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Marian G. Michaels, MD, MPH

Job Title Professor of Pediatrics and Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 3

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

412-692-7438 Phone

412-692-7016 Fax

Email marian.michaels@chp.edu

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Active Research Projects

Education and Training

Medical School:	1985 MD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1992 MPH, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Residency:	1988 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship:	1989 Great Ormond Street Hospitals for Sick Children, London, England 1992 Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

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 Certifications

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

View Dr. Michaels' full list of publications from PubMed.

Biography Summary

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.

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

Last Update
April 16, 2013

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