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Sara Silvestri, MD, FAAP
Job Title
Assistant Professor, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 3
Pittsburgh,
PA
15224
412-692-5180
Phone
412-692-7355
Fax
Education and Training
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Medical School: |
2005 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Residency: |
2008 Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA |
Memberships
- American Medical Association
- Allegheny County Medical Society
- American Academy of Pediatrics
Board Certifications
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certification
- Advanced Trauma Life Support Certification
Awards
- 2003-2004 Honors earned in Pediatric Acting Internship, Psychology portion of Clinical Neurosciences, Pathology, Outpatient Child Psychology, Pediatric Infectious Disease, Critical Care Medicine
- 2003-2004 High Honors earned in Pediatric Infectious Disease, Clinical Neurosciences, Adult Inpatient Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatric Inpatient Medicine, Surgery and Perioperative Care, Family Medicine Clerkship and Ambulatory Care Clerkship
- 2003-2004 Ferrante Scholarship
- 1997-2002 Valspar Scholarship
- College Chemistry Award, Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
- Phi Sigma Iota
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Allegheny Alden Scholar
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Lambda Sigma
- 1998-2000 Allegheny Doane Scholar
- 1998–2000 Who’s Who among Students in American Universities and Colleges
- 1998, 2000 Allegheny Distinguished Alden Scholar
Publications
- Znosko, B.M., Silvestri, S.B., Volkman, H., Boswell, R., Serra, M.J. “Thermodynamic Parameters for an Expanded Nearest-Neighbor Model for the Formation of RNA Duplexes with Single Nucleotide Bulges,” Biochemistry, 41, 10406-10417, 2002.
- Silvestri, S.B., Carrau, R.L., Peel, R., Hunt, J.L. “Spindle Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx with Actinomyces Chondritis of the Larynx and Trachea,” Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 134, 345-347, 2006.
View Dr. Silvestri's full list of publications from PubMed.
Last Update
March 2, 2011
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