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Roberto Ortiz-Aguayo, MD

Robert Ortiz-Aguayo, MD
Job Title Medical Director, Behavioral Health Consultation Liaison Service, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Job Title Associate Director, Residency Training, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside
Job Title Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 3
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
412-692-5100 Phone
412-692-5986 Fax

Education and Training

Medical School:

2002 MD, cum laude, Research Track, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Residency:

2007 Triple Board Residency, Pediatrics/General Psychiatry/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Health System, Pittsburgh, PA

Memberships

  • Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • American Psychiatric Association
  • American Academy of Pediatrics-Resident Section
  • American Medical Association
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Board Certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and General Psychiatry
  • American Board of Pediatrics, Board Certification in General Pediatrics
  • USMLE Step 1-3
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Instructor
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support
  • Acute Trauma Life Support
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program
  • DEA

Awards

  • AACAP Pilot Research Award for Junior Faculty and Child Psychiatry Fellows, Supported by Eli Lilly and Company
  • AACAP Outstanding Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Resident Award
  • AACAP Pfeizer Travel Award for the AACAP 52nd Annual Meeting
  • Cancer Research Training Award, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
  • National Hispanic Fund Honoree
  • Unanimous Recognition for Academic Achievement from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Senate
  • 1995-1996 Howard Hughes Honors Award

Publications

  • Sporn A, Gogtay N, Ortiz-Aguayo R, Alfaro C, Tosell J, Lenane M, Gochman P, Rappoport J. Clozapine Induced neutropenia in Children: management  with Lithium Carbonate  Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2003 Fall; 13 (3): 401-4.
  • Ortiz-Aguayo R, Meyer VA, Ackerman K, (2007), Pittsburgh-Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry Chapter 17: Liaison Psychiatry. Editors, Kupfer, Lewis, Reynolds, Thase, Brent, Horner and Travis. Oxford University Press, NY, NY. (in press).
  • Ortiz-Aguayo R, Campo J, (2009) Treating Child and Adolescent Depression. Chapter 21: Treating Depression in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Physical Illness. Editors Rey, Joseph and  Birmaher, Boris. Lipincott, Williams and Wilkins. Philadelphia USA.

    View Dr. Ortiz-Aguayo's full list of publications from PubMed.

Last Update

January 15, 2010
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