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Robert M. Wadowsky, ScD
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Director of Pediatric Molecular Microbiology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
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Consultant in Diagnostic Microbiology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
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Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, Division of Pediatric Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Profess or Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor B
Pittsburgh,
PA
15224
412-692-5650
Phone
412-692-6550
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Email
robert.wadowsky@chp.edu
Education and Training
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Graduate School: |
1978 MS, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
Memberships
- American Society for Microbiology
- Medical Alumni Association, University of Pittsburgh
- Allegheny Branch of the American Society for Microbiology
- Western Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Microbiology
- Delta Omega, Omicron Chapter, Honorary Public Health Society
- Pan American Society for Clinical Virology
Board Certifications
- American Academy of Microbiology, Registered Microbiologist (RMAAM)
Awards
- University Scholar, University of Pittsburgh
Publications
- Dare R, Sanghavi S, Bullotta A, Keightley M-C, St George K, Wadowsky RM, Paterson DL, McCurry KR, Reinhart TA, Husain S, Rinaldo CR. 2007. Diagnosis of human metapneumovirus infection in immunocompromised lung transplant recipients and children evaluated for pertussis. J Clin Microbiol 45:548-552.
- Bista BR, Ishwad C, Wadowsky RM, Manna P, Randhawa PS, Gupta G, Adhikari M, Tyagi R, Gasper G, Vats A. 2007. Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid detection of BK virus. J Clin Microbiol 45:1581-1587.
- Ravin KA, Rappaport LD, Zuckerbraun NS, Wadowsky RM, Wald ER, Michaels MM. 2007. Mycoplasma pneumoniae and atypical Steven-Johnson syndrome: a case series. Pediatr 119: e1002-e1005.
View Dr. Wadowsky's full list of publications from PubMed.
Research Interests
- Detection of rhinoviruses in respiratory tract secretions by real time TaqMan PCR and MGB probes
- Measurement of cytomegalovirus DNA load in transplant recipients by quantitative real time PCR
- Role of Chlamydia pneumoniae in bronchiolitis obliterans
- Monitoring of Epstein Barr Virus DNA load in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids of transplant recipient
- Detection of cell wall defective bacteria from blood of children with intravascular catheters by PCR
- Fingerprinting of coagulase-negative staphylococci for assessment of blood culture contamination
