Endocrinology Providers and Staff

Children’s endocrinologists provide consultