Memberships
- Infectious Disease Society of America
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Society
- Pittsburgh Committee for Virology
- American Society of Transplantation
- American Society of Microbiology
- Society for Pediatric Research
- International Pediatric Transplantation Association
Board Certification
- Pediatric Specialty Boards
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Subspecialty Boards
- National Board Medical Examiners
Awards
- Cum Laude, Yale University
- Distinction in Major, Anthropology, Yale University
- Scholarship Citation from American Women's Medical Association, University
of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine
- Ambassador Award, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Outstanding Student Award University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School
of Public Health
- Delta Omega Society University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public
Health
- Young Investigator, Child Health Research Center, Department of Pediatrics,
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Resident Teaching Award, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Michael Miller Young Investigator Award, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Young Investigator Award, Pediatric Infectious Disease Society
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Faculty Appointment, University of Pittsburgh
- Patient Satisfaction Award, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Best Doctors in America®
Publications
- Michelson P, Watkins B, Wadowsky R, Kurland G, Webber S, Michaels MG. Screening for PTLD in Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Recipients by Measuring EBV DNA Load in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Using Real Time PCR Pediatric Transplantation. (Accepted for publication Sept 2007)
- Michaels MG. Treatment of congenital cytomegalovirus: where are we now? Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy. 5 (3) 441-448, 2007
- Humar A, Michaels M, on behalf of the AST ID Working Group on Infectious Diseases Monitoring. American Society of Transplantation recommendations for screening, monitoring and reporting of infectious complications in immunosuppression trials in recipients of organ transplantation. Am J Transplant 2006; 6:262-74
Active Research Projects/Grants
- HIV Early Intervention Project for Children, Youth, Women and Families
- The Natural History of CMV-related Hearing Loss and Feasibility of
CMV Screening as Adjunct to Hearing Screening in the Newborn (Subcontract)
- Safety and Immunogenicity of Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids Adsorbed
Combined with Component Pertussis (TdcP) Vaccine Compared to Tetanus
and Diphtheria Toxoids Adsorbed (Td) in adolescents and Adults 11-64
Years of Age, Protocol TD506
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Marian Michaels, MD, MPH, a physician in allergy, immunology and
infectious diseases at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and
associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine, is a leading, international authority on infections
from xenotransplantation. Xenotransplantation is the transplantation
of living organs, cells or tissue from one species to another, typically
from animals to humans.
While many human transplant operations are highly successful, the
nation’s severe shortage of suitable donated organs from humans
continues. This shortage is what drives physicians and researchers
to explore xenotransplantation as an alternative to human organ
and tissue transplants.
Encouraging new therapies from xenotransplantation include the
treatment of life-threatening or chronic debilitating illnesses,
such as diabetes or liver failure. At the same time, no medical
procedure is without risk, and Dr. Michaels is one of only a handful
of experts nationwide studying the possible medical implications
of xenotransplantation, including the introduction of new types
of infectious diseases.
As a specialist in infectious disease, Dr. Michaels has focused
her research on the development and implementation of screening
strategies for animal organs used in xenotransplantation. These
screening strategies are setting the standard for when and how to
cross species lines for xenotransplantation. In addition, Dr. Michaels
has developed protocols for the prevention and management of infections
in children undergoing heart and lung transplants, including viral
infections. These protocols have been used by numerous centers across
the United States.
Dr. Michaels’ research on viral infections in xenotransplantation
is funded by the National Institutes of Health. She currently serves
as a consultant to the United States Public Health Services and
the World Health Organization for the development of xenotransplantation
public health policies.
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