Pittsburgh Magazine's 2025 Top Doctors

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh salutes our physicians honored in Pittsburgh Magazine’s 2025 “Top Doctors” issue. These doctors represent the best medical professionals in various specialties.

These physicians are part of the Top Doctors^® list, which is compiled by Castle Connolly. The Castle Connolly Top Doctor selection process is entirely merit-based. Doctors cannot pay to be listed. Castle Connolly’s peer-to-peer nominations and rigorous research process ensure only the most qualified physicians are included.

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Adolescent Medicine

Elissa Gittes, MD
Loreta M. Matheo MD
Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD
Tahniat Sultana Syed, MD

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Boris Birmaher, MD

Child Neurology

Ira Bergman, MD, PhD
Catalina Cleves-Bayon, MD
Dana D. Cummings, MD, PhD
Robyn A. Filipink, MD
Monica R. Naik, MD
Yoshimi Sogawa, MD

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

Kristin M. Hannibal, MD

Pediatric Allergy & Immunology

Hey Jin Chong, MD, PhD
Desha M. Jordan, MD
Allyson Sara Larkin, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

Tarek Alsaied, MD
Gaurav Arora, MD
Elizabeth C. Caris, MD
Adam B. Christopher, MD
Brian Feingold, MD
Bryan J. Funari, MD
Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD, FAAC, FSCAI
Lizabeth M. Lanford, MD
Susan A. Miller, MD
Laura J. Olivieri, MD
Kirsten M. Rose-Felker, MD
Linda Russo, MD
Sara M. Trucco, MD

Pediatric Endocrinology

Silva A. Arslanian, MD
Oscar Escobar, MD
Kara S. Hughan, MD
Ingrid M. Libman, MD, PhD
Bach-Mai Vu-Boast, MD
Selma Feldman Witchel, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Feras Al-Issa, MD
Mary H. Ayers, MD
Simon Horslen, MD
Leah M. Siebold, MD
James Squires, MD
Whitney M. Sunseri, MD

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Andrew J. Bukowinski, MD
James Cooper, MD
Erika Friehling, MD
A. Kim Ritchey, MD
Jean Tersak, MD

Pediatric Infectious Disease

Brian T. Campfield, MD
Michael David Green, MD, MPH
Marian G. Michaels, MD, MPH
Andrew Nowalk, MD, PhD

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

Michael P. McClincy, MD
Stephen A. Mendelson, MD

Pediatric Otolaryngology

David H. Chi, MD

Pediatric Pulmonology

Mark E. Dovey, MD
Traci M. Kazmerski, MD
Geoffrey Kurland, MD
Hiren V. Muzumdar, MD
Jane B. Taylor, MD
Daniel Weiner, MD

Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine

Dina B. Patterson, MD

Pediatric Rheumatology

Daniel A. Kietz, MD, PhD
Margalit E. Rosenkranz, MD
Kathryn Torok, MD

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Abeer Azzuqa, MD
Edward Hurley, MD
Burhanuddin Mahmood, MD
Kalyani R. Vats, MD

Pediatric Surgery

George K. Gittes, MD
Kevin P. Mollen, MD
Michael J. Morowitz, MD
Stefan Scholz, MD
Paul K. Waltz, MD

Pediatric Urology

Glenn M. Cannon, MD
Rajeev Chaudhry, MD
Francis X. Schneck, MD

Pediatrics

Kiran Bhat, MD
Lawrence J. Butler, MD
Diego G. Chaves-Gnecco, MD
Jennifer M. Chianese, MD
Norman L. Cohen, MD
Leigh Anne DiCicco, MD
Kristin L. Frederick, MD
Eric J. Friedlander, MD
Joseph Gatial, MD
Robin M. Gaus, MD
Amy A. Gosling, MD
Timothy P. Hart, MD
Victoria K. Jewell-Mahler, MD
Laura E. Kisloff, MD
Thomas G. Lynch, MD
Deborah R. Moss, MD
JoAnn Nickleach, MD
Mary Pagnotto, MD
Beth Ann Papas, MD
Suzanne M. Reitz, MD
James J. Rodrigues, MD
Paul L. Rowland III, MD, PhD
Rachel K. Stewart, MD
Lidia C. Turzai, MD
Laura K. Voigt, MD, FAAP
Amanda M. Willingham, MD
David H. Wolfson, MD