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DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS 2017 ANNUAL REPORT
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NAME DIVISION
Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Michael Moritz, MD Nephrology
Robert Noll, PhD Child Development Unit
David Orenstein, MD Pulmonology
Edward Prochownik, MD, PhD
Hematology/Oncology
Arthur Kim Ritchey, MD Hematology/Oncology
Richard Saladino, MD Emergency Medicine
Janet Squires, MD Child Advocacy
Robert Hilton Squires, MD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Paul Szabolcs, MD Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies
Andrew Urbach, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Gerard Vockley, MD, PhD Genetics
Jon Watchko, MD Newborn Medicine
John Williams, MD Infectious Diseases
Selma Witchel, MD Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Michael Wollman, MD Hematology/Oncology
Basil Zitelli, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Department of Pediatrics Faculty 2016–17PROFESSORS
NAME DIVISION
Vivekanand Allada, MD Cardiology
Silva Arslanian, MD Weight Management and Wellness
Carlton Bates, MD Nephrology
Dorothy Becker, MBBCh Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Lee Beerman, MD Cardiology
Rachel Berger, MD, MPH Child Advocacy
Ira Bergman, MD, PhD Neurology
Mananda Bhende, MD Emergency Medicine
Debra Bogen, MD General Academic Pediatrics
Beverly Brozanski, MD Newborn Medicine
Juan Carlos Celedon, MD, DrPH
Pulmonology
Patricia Crumrine, MD Neurology
Hengjiang Dong, PhD Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Demetrius Ellis, MD Nephrology
Jonathan Finder, MD Pulmonology
Raymond Frizzell, PhD Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
Luigi Garibaldi, MD Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Michael Green, MD, MPH Infectious Diseases
Robert Hickey, MD Emergency Medicine
Alejandro Hoberman, MD General Academic Pediatrics
Dena Hofkosh, MD, MEd Child Development Unit
David Keljo, MD, PhD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Daniel Kietz, MD, PhD Rheumatology
Jay Kolls, MD Richard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research
Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD Cardiology
Geoffrey Kurland, MD Pulmonology
Uta Lichter-Konecki, MD, PhD
Genetics
Sara Mcintire, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Marian Michaels, MD, MPH Infectious Diseases
VISITING PROFESSORS
NAME DIVISION
Patrick Mckiernan, MD Gastroenterology,Hepatology, and Nutrition
Robert Nicholls, PhD Genetics
Srinivasan Suresh, MD, MBA Emergency Medicine
VISITING ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
NAME DIVISION
Mark Dovey, MD Pulmonology
Pegeen Eslami, MD Emergency Medicine
Louis Rapkin, MD Hematology/Oncology
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CLINICAL PROFESSORS
NAME DIVISION
Georgianne Arnold, MD Genetics
Karen Hacker, MD, MPH Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Rajiv Varma, MD Neurology
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
NAME DIVISION
Hoda Abdel-Hamid, MD MD Neurology
John Alcorn, PhD Pulmonology
Gulay Alper, MD Neurology
Gaurav Arora, MD Cardiology
Miya Asato, MD Neurology
Michael Balsan, MD Newborn Medicine
Charles Bender, MD, MJ Newborn Medicine
Sonika Bhatnagar, MD, MPH General Academic Pediatrics
Sangeeta Chakravorty, MD Pulmonology
Sylvia Choi, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Maria I. Clavell, MD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Carolyn Coyne, PhD Infectious Diseases
Abbe De Vallejo, PhD Rheumatology
Stephanie Dewar, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Stacey Drant-Allada, MD Cardiology
Oscar Escobar, MD Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Maria Escolar, MD, MS Genetics
Brian Feingold, MD, MS Cardiology
Eric Goetzman, PhD Genetics
Todd Green, MD Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy, and Immunology
Sara Hamel, MD Child Development Unit
Kristin M. Hannibal, MD General Academic Pediatrics
Cheryl Hillery, MD Hematology/Oncology
Sohail Husain, MD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Sandra Kim, MD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Jennifer Kloesz, MD Newborn Medicine
Bernhard Kuhn, MD Richard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research
Sanjay Lambore, MD General Academic Pediatrics
NAME DIVISION
Todd Lamitina, PhD Neurology
Sojung Lee, PhD Weight Management and Wellness
Ingrid Libman Degordon, MD, PhD
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Rhett Lieberman, MD Emergency Medicine
Philana Lin, MD, MSc Infectious Diseases
Suneeta Madan, MD Genetics
Ana Malinow, MD, MSHCPM General Academic Pediatrics
