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412-692-8431
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412-692-5558
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Melissa A. Vitale, MD
4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 1
Pittsburgh,
PA
15224
412-692-8431
Phone
412-692-5558
Fax
Email
melissa.vitale@chp.edu
Education and Training
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Medical School: |
2003 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD |
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Residency: |
2006 Pediatrics, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA |
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Fellowship: |
2009 Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA |
Awards
- Region III Ambulatory Pediatric Association Research Award
- Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Franklin and Marshall College
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Franklin and Marshall College
Publications
- Fluck RA, PA Leber, JD Lieser, SK Szczerbicki, JG Varnes, MA Vitale, EE Wolfe. Choline conjugates of auxins. I. Direct evidence for the hydrolysis of choline-auxin conjugates by pea cholinesterase. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 2000; 38: 301-308.
- Vitale MA, S Rzucidlo, ML Shaffer, GD Ceneviva, NJ Thomas. The impact of pediatric trauma in the Amish community. Journal of Pediatrics. 2006; 148: 359-65.
View Dr. Vitale's full list of publications from PubMed.
Last Update
December 22, 2009
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