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UPMC

Jeffrey A. Romoff

President and Chief Executive Officer

Derek Angus, M.D.

Executive Vice President
Chief Innovation Officer

Timothy Billiar, M.D.

Executive Vice President
Chief Scientific Officer

Charles E. (Chuck) Bogosta

Executive Vice President
President, International Division
President, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

Jeanne M. Cunicelli

Executive Vice President
President, UPMC Enterprises

Leslie C. Davis

Executive Vice President
President, Health Services Division

David M. Farner

Executive Vice President
Chief Strategic and Transformation Officer

Diane P. Holder

Executive Vice President
President, Insurance Services Division
President and Chief Executive Officer, UPMC Health Plan

W. Thomas McGough, Jr.

Executive Vice President
Chief Legal Officer

Edward Karlovich

Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer

Marshall W. Webster, M.D.

Senior Vice President

University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences

School of Medicine

Anantha Shekhar MD, Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences and Dean

Biomedical Informatics

Michael J. Becich, MD, Professor and Chair

Cardiothoracic Surgery

James D. Luketich, MD, Henry T. Bahnson Professor and Chair

Cell Biology and Physiology

Alexander Sorkin, PhD, Professor and Chair

Computational Biology

Ivet Bahar, PhD, Professor and John K. Vries Chair

Critical Care Medicine

Derek Angus, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair

Dermatology

Louis Falo, Jr., MD, PhD, Professor and Chair

Emergency Medicine

Donald M. Yealy, MD, Professor and Chair

Family Medicine

Jeannette E. South-Paul, MD, Andrew W. Mathieson Professor and Chair

Immunology

Olivera J. Finn, PhD, Professor and Chair

Medicine

Steven Shapiro, MD, Jack D. Myers Professor and Chair

Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Thomas E. Smithgall, PhD, William S. McEllroy Professor and Chair

Neurology

Lawrence Wechsler, MD, Professor and Chair

Neurosurgery

Robert Friedlander, MD, Professor and Chair

Obstetrics and Gynecology

W. Allen Hogge, MD, Professor and Chair

Ophthalmology

José-Alain Sahel, MD, Professor and Chair

Orthopaedic Surgery

Freddie H. Fu, MD, Professor and Chair

Otolaryngology

Jonas Johnson, MD, Dr. Eugene N. Myers Professor and Chair

Pathology

George K. Michalopoulos, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair

Alan Wells, M.D., D.M.Sc., Executive Vice Chairman, Section of Laboratory Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and UPMC

Pediatrics

Terence S. Dermody, MD, Vira I. Heinz Professor and Chair

Pharmacology and Chemical Biology

Bruce A. Freeman, PhD, Professor and Chair

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Michael Boninger, PhD, Professor and Chair

Psychiatry

David A. Lewis, MD, UPMC Endowed Professor in Translational Neuroscience and Chair

Radiation Oncology

Joel S. Greenberger, MD, Professor and Chair

Radiology

Kyongtae (Ty) Bae, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair

Structural Biology

Angela Gronenborn, PhD, UPMC Rosalind Franklin Professor and Chair

Surgery

Timothy Billiar, MD, George Vance Foster Professor and Chair

Urology

Joel B. Nelson, MD, Frederic N. Schwentker Professor and Chair

School of Dental Medicine

Thomas W. Braun, DMD, PhD, Dean

Dental Anesthesiology

Paul Moore, DMD, PhD, MPH, Professor and Chair

Dental Public Health/Information Management

Robert J. Weyant, DMD, DrPH, Professor and Chair

Diagnostic Sciences

L. G. Schneider, DDS, Professor and Chair

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Mark W. Ochs, DMD, MD, Professor and Chair

Oral Biology

Mark Mooney, PhD, Professor and Chair

Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Joseph F. A. Petrone, DDS, MSD, MPH, Professor and Chair

