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Dianna L. Ploof, EdD

Job Title Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of General Academic Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Job Title Liaison for Community Preceptors, Pediatric Residency Program, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Job Title Curriculum Development Director, Collaborative Faculty Development in Primary Care Fellowship Program, General Academic Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

General Academic Pediatrics

3414 Fifth Ave., Suite Floor 3

Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2583

412-692-6522 Phone

412-692-8516 Fax

Email dianna.ploof@chp.edu

Education and Training

Graduate School:	1982 MEd, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Post Graduate School:	1990 EdD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Awards

2009 Outstanding Teaching Award, American Pediatric Association

Publications

Shaikh N, Hoberman A, Kaleida P, Ploof D, Paradise J. Diagnosing otitis media – Otoscopy and cerumen removal. N Engl J Med. Videos in Clinical Medicine 2010: 362:e62.
Kaleida PH, Ploof D, Kurs-Lasky M, et al. Mastering diagnostic skills: enhancing proficiency in otitis media, a model for diagnostic skills training. Pediatrics 2009;124:e714-720. (http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/doi/10.1542/peds.2008-2838)
J Chianese, D Ploof, C Trovato, J Chang, Inner city caregivers’ perspectives on bed sharing with their infants. Ambulatory Pediatrics 9 (1) January 2009:26-32.

View Dr. Ploof's full list of publications from PubMed.