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DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS 2017 ANNUAL REPORT

377

FACULTY


378

FACULTY

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

379

FACULTY


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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FACULTY

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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FACULTY


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



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FACULTY

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


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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FACULTY

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


385

FACULTY

CLINICAL INSTRUCTORS

Brook McHugh, MD

Rachel Pokorney, MD

Brandon J. Reilly, MD

Susan K. Saunders, MD

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