Pediatric Dentistry

Deborah Studen-Pavlovich, DMD, Professor and Chair

Periodontics/Preventive Dentistry

Pouran Famili, DMD, Professor and Chair

Prosthodontics

Robert Engelmeier, DMD, Professor and Chair

Restorative Dentistry/Comprehensive Care

Marnie Oakley, DMD, Professor and Chair

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Clifford E. Brubaker, PhD, Professor and Dean

Occupational Therapy

Joan C. Rogers, PhD, Professor and Chair

Physical Therapy

Anthony Delitto, PhD, Professor and Chair

Rehabilitation Sciences and Technology

Rory A. Cooper, PhD, Distinguished Professor and Chair

Sports Medicine and Nutrition

Scott M. Lephart, PhD, ATC, Professor and Chair

School of Nursing

Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PhD, RN, Dean

Acute and Tertiary Care

Leslie Hoffman, PhD, RN, Professor and Chair

Health and Community Systems

Judith Erlen, PhD, RN, Professor and Chair

Health Promotion and Development

Sandra J. Engberg, PhD, RN, Associate Professor and Chair

School of Pharmacy

Patricia Kroboth, PhD, Dean

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Barry Gold, PhD, Professor and Chair

Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Amy Seybert, PharmD, Associate Professor and Interim Chair

Graduate School of Public Health

Everette James, J.D., M.B.A., Interim Dean

Behavioral and Community Health Sciences

Steven M. Albert, PhD, Professor and Chair

Biostatistics

Shyamal D. Peddada, PhD, Professor and Chair

Environmental and Occupational Health

Sally E. Wenzel, MD, Chair

Epidemiology

Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair

Health Policy and Management

Mark S. Roberts, MD, Professor and Chair

Human Genetics

Eleanor Feingold, PhD, Professor and Chair

Infectious Diseases and Microbiology

Charles R. Rinaldo, Jr. , PhD, Professor and Chair

Clinical and Research

Steven Albert, PhD

Robert Arnold, MD

Toren Finkel, MD, PhD

David A. Nace, MD, MPH

Anne Newman, PhD, MPH

Stephanie A. Studenski, MD, MPH

Debra Weiner, MD

Alcohol and Substance Abuse

Duncan B. Clark, MD, PhD

Brian Primack, MD, PhD

Alzheimers Disease and Dementia

Eleanor Feingold, PhD

William E. Klunk, MD, PhD

Arthur S. Levine, MD

Larry Moreland, MD

Bone and Soft Tissue

Richard McGough, MD

Brain

Jan Drappatz, MD

Breast

Adam Brufsky, MD, PhD

Robert Edwards, MD

Kandace McGuire, MD

Priya Rastogi, MD

Shannon Puhalla, MD

Colorectal and Gastrointestinal

Olivera J. Finn, PhD

James Pingpank, MD

Endocrine

Sally E. Carty, MD

Yuri E. Nikiforov, MD, PhD

Michael T. Stang, MD

Esophageal

James D. Luketich, MD

Gynecologic

Paniti Sukumvanich, MD

Head and Neck

Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD

Leukemia

Stanley M. Marks, MD

Liver

David A. Geller, MD, FACS

Lung

James D. Luketich, MD

Prostate

Joel B. Nelson, MD

Joel L. Weissfeld, MD, MPH

Skin

John M. Kirkwood, MD

Patrick S. Moore, MD, MPH

Survivorship

G. van Londen, MD, MS

Cardiac Surgery

Robert Kormos, MD

Victor O. Morell, MD

William Follansbee, MD

Lewis Kuller, MD, DrPH

Joon S. Lee, M.D.

