Pediatric Surgery

Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine


Division of General and Thoracic Surgery
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
3705 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-692-8735
412-692-8299 Fax
aviva.katz@chp.edu

Medical School:

1982 Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Residency:

1984 Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
1990 University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY

Fellowship:

1986 Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
1993 University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital

• American Academy of Pediatrics, Surgical Section
• Physicians for Social Responsibility
• American College of Surgeons
• Association of Women Surgeons
• American Pediatric Surgical Association
• American Pediatric Surgical Association, Ethics Committee
  

• Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
• American Board of Surgery, Surgery
• American Board of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery
• American College of Surgeons
• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)

• Summa Cum Laude, B.S.
• Merck Manual Award for Clinical Experience, Alpha Omega Alpha Society
• Elizabeth Blackwell Award, American Medical Women's Association
  
• National Research Service Award, NIH
• Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

• Katz A, Oldham KT, Guice KS, Coran AG. Oxidized Glutathione as a Marker of Ischemia Reperfusion Associated with Single Lung Transplantation. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 180:25-32, 1995.
• Weiner DJ, Katz A, Hirschl RB, Drongowski R, Coran AG. Interval Appendectomy in Perforated Appendicitis. Pediatr Surg Int 10:82-5, 1995.
• Brenn BR, Katz A. General Anesthesia May Improve the Success Rate of Hydrostatic Reductions of Intussusception. Paediatric Anaesthesia 7(1):77-81, 1997.
• Katz AL, Wiswell TE, Baumgart S. Contemporary Controversies in the Management of Diaphragmatic Hernia. Clinics in Perinatology 25:219-248, 1998.
• Baumgart S, Paul JJ, Huhta JC, Katz A, Paul KE, Speltel C, Spitzer AR. Cardiac Malposition and Development as Indicators of Survival of Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Treated with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. J Pediatr 133: 57-62, 1998