Mioara Manole, MD Emergency Medicine
Jennifer Marin, MD Emergency Medicine
Judith Martin, MD General Academic Pediatrics
Scott Maurer, MD Hematology/Oncology
Linda Mcallister-Lucas, MD, PhD
Hematology/Oncology
Francis Mccaffrey, MD Cardiology
Debra Moss, MD, MPH General Academic Pediatrics
Radhika Muzumdar, MD Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Hiren Muzumdar, MD Pulmonology
Udai Pandey, PhD Neurology
Erin Doherty Phrampus, MD Emergency Medicine
Raymond Pitetti, MD Emergency Medicine
Kumaravel Rajakumar, MD, MS
General Academic Pediatrics
Evelyn Reis, MD General Academic Pediatrics
Jeffrey Rudolph, MD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Robert Safier, MD Neurology
Nader Shaikh, MD, MPH General Academic Pediatrics
Timothy Shope, MD, MPH General Academic Pediatrics
Yoshimi Sogawa, MD Neurology
Jonathan Spahr, MD Pulmonology
Agnieska Swiatecka-Urban, MD
Nephrology
Jean Tersak, MD Hematology/Oncology
Inna Vaisleib, MD Neurology
Kishore Vellody, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Veena Venkat, MD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Daniel Weiner, MD Pulmonology
Shelley Williams, MD Neurology
Toby Yanowitz, MD, MS Newborn Medicine
Noel Spears Zuckerbraun, MD Emergency Medicine
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS (continued)
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ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
NAME DIVISION
Rannar Airik, PhD Nephrology
Lauren Alessi, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Feras Alissa, MD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Maria Antonucci, MD Emergency Medicine
Abeer Azzuqa, MD Newborn Medicine
Natalie Baldauff, DO Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Arcangela Balest, MD Newborn Medicine
Jessie Barnum, MD Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies
Riha Bhatt, MD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Aimee Biller, MD General Academic Pediatrics
Andrew Buchert, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Andrew Bukowinski, MD Hematology/Oncology
Sean Button, MD Emergency Medicine
Craig Byersdorfer, MD, PhD Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies
Carol Lynn Cabral, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Brian Campfield, MD Infectious Diseases
Scott Canna, MD Richard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research/Rheumatology
NAME DIVISION
Beth Carella, DO Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies
Elaine Cassidy, MD Rheumatology
Wen-I Chang, MD Hematology/Oncology
Diego Chaves-Gnecco, MD, MPH
General Academic Pediatrics
Kong Chen, PhD Richard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research
Wei Chen, PhD Pulmonology
Hey Jin Chong, MD, PhD Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy, and Immunology
Jennifer Clarke, MD Child Advocacy
Catalina Cleves Bayon, MD Neurology
Debra Cohen, MD Hematology/Oncology
Kavitha Conti, MD Emergency Medicine
Stacey Cook, MD, PhD General Academic Pediatrics
Carmen Coombs, MD Emergency Medicine
James Cooper, MD, MSc Hematology/Oncology
Dana Cummings, MD, PhD Neurology
Mark Debrunner, MD Cardiology
Michael Decker, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Cherie Dhar, MD Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Leigh Anne Dicicco, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Johanna Drickman, MD Cardiology
Adelaide Eichman, MD Child Advocacy
John Eisses, MD, PhD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Areeg El-Gharbawy, MD Genetics
David Ezon, MD Cardiology
Luis Fernandez, MD Neurology
Allison Fliescher, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Amanda Flint, MD Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Erick Forno, MD, MPH Pulmonology
CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
NAME DIVISION
Robyn Filipink, MD Neurology
Joyce Leifer, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Loreta Matheo Kass, MD Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
NAME DIVISION
Al-Walid Mohsen, PhD Genetics
Michelle Poe, PhD Genetics
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS (continued)
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NAME DIVISION
Erika Friehling, MD Hematology/Oncology
Jessica Garrison, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Arjumand Ghazi, PhD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Carol Gilmour, MD Newborn Medicine
Elissa B. Gittes, MD Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Amy Goldstein, MD Neurology
Nursen Gurtunca, MD Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Timothy Hand, PhD Richard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research