Oscar C. Marroquin, MD

Suresh R. Mulukutla, MD

Complementary Medicine

Ronald Glick, MD

Bruce Rabin, MD, PhD

Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury

Michael Collins, PhD

Anthony Kontos, PhD

Anne Mucha, PhD

Critical Care and Resuscitation Medicine

Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, FCCM, FCCP

Dental Medicine

Thomas W. Braun, DMD, PhD

Mary L. Marazita, PhD

Dennis N. Ranalli, DDS, MDS

Joseph C. English, MD

Louis Falo, Jr., MD, PhD

Suzan Obagi, MD

Bret H. Goodpaster, PhD

Mary Korytkowski, MD

Andrea Kriska, PhD, MS

Trevor Orchard, MD

Linda M. Siminerio, RN, PhD

Thomas J. Songer, MPH, PhD

Disabilities and Assistive Technology

Michael L. Boninger, MD

Rory A. Cooper, PhD

Drug Development

Joel S. Greenberger, MD

Ear Nose and Throat

Jonas Johnson, MD

Catherine Palmer, PhD

Carl Snyderman, MD

Emergency Medicine and Trauma

Kevin S. O'Toole, MD

Jon C. Rittenberger, MD

Donald M. Yealy, MD

Emergency Preparedness and Biosecurity

Amy Hartman, PhD

Environmental Health

William L. Bigbee, PhD

Jeanine Buchanich, PhD

Jane Clougherty, MCs, ScD

Bernard D. Goldstein, MD

Evelyn Talbott, DrPH, MPH

Sally E Wenzell, MD

Gastroenterology

Arthur M. Barrie, MD, PhD

Jason Swoger, MD, MPH

David C. Whitcomb, MD, PhD

William L. Bigbee, PhD

Eleanor Feingold, PhD

W. Allen Hogge, MD

Donald S. Burke, MD

Sharon L. Hillier, PhD

Health Disparities

Jessica Burke, PhD, MHS

Patricia Documet, MD, DrPH

Jeannette E. South-Paul, MD

Julie Donohue, PhD

Everette James, JD, MBA

Judith Lave, PhD, MA

Beaufort B. Longest, PhD

Yuting Zhang, PhD

Infectious Diseases

HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Sharon L. Hillier, PhD

John W. Mellors, MD

Charles R. Rinaldo, Jr., PhD

Ronald Stall, PhD, MPH, MA

Influenza

Donald S. Burke, MD

David A. Nace, MD, MPH

Graham Snyder, MD, MS

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Richard H. Beigi, MD, MSc.

Information Technology

Vivek M. Reddy, MD

Rasu B. Shrestha, MD

Andrew R. Watson, MD

Mark Gladwin, MD

Frank C. Sciurba, MD

Steven Shapiro, MD

Sally E. Wenzell, MD

Autism

Nancy Minshew, MD

Bipolar Disorder

David Axelson, MD

Boris Birmaher, MD

David J. Kupfer, MD

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

David Brent, MD

Ronald E. Dahl, MD

Depression

Ellen Frank, PhD

David J. Kupfer, MD

Charles F. Reynolds, MD

Mental Health and Violence

Edward Mulvey, PhD

Schizophrenia

David A. Lewis, MD

Vishwajit Nimgaonkar, MD, PhD

Trauma

Modeling and Simulation

Donald S. Burke, MD

Shyamal D. Peddada, PhD

Paul E. Phrampus, MD

Neurological Surgery

Matt El-Kadi, MD, PhD

Robert Friedlander, MD

Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez, MD, PhD

L. Dade Lunsford, MD

Headache

Robert Kaniecki, MD

Multiple Sclerosis

Rock Heyman, MD

Parkinson’s Disease

J. Timothy Greenamyre, MD, PhD

Robert Y. Moore, MD, PhD

Michael J. Zigmond, PhD

Dana Howard Bovbjerg, PhD

Judy Cameron, PhD

J. Timothy Greenamyre, MD, PhD

Andrew Schwartz, PhD

Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PhD, RN

Sandra J. Engberg, PhD, RN

Judith Erlen, PhD, RN

Leslie Hoffman, PhD, RN

Madelyn Fernstrom, PhD, CNS

Deepinder K. Dhaliwal, MD

José-Alain Sahel, MD

Stephen F. Conti, MD

Freddie H. Fu, MD

Robert J. Goitz, MD

Dane K. Wukich, MD

Pain Management

Jacques E. Chelly, MD, PhD

Palliative Care

Robert Arnold, MD

See a complete listing of pediatric experts at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.

