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 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Files 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

Jennifer Picarsic, MD, Anatomic Pathology 412-692-5650
Sarah Wheeler, PhD, Clinical Chemistry 412-647-6150
Majd Jawad, Clinical Hematology 412-692-2090
Steve Dobrowolski, PhD, Biochemical Genetics 412-692-9874
Mark Yazer, MD, PhD, Blood Bank 412-864-9962
Hannah Creager, MD, Microbiology 412-692-5665

UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital

Rohit Bhargava, MD, Anatomic Pathology 412-641-4651
Mark Yazer, MD, Transfusion Medicine 412-209-7238
Chengquan Zhao, MD, Cytology 412-641-4641
Dan Bellissimo, PhD, Pregnancy Screening Laboratory 412-641-4057
Dan Bellissimo, PhD, Clinical Genomics Laboratory 412-641-2489
Octavia Peck Palmer, PhD, General Clinical Laboratory 412-578-9489
Fen Guo, PhD, Clinical Genomics Lab 412-641-2489
Mahmoud Aarabi, MD, PhD, Cytogenetics Lab 412-641-6687

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

UPMC Cole

Jamie Adam, MD, PhD, all areas of the lab 570-321-2321

UPMC East

Matthew Then, MD, all areas of lab 412-357-3110
Daniel Geisler, MD, all areas of lab 412-357-3109

UPMC Greene

Lawrence Lee, MD, all areas of the lab 724-223-3137

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
Richard T. Naturale, MD, Transfusion Medicine 814-877-2430

UPMC Hanover

Cindy Sturtz, Pathologist and Laboratory Medical Director 717-316-2150

UPMC Horizon

Komal Arora, MD, all areas of the lab 210-721-2245

UPMC Jameson

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

UPMC Kane

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

UPMC Lititz

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

UPMC McKeesport

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

UPMC Memorial

James Lease, Pathologist and Laboratory Medical Director 717-849-5376
Kraig Sturtz, Pathologist and Point of Care Medical Director 717- 849-5370
Abric Rosengrant, Pathologist, all areas of lab 717-849-2862

UPMC Mercy

Evan Baker, MD, all areas of lab 412-232-7834
Sonal Kamat, MD, all areas of lab 412-232-7858
Michal Krauze, MD, Hematology Oncology 412-232-7328
Tung Phan, MD, PhD, Microbiology and Immunology 412-647-1478
Lirong Qu, MD, PhD, Blood Bank 412-209-7428
Sarah Wheeler, PhD, Chemistry and Hematology 412-614-0613
Alex Mammen, MD, Ophthalmic Microbiology 412-647-2362

UPMC Muncy

William Borch, MD, all areas of the lab 570-321-2321

UPMC Northwest

Robert Conley, DO, all areas of lab 814-676-7114
Linda Olmstead, DO, all areas of lab 814-676-7115

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
Rajnikant Amin, MD, all areas of lab (both campuses) 412-748-6846
Pil Gyu Hwang, MD, all areas of lab (both campuses) 412-748-3336
Matthew Swadley, MD, all areas of lab (both campuses) 412-748-6748
Paolo Garcia, MD, all areas of the lab (both campuses) 412-748-3233

UPMC Harrisburg, Community Osteopthic, West Shore, and Carlisle

Dr. Rajat Goel, Pathologist, Laboratory Medical Director and Anatomic Pathology 717-782-3128
Dr. Jacob Gildea, Pathologist, Transfusion Medicine, 717-782-5131
Dr. Steven Skarupa, Pathologist, Microbiology 717-782-3144
Dr. Ulane Neveling, Pathologist, all areas of the lab 717-782-5640
Yanping Li, Pathologist, Hematology 717-782-5477
Charles Scott, MD, Pathologist, Microbiology and Anatomic Pathology 717-782-5935
Deepti Adhikari Guragain, MD, Pathologist, Chemistry and Anatomic Pathology 717-782-3325
Charles Evancho, Pathologist, Urologic pathology 717-782-3160
Rachel M. Gentile, MD, Pathologist, all areas of the lab 717-782-3357

UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

Alan Wells, MD, DMS, all clinical lab (Presby campus) 412-647-7813
Marina Nikiforova, MD, Molecular diagnostics (Presby campus) 412-802-6092
Nidhi Aggarwal, MD, Clinical hematology and hematopathology (Presby campus) 412-647-5191
Octavia Palmer, PhD, Clinical chemistry (Presby and Shadyside campuses) 412-578-9489
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) 412-623-1321

UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside: Hillman Cancer Center

Alan Wells, MD, DMS, all clinical lab (Presby campus) 412-647-7813

UPMC Somerset

Harold Ashcraft, MD, all areas of the lab 814-443-8215

UPMC St. Margaret

Jagjit Singh, MD, all areas of lab 412-784-4115
Evan Baker, MD, all areas of lab 412-784-4114
Sonal Kamat, MD, all areas of lab 412-784-4945
Brian Enloe, MD, all areas of lab 412-784-5131

UPMC Washington

Lawrence Lee, MD, all areas of the lab 724-223-3137

UPMC Wellsboro

Jamie Adam, MD, PhD, all areas of the lab 570-321-2321

UPMC Western Maryland

Naimin, Wei, MD, all areas of the lab 240-964-2500

UPMC Williamsport

Jamie Adam, MD, PhD, UPMC Williamsport, Chemistry, Microbiology, Point of Care, Urinalysis 570-321-2321
Michael Belenko, MD, UPMC Williamsport 570-321-2321
William Borch, MD, UPMC Williamsport, Cytology 570-321-2321
Vandi Ly-Bryant, MD, UPMC Williamsport, Blood Bank 570-321-2321
Jaclyn Cappel, MD, UPMC Williamsport, Hematology 570-321-2321
Ryan Collins, MD, UPMC Williamsport, Anatomic Pathology and UPMC Lock Haven Emergency Services 570-321-2321
Jamie Adam, MD, PhD, UPMC Williamsport Divine Providence Campus, all areas of the lab 570-321-2321