Contact Information for Clinical Consultants for UPMC Hospital Laboratories

Notices to Physicians Pursuant to the UPMC Hospitals’ Laboratory Compliance Plan

UPMC hospital laboratories have created regulatory compliance programs to provide guidance on policies and procedures that prevent and detect noncompliant activity. These programs are based on guidance issued by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The OIG
compliance guidelines require that a variety of annual notices be made to physicians. The publication of this notice satisfies that requirement.

The OIG compliance guidelines require that physicians be notified of the name and telephone number of the laboratory’s clinical consultant(s). The clinical consultant is a position required under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988. The purpose of this position is to provide test-ordering physicians with a resource person to answer questions about the appropriate use and interpretations of clinical laboratory testing. A listing of all clinical consultants for all UPMC hospital laboratories follows. Questions can be directed to the appropriate resource person based on the lab used for testing.

The OIG requires that a copy of the Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (PDF) be made available to physicians and that the physicians are advised that the Medicaid reimbursement amount will be equal to or less than the Medicare reimbursement amount.

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Miguel Reyes-Mugica, MD, Anatomic Pathology 412-692-5650
Sarah Wheeler, PhD, Clinical Chemistry 412-647-6150
Miroslav Djokic, MD, Clinical Hematology 412-647-5191
Steve Dobrowolski, PhD, Biochemical Genetics 412-692-9874
Lirong Qu, MD, PhD, Blood Bank 412-209-7428
Stephanie Mitchell, PhD, Microbiology 412-692-5068

UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital

Harry Blair, MD, General Clinical Lab 412-383-9616
Rohit Bhargava, MD, Anatomic Path 412-641-4641
Mark Yazer, MD, Transfusion Medicine 412-209-7304
R.Marshall Austin, MD, Cytology 412-641-3347
Gloria Carter, MD, Clinical Chemistry 412-641-5550
Devereux Saller, MS, MD, Pregnancy Screening Laboratory 412-641-1827
Dan Bellissimo, PhD, Clinical Genomics Laboratory 412-641-2489
Svetlana Yatsenko, MD, Cytogenetics Laboratory 412-641-6693

UPMC Altoona

Mushtaq Khalid, MD, all areas of lab 814-889-2340

UPMC Bedford Memorial

Sureshchandra Patel, MD, all areas of lab 814-623-3557

UPMC Chautauqua

William Geary, MD, PhD, all areas of lab 716-664-8471
John Schrecengost, MD, all areas of lab 716-664-8473

UPMC East

Brian Rosendale, MD, all areas of lab 412-357-3109
Matthew Then, MD, all areas of lab 412-357-3110

UPMC Hamot

Andrew Creager, MD, Point of Care, Histology, Cytology 814-877-3132
Sarah Eakin, MD, Chemistry, Urinalysis 814-877-3130
Jennifer Naber, MD, Hematology, Coagulation, Phlebotomy/Processing, Limited Microbiology 814-877-3131
Peter Depowski, Transfusion Medicine, QA/Compliance 814-877-2430

UPMC Horizon

Lina Perry, MD, all areas of lab 724-589-6200
Komal Arora, MD, 210-721-2245

UPMC Jameson

Angel Toca, MD, all areas of lab 724-656-4016

UPMC Kane

Jennifer Naber, MD, all areas of lab 814-877-3131

UPMC McKeesport

Payam Arya, MD, all areas of lab 412-664-2230

UPMC Mercy

Eric Safyan, MD, Hematology Oncology 412 232-7328
Evan Baker, MD, all areas of lab 412-232-7834
Sonal Kamat, MD, all areas of lab 412-232-7858
Rahman S. Hariri, PhD, Microbiology and Immunology 412 232-7830
Lirong Qu, MD, PhD, Blood Bank 412-209-7428
Sarah Wheeler, PhD, Chemistry and Hematology 412-614-0613

UPMC Northwest

Robert Conley, DO, all areas of lab 814-676-7115
Linda Olmstead, DO, all areas of lab 814-676-7111