Barry Gold, PhD

Randy Juhl, PhD

Patricia D. Kroboth, PhD

Gordon J. Vanscoy, PharmD, CACP, MBA

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Carolyn DeLaCruz, MD

Vijay Gorantla, MD, PhD

Joseph E. Losee, MD

J. Peter Rubin, MD

Kenneth Shestak, MD

Primary Care Medicine

Jeanne Doperak, DO

Lawrence Ellis, MD

Wishwa Kapoor, MD, MPH

Brian Primack, MD, PhD

Donald S. Burke, MD

Samar R. El Khoudary, PhD, MPH, FAHA

Lewis Kuller, MD, DrPH

Mary L. Marazita, PhD

Thomas J. Songer, MPH, PhD

Joel L. Weissfeld, MD, MPH

Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology

Steven F. Badylak, DVM., MD, PhD

William J. Federspiel, PhD

Robert Kormos, MD

Joon Sup Lee, MD

J. Peter Rubin, MD

Gerald P. Schatten, PhD

Charles Sfeir, DDS, PhD

William R. Wagner, PhD

Michael L. Boninger, MD

Clifford E. Brubaker, PhD

Rory A. Cooper, PhD

Brian Hagen, PhD, PT

Scott M. Lephart, PhD, ATC

Michael C. Munin, MD

C. Kent Kwoh, MD

Thomas A. Medsger, MD

Larry Moreland, MD

Chester V. Oddis, MD

Daniel J. Buysse, MD

Ronald E. Dahl, MD

Timothy H. Monk, PhD, DSc

Sports Medicine

Michael Collins, PhD

Jeanne Doperak, DO

Freddie H. Fu, MD

Brian Hagen, PhD, PT

Vonda Wright, MD

Thoracic Surgery

James D. Luketich, MD

Inderpal S. Sarkaria, MD, FACS

Transplantation

Sundaram Hariharan, MD

Vijay Gorantla, MD, PhD

Christopher Hughes, MD, FACS

Abhinav Humar, MD

Joseph E. Losee, MD

Vinod K. Rustgi, MD, MBA

Henkie Tan, MD, PhD

Joel B. Nelson, MD

Neil Resnick, MD

Olivera J. Finn, PhD

Amy Hartman, PhD

Ronald C. Montelaro, PhD

Vascular Surgery

Michel Makaroun, MD

Michael Singh, MD

Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery

Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPH

Madelyn Fernstrom, PhD, CNS

Melissa Kalarchian, PhD

Wendy King, PhD

Fertility

Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA

Kyle Orwig, PhD

Fetal Medicine

Hyagriv Simhan, MD

Menopause

Samar R. El Khoudary, PhD, MPH, FAHA

Rebecca Thurston, PhD

Osteoporosis

Jane A. Cauley, DrPH

Susan Greenspan, MD

Pregnancy and Childbirth

Lisa M. Bodnar, MD, RD

W. Allen Hogge, MD

Hyagriv Simhan, MD

Additional Resources

UPMC Fast Facts

About UPMC

A $23 billion health care provider and insurer, Pittsburgh-based UPMC is inventing new models of patient-centered, cost-effective, accountable care. The largest nongovernmental employer in Pennsylvania, UPMC integrates more than 92,000 employees, 40 hospitals, 700 doctors’ offices and outpatient sites, and a 4 million-member Insurance Services Division, the largest medical insurer in western Pennsylvania. In the most recent fiscal year, UPMC contributed $1.4 billion in benefits to its communities, including more care to the region’s most vulnerable citizens than any other health care institution, and paid more than $800 million in federal, state and local taxes. Working in close collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC shares its clinical, managerial and technological skills worldwide through its innovation and commercialization arm, UPMC Enterprises, and through UPMC International. U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside among the nation’s best hospitals in many specialties and ranks UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh on its Honor Roll of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals. For more information, go to UPMC.com.