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