Tyler Harris, MD Cardiology
Alicia Haupt, MD General Academic Pediatrics
Jacqueline Ho, MD Nephrology
Catalina Hoyos, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Kara Hughan, MD Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Heba Ismail, MBBCh, MSc, PhD
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Anuja Jindal, MD, MPH Neurology/Child Development Unit
Jennifer Johnson, DO Cardiology
James Kiger, MD, MS Newborn Medicine
Janet Kinnane, MD Emergency Medicine
Allyson Larkin, MD Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy, and Immunology
Douglas Lindblad, MD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Maren Lunoe, MD Emergency Medicine
Burhan Mahmood, MD Newborn Medicine
Brett Mcaninch, MD Emergency Medicine
William Mccarran, MD Newborn Medicine
Andrew Mccormick, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Brock Medsker, MD Newborn Medicine
Susan Miller, MD Cardiology
Benjamin Miller, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Yosuke Miyashita, MD, MPH Nephrology
Evonne Morell (Krushansky), DO
Cardiology
NAME DIVISION
Gysella Muniz, MD General Academic Pediatrics
Laura Navarro, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Desiree Neville, MD Emergency Medicine
Lan Nguyen, MD Cardiology
Christina Nguyen, MD Nephrology
Andrew Nowalk, MD, PhD Infectious Diseases
Brighid O’Donnell, MD Newborn Medicine
Damara Ortiz, MD Genetics
Laura Panko, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Christina Marie Patterson, MD Neurology
Amanda Poholek, PhD Pulmonology
Catherine Polak, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Karin Potoka, MD Newborn Medicine
Ana Radovic, MD, MSc Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Deepa Rajan, MD Neurology
Sandhya Ramlogan, MD Cardiology
Kristin Ray, MD, MS General Academic Pediatrics
Melissa Riley, MD Newborn Medicine
Allison Rometo, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Johanna Rosen, MD Emergency Medicine
Margalit Rosenkranz, MD Rheumatology
Franziska Rosser, MD, MPH Pulmonology
Linda Marie Russo, MD Cardiology
Erin Schaffner, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Elizabeth Sensenig, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Wednesday Sevilla, MD, MPH, CNSC
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Leah Siebold, MD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Sunder Sims-Lucas, PhD Nephrology
Bilal Sitwat, MD Neurology
James Squires, MD, MS Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Arvind Srinath, MD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Tony Tarchichi, MD Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS (continued)
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NAME DIVISION
Melissa Tavarez, MD Emergency Medicine
Richard Telesco, MD Newborn Medicine
Kavita Thakkar, MD Neurology
Kathryn Torok, MD Rheumatology
Sara Trucco, MD Cardiology
Amy Urban, DO, MPH Newborn Medicine
Kalyani Vats, MD Newborn Medicine
Pushpa Viswanathan, MD Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Melissa Vitale, MD Emergency Medicine
Jieru Wang, MD, PhD Pulmonology
Katherine Watson, DO General Academic Pediatrics
Jacqueline Weinberg, MD Cardiology
Shawn West, MD, MSc Cardiology
Randy Windreich, MD Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies
Audrey Woerner, MD Genetics
Jennifer Wolford, DO, MPH Child Advocacy
Frederico Xavier, MD, MS Hematology/Oncology
Jennifer Zarit, MD General Academic Pediatrics
Matthew Zinn, DO Cardiology
CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
NAME DIVISION
Sastry Chamarthi, MD Newborn Medicine
Carmela Coppola, MD Newborn Medicine
Rotem Elitsur, MD Emergency Medicine
Sean Frederick, MD Newborn Medicine
Charles Miles Harmon, MD Newborn Medicine
Martin Hellman, MD Emergency Medicine
Lizabeth Kennard (Lanford), MD Cardiology
Dale King, MD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Vered Lewy Weiss, MD Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Amanda Lovallo, MD Emergency Medicine
Monica Naik, MD Neurology
Sharmilarani Nanda, MBBS Newborn Medicine
David Nash, MD Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy, and Immunology
Ifeyinwa Nwankwor, MD Newborn Medicine
Mohammad Riaz, MD Newborn Medicine, UPMC Hamot
Sapana Shah, MD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Amina Smajlovic, MD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Tahniat Syed, MD Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
NAME DIVISION
Carol Bertrand, PhD Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
Kristy Boggs, PhD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Nadia Boutaoui, PhD Pulmonology
Xiaohua Chen, PhD Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies
