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Aviva L. Katz, MD
Job Title
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 4
Pittsburgh,
PA
15224
412-692-8735
Phone
412-692-8299
Fax
Email
aviva.katz@chp.edu
Education and Training
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Medical School: |
1982 Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY |
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Residency: |
1984 Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA |
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Fellowship: |
1986 Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA |
Memberships
- 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
Board Certifications
- 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)
Awards
- 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
Publications
- 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