UPMC Passavant

Allison Nixdorf-Miller, MD, all areas of lab (both campuses) 412-748-6686
Guizhu Li, MD, all areas of lab (both campuses) 412-748-6698
Daniel Chung, MD, all areas of lab (both campuses) 412-748-6748
Rajnikant Amin, MD, all areas of lab (both campuses) 412-748-6846
Juniad Ibrahim, MD, all areas of lab (both campuses) 412-748-3233
Pil Gyu Hwang, MD. all areas of lab (both campuses) 412-748-3336

UPMC Pinnacle Carlisle

Dr. Sun Kim, Pathologist and Laboratory Medical Director 717-960-3335

UPMC Pinnacle Hanover

Dr. Cindy Sturtz, Pathologist and Laboratory Medical Director 717-316-2150 ext. 4153

UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg, CGO, and WSH

Dr. Rajat Goel, Pathologist - Laboratory Medical Director and Anatomic Pathology 717-782-3128
Dr. Yanping Lee, Pathologist - Hematology 717-782-5477
Dr. Mary Meihofer, Pathologist - Blood Bank 717-782-3357
Dr. Steven Skarupa, Pathologist - Microbiology 717-782-3144
Dr. Deepti Guragain, Pathologist - Chemistry 717-782-3325

UPMC Pinnacle Memorial

Dr. James Lease, Pathologist and Laboratory Medical Director 717-849-5376

UPMC Pinnacle Lititz

Dr. Mariah McCready, Pathologist and Laboratory Medical Director 717-625-5872

UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

Alan Wells, MD, DMS, all clin lab (Presby campus) 412-647-7813
Marina Nikiforova, MD, Molecular diagnostics (Presby campus) 412-864-6150
Samuel Yousem, MD, Anatomic pathology services (Presby campus) 412-647-6193
Alex Mammen, MD, Ophthalmic microbiology (Presby campus) 412-647-2362
Steven Swerdlow, MD, Clinical hematology and hematopathology (Presby campus) 412-647-5191
Octavia Palmer, PhD, Clinical chemistry (Presby and Shadyside campuses) 412-578-9489
William Pasculle, ScD, Clinical microbiology, Molecular infectious disease (Presby campus)412-647-6610
Darrell Triulzi, MD, Transfusion medicine (Presby campus) 412-209-7304
Adriana Zeevi, PhD, Tissue typing (Presby campus) 412-647-6266
Rajiv Dhir, MD, Anatomic Pathology and Cytology (Shadyside campus) 412-623-5950
Alan Wells, MD, General Clinical Lab 412-647-7813
William Pasculle, ScD, Clinical microbiology (Shadyside campus) 412-647-6610

UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside: Hillman Cancer Center

Albert D. Donnenberg, PhD, Stem Cell Laboratory 412-623-3256
Joseph E. Kiss, MD, Stem Cell Laboratory 412-209-7326

UPMC St. Margaret

Jagjit Singh, MD, all areas of lab 412-784-4115
Evan Baker, MD, all areas of lab 412-784-4144
Sonal Kamat, MD, all areas of lab 412-784-4945

UPMC Susquehanna

Jamie Adam, MD, PhD, UPMC Cole, all areas of the lab 570-321-2321
Ryan Collins, MD, UPMC Lock Haven, all areas of the lab 570-321-2321
Nicholas Dillman, MD, UPMC Muncy, all areas of the lab 570-321-2321
Jamie Adam, MD, PhD, UPMC Wellsboro, all areas of the lab 570-321-2321
Jamie Adam, MD, PhD, UPMC Williamsport, Anatomic Pathology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Point of Care, Urinalysis 570-321-2321
Michael Belenko, MD, UPMC Williamsport, Cytology 570-321-2321
Vandi Bryant, MD, UPMC Williamsport, Blood Bank 570-321-2321
Jaclyn Cappel, MD, UPMC Williamsport, Hematology 570-321-2321
Jamie Adam, MD, PhD, UPMC Williamsport Divine Providence Campus, all areas of the lab 570-321-2321