Rheumatology

Clinical Director, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Consulting Faculty, The Children's Institute, Pittsburgh


Division of Pediatric Rheumatology
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
3705 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-692-5081
412-692-5054 Fax
paul.rosen@chp.edu
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Medical School:

1997 State University of New York at Buffalo, MD
2003 Harvard University, MPH
2005 Carnegie Mellon University, MMM

Residency:

2000 Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York

Fellowship:

2003 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

• American College of Rheumatology
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American College of Physician Executives

• NIH Grant: Pediatric Rheumatology Training Grant

Paul Rosen, MD, MPH, MMM, is clinical director of the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. His interests include developing new and better ways to deliver care to children and treatment programs for children with chronic joint pain. Dr. Rosen came to Children's Hospital in 2003 from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where he had completed his training in rheumatology.

A native of New York state, Dr. Rosen attended the State University of New York at Binghamton as an undergraduate, earning a bachelor's degree in biology in 1993. He earned his medical degree from the University of Buffalo in 1997 and completed his internship and residency in pediatrics at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City. Dr. Rosen earned a master's degree in public health at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., and a master's degree in medical management at the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.

As clinical director of the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Dr. Rosen's focus is on innovative forms of health care delivery, including a patient-physician e-mail program. Along with his faculty colleagues, Dr. Rosen has worked with The Children's Institute in Pittsburgh to establish an intensive treatment program for children with idiopathic musculoskeletal pain. Dr. Rosen also serves as consulting faculty at the Children's Institute.

Dr. Rosen's research interests include idiopathic musculoskeletal pain, musculoskeletal ultrasound and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. He serves on several Children's Hospital committees and is helping implement a paperless medical record system at Children's. At the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Dr. Rosen is both a teacher and a mentor to medical students and pediatric residents. He has also lectured throughout western Pennsylvania on chronic joint pain in children.

Dr. Rosen is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric rheumatology. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Rheumatology and American College of Physician Executives.