Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Doctors and Staff

Jennifer Kloesz, MD

Director, Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Abeer Azzuqa, MD

Clinical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Associate Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs/Telehealth, Department of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Neonatal Telemedicine, UPMC Newborn Medicine Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Arcangela L. Balest, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Greg A. Barretto, Jr., MD, MS

Regional Medical Director, Division of Newborn Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

C. Briana Bertoni, MD, MBOE, CPPS

Director, Clinical Improvement and Quality Improvement
Division of Newborn Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Christine Bishop, MD

Director, Perinatal Supportive Care, UPMC Division of Newborn Medicine, UPMC OB/GYN Reproductive Services and Pediatric Supportive Care
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Danielle N. Browning, DO

Newborn Medicine Director for Medical Student and Resident Education
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Julie A. Dillard, MD

Medical Director, Neonatal Transport Services and Community Outreach 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Nicole R. Dobson, MD

Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program
Director of Simulation Education, Division of Newborn Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Paris S. Ekeke, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Carol H. Gilmour, MD, MPH

Medical Director, Neonatology, UPMC Horizon
Chair, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Mercy Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Thomas Hooven, MD

R.K. Mellon Institute Research Scholar, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Edward Hurley, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

John Ibrahim, MD, FAAP

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

James Kiger, MD, MS

Associate Clinical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Medical Director, Newborn Respiratory Care
Director of Respiratory Care, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Brian King, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Karena G. Lawrence, MD, MS, IBCLC

Associate Program Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Burhanuddin Mahmood, MD, FAAP 

Medical Director, Newborn Medicine ECMO and CDH Programs
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Brighid O’Donnell, MD

Advisory Dean, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Director of Medical Affairs, The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Onome Oghifobibi, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Alice P. Randall, MD

Co-Director, Magee Triage Service
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Kathleen Schwabenbauer, MD

Clinical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Richard Telesco, MD

Clinical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, UPMC Hamot
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Kalyani Vats, MD

Medical Director, Delivery Room, Triage, and Emergency Antenatal Consult Service (DTAC), UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
Co-Director, Center for Advanced Fetal Diagnostics, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Carey Welsh, MD

Medical Director, NICU APP Fellowship Program 
Associate Regional Medical Director, Central Pennsylvania 
UPMC Harrisburg/UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Andrea Willeitner, MD

Clinical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Excela Health System
Associate Regional Director, UPMC Division of Newborn Medicine
Associate Regional Director, UPMC Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Toby Debra Yanowitz, MD, MS

Director of Clinical Research, Division of Newborn Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine