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Job Title Director, Antonio J. and Janet Palumbo Cystic Fibrosis Center

Job Title Antonio J. and Janet Palumbo Professor of Cystic Fibrosis, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Job Title Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Job Title Professor of Health and Physical Education Activity (Exercise Physiology), University of Pittsburgh School of Education

Job Title Affiliate Faculty Member, University of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics and Health Law

Job Title Principal Investigator (Pediatrics), Therapeutics Development Center (Cystic Fibrosis Foundation)

4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 3

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

412-692-8736 Phone

412-692-6645 Fax

Email davido@pitt.edu

Medical School:	Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Residency:	Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH
Fellowship:	Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH

Antonio J. and Janet Palumbo Endowed Chair in Cystic Fibrosis
2003 Man of the Year in Science and Medicine, Vectors/Pittsburgh
Best Doctors in America (listed in 1992-2008)
Breath of Life Award, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Western Pennsylvania Chapter
2006 Hans Wessel “Lifetime Commitment to Cystic Fibrosis” Award, Cystic Fibrosis Institute, presented at CFI Winter Retreat, Hoffman Estates, IL
North Plainfield (NJ) High School Alumni Association Hall of Fame
The first annual Phillip George Lectureship in Pediatric Pulmonology, LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center and University of Tennessee Medical Center, Memphis, TN
The 2008 Stephanie Lynn Kossoff Memorial Lecture (Thirtieth Annual), Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian and Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University. New York, NY.
2008 Patient Satisfaction Award (ranked first among all Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh attending physicians)
The Elisa Klein Lectureship, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester

Cystic Fibrosis: A Guide for Patient and Family. Raven Press. New York, 1989.
Cystic Fibrosis: A Guide for Patient and Family: Update for second printing, Raven Press. New York, 1992
Cystic Fibrosis: A Guide for Patient and Family. Second Edition. Lippincott-Raven. New York, 1997.
Treatment of the Hospitalized Cystic Fibrosis Patient. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1998.
Cystic Fibrosis Medical Care. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2000.
Cystic Fibrosis: A Guide for Patient and Family. Third Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia, 2004.

Self-regulated exercise in CF: A randomized trial (Principal Investigator; NIH R01)
Therapeutics Development Center (PI, pediatrics); part of national Therapeutics Development Network
Determination of Genotype in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis (local Co-Investigator)

Last Update
April 7, 2009