Executive Leadership

Diane Hupp, RN, MSN, Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President, Patient Care Services, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Diane Hupp, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
President, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Medical Leadership

Andrew Buchert, MD

Andrew Buchert, MD
Interim Vice President, Medical Affairs, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
President, Pennsylvania Pediatric Health Network (CIN)
Medical Director, Clinical Resource Management, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Franklyn Cladis, MD, MBA

Franklyn Cladis, MD, MBA
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief
Clinical Director, Perioperative Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Robert Clark, MD

Robert Clark, MD
Vice Chair for Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Critical Care Medicine
Professor, Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Terence Dermody, MD

Terence Dermody, MD
Vira I. Heinz Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Member, Graduate Program in Microbiology and Immunology (PMI)
Member, Integrative Systems Biology (ISB) Graduate Program
Physician-in-Chief and Scientific Director, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

George Kingsley Gittes, MD

George Kingsley Gittes, MD
Director, Richard King Mellon Institute for Pediatric Research
Benjamin R. Fisher Chair of Pediatric Surgery
Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Surgeon-in-Chief Emeritus and Co-scientific Director, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Melinda Hamilton, MD, MS

Melinda Hamilton, MD, MS
President, Medical Staff
Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) Training, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Kevin Mollen, MD

Kevin Mollen, MD
Surgeon in Chief
Surgical Director, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Sheila Grace Moore , MD

Sheila Moore, MD, FACR
Radiologist-in-Chief (Interim), UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Professor of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Clinical Director of Radiology
Medical Director of MRI

Ken K. Nischal, MD, FRCOphth

Ken K. Nischal, MD, FAAP, FRCOphth
Chief, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus, and Adult Motility
Medical Director, Digital Health
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Professor, Ophthalmology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Jennifer Lee Picarsic, MD

Jennifer Picarsic, MD
Pathologist-in-Chief
Head of Laboratories, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Professor, Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Andrew Urbach, MD

Andrew Urbach, MD
Senior Medical Director, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Administrative Leadership

Vice President, Human Resources, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Children's Community Pediatrics

Mike Anderson
Vice President, Human Resources
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Children's Community Pediatrics

Michael J. Comunale

Michael J. Comunale, MBA
Vice President, UPMC Pediatric Service Line
Executive Administrator, Department of Pediatrics

Paula Eicker, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Vice President, Patient Care Services, and Chief Nursing Officer, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Jim Majsak, MBA

Jim Majsak, MBA
Vice President, Facilities and Support Services, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Rachel Petrucelli

Rachel A. Petrucelli
President, UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation

Srinivasan Suresh, MD, MBA, FAAP

Srinivasan Suresh, MD, MBA, FAAP
Vice-President, Chief Information Officer, and Chief Medical Information Officer, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Durae Vincze, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Vice President, Operations, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Mario Wilfong, MBA

Mario Wilfong, MBA
Chief Financial Officer
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh