura Kirkpatrick, MD
Assistant Professor
412-692-7072
Hitoshi Koshiya, MD
Fellow (Epilepsy)
Nour Kurdi, MD
Resident, PGY-2
Samuel Todd Lamitina, PhD
Senior Associate Vice-Chair for Basic Research, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Pediatrics
412-692-9437
Hannah Lee, MD
Resident, PGY-2
Meghan Mack, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Ryan Alexander Malave, MD, MS
Fellow, PGY-5
Alyssa Martin, DO
PGY-1
Darilang Mawrie, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
412-692-3192
Ikroop Miglani, DO
PGY-1
Krish Nair, MD
Fellow, PGY-4
Elissa Katherine Ortolani, MD
Co-Director, Pediatric Stroke Program, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
412-692-5520
Udai Pandey, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-3192
Medha S. Parulekar, MD
Resident, PGY-4
Himadri Patel, MD
Fellow, PGY-4
Christina M. Patterson, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute
412-692-8773
Deepa Rajan, MD, FAAP, FAAN
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-5520
Sherri Rectenwald
Administrative Associate
412-692-5528
Brandon Richter, MD
Resident, PGY-3
Robert A. Safier, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-5520
Levi Shelton, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
412-692-5520
Carley A. Snoznik, MS
Research Technician
412-692-9506
412-952-8199
Yoshimi Sogawa, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-6106
Jasmine Simone Sondhi, MD
Fellow, PGY-5
Mikaela Speakes, MD
Child Neurology Fellow, PGY-5
412-692-8749
Sushma Thapa, MB, BS
Fellow, PGY-3
Sarel J. Urso
Doctoral Graduate Student
412-692-9506
Inna I. Vaisleib, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-5528
J. Seth VanZant, MD, MPH
Resident, PGY-5
Rajiv R. Varma, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-8844
Geetha Vasudevan, MD
Fellow, PGY-4
William Pequignot Welch, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
412-692-6863
Keith Anthony Werling, PhD
Head of Neuroimaging, Program for Study of Neurodevelopment in Rare Disorders
412-526-8418
Amy L. Wetmore, BA
Program Coordinator
412-692-6538
Yijen L. Wu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology & Child Development, School of Medicine
412-692-9902