Jing Cheng, MD, PhD Hematology/Oncology
Yanhua Gao, MD, PhD Neurology
Zhenwei Gong, PhD Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Lina Gonzalez, MD Genetics
Yueh Ying Han, PhD Pulmonology
Michelle Manni, PhD Pulmonology
Sanjay Mishra, PhD Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS (continued)
NAME DIVISION
Kathryn Peters, PhD Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
Dianna Ploof, EdD General Academic Pediatrics
Krishnan Raghunathan, PhD Infectious Diseases
Laurie Silva, PhD Infectious Diseases
Yudong Wang, PhD Genetics
Xunjun Xiao, PhD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSORS (continued)
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AFFILIATED FACULTY
CLINICAL PROFESSORS
David H. Wolfson, MD
Katerina A. Zavaras, MD
CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
Michael J. Frac, MD
Carl A. Hildebrandt, MD
Jodi L. Jackson, MD
Kenneth R. Keppel, MD
Anthony Kovatch, MD
Elizabeth W. Massella, MD
D. Lee Miller, MD
Paul L. Rowland, MD
Madeline Simasek, MD
Keith S. Somers, MD
James N. Tucker, MD
Jeffrey P. Ubinger, MD
Rana Ziadeh, MD
CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
Gregory C. Anderson, MD
Amy L. Apel, MD
Joseph F. Aracri, DO
Robert P. Argentine, MD
Barbara L. Ayars-Cavendish, MD
Wendy N. Bacdayan, MD
Kiran Banari Bhat, MD
H. Joseph Bitar, MD
Robert N. Breit, MD
Leon M. Brostoff, MD
David J. Cahill, MD
Sunita N. Chaudhari, MD
Pamela J. Clair, MD
Brian T. Clista, MD
Lidia Comini-Turzai, MD
William F. Coppula, MD
Michael J. Daly, MD
James N. DeAngelo, DO
Valentina E. DiCenzo, MD
Carla T. Falcon (Blackwell), DO
RESEARCH INSTRUCTORS
NAME DIVISION
Janet Fromkin, PhD Child Advocacy
Valerie Greene, MD Emergency Medicine
Amitava Mukherjee, PhD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Kavya Puranik, MD Newborn Medicine
Pawan Puri, PhD Nephrology
Katie Rau, MD Emergency Medicine
Lauren Severs, MD Newborn Medicine
Gwen Taylor, PhD Infectious Diseases
Michael Winstead, MD Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies
Qi Yan, PhD Pulmonology
CLINICAL INSTRUCTORS
NAME DIVISION
Isabela Angelelli, MD Emergency Medicine
Kara Coffey, MD Emergency Medicine
Stacey Engster, MD General Academic Pediatrics
Kristin Farrell, MD Emergency Medicine
Tamara Feliciano Alvarado, MD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Valerie Greene, MD Emergency Medicine
Kavya Puranik, MD Newborn Medicine
Katie Rau, MD Emergency Medicine
Lauren Severs, MD Newborn Medicine
Michael Winstead, MD Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies
INSTRUCTORS
NAME DIVISION
Kelly Bailey, MD, PhD Hematology/Oncology
Zahida Khan, MD, PhD Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Gerald Montano, DO, MS Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
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AFFILIATED FACULTY (continued)
CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSORS (continued)
Kathryn A. Williams-Filoni, MD
David Wyszomierski, MD
Christine O. Yost, MD
Mary L. Zervos, DO
Daniel C. Zove, MD
INSTRUCTORS
Lisa Hwang Cheung, MD
Stephanie L. Ciampa, MD
Brian P. Davies, MD
Yolanda E. Dingess, MD
Brian W. Donnelly, MD
Kristin L. Frederick, MD
Eric J. Friedlander, MD
Laura Gorham, MD
Dawn M. Gotkiewicz, MD
Stephen M. Greene, MD
Megan M. Kilpatrick, MD
Anna H. Kim, MD
Victoria A. Kisslinger, MD
Kenneth P. Levin, MD
Troy D. Bryant Lyons, MD
Helen C. O’Hallaron, MD
Sun Woo Park, MD
Trina L. Peduzzi, MD
Suzanne M. Reitz, MD
David G. Silk, MD
Laura E. Spahr, DO
Stephanie E. Sterrett, MD
Catherine Ngozi Udekwu, MD
Jonathan Weinkle, MD
Marc Yester, MD
Katharine E. Yoder, MD
Judith A. Cohen, MD
CLINICAL ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSORS (continued)
Stephen T. Fowler, MD
Aleksandra I. Gabryel-Grudziak, MD
Lucas J. Godinez, DO
Kimberly Gordon, MD
Amy A. Gosling, MD
Daniel Graff, MD
Kirstin Hanley, MD
Alicia J. Hartung, DO
Kelly R. Heidenreich, MD
Bruce Hyde, MD
Elaine R. Joseph, MD
Vida Sheen Kaniecki, MD
Mark A. Koenig, MD
Sarah E. Kohl, MD
Arthur J. Kovel, MD
Ronald A. Landay, MD
Sheldon R. Levine, MD
Thomas G. Lynch, MD
Jamie M. McNanie, MD
Ann S. Menzel, MD
Amy G. Nevin, MD
JoAnn Nickleach, MD
Kim A. Ogle, MD
Raymond C. O’Toole, MD
Christine M. Patti, MD
James J. Rodrigues, MD
Jennifer R. Romero, MD
Kimberly Roth, MD
Pamela L. Schoemer, MD
Stewart G. Schott, MD
James A. Shaver, MD
Charles E. Silverstein, MD
Leslie B. Soloshatz, MD
Sarah Hamilton Springer, MD
Douglas P. Stewart, MD
Katarzyna Sophie Sudol, MD
Paul J. Trainer, MD
William A. Varley, MD
Laura K. Voigt, MD
Katherine L. Walczak, MD
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CLINICAL INSTRUCTORS
Brook McHugh, MD
Rachel Pokorney, MD
Brandon J. Reilly, MD
Susan K. Saunders, MD