Seth Van Zant, BS, MPH, MD

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Fellow

Hometown: Jamestown, OH

College/Medical School: Eastern Kentucky University/University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine

Residency: UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Career/Research Interests

  • Transition Care in Down syndrome and children with special health care needs
  • Prescribing practices and national trends in care of children and adolescents with ADHD

Posters: The Healthcare Transition Needs Assessment: A National Survey Utilizing DS-Connect to Recognize Strengths and Identify Areas of Opportunity in the Transitions Landscape for people with Down syndrome. DS-MIG. Pittsburgh, PA. June 2019.

Recent Presentations: The Healthcare Transition Needs Assessment: A National Survey Utilizing DS-Connect to Recognize Strengths and Identify Areas of Opportunity in the Transitions Landscape for people with Down syndrome. DS-MIG. Pittsburgh, PA. June 2019.

Current Scholarly Projects:

  • Transition Care for individuals with Down Syndrome
  • National trends in prescribing and care practices for children and adolescents with ADHD
  • Screen time for children with disabilities and special health care needs

Career Goals: To provide general pediatric, as well as neurologic and developmental care, to patients with developmental disabilities. I am particularly interested in working with kids with medical complexity, children with Down syndrome.

Scholarly Mentors:

  • Dr. Amy Houtrow
  • Dr. Andrew McCormick

Hobbies/Interests: Coffee, hiking, checking out new restaurants

S.O./Married/Kids/Pets: I enjoy spending free time with my wife, Kayla, and our dog Rudy.

Travel/Languages: I enjoy traveling and am hoping to reclaim recent planned vacations to Mexico City and Newfoundland that were lost to COVID.

Likes About UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh: UPMC Children's is a great training program, and the culture of the residents, fellows, attendings and other staff made it feel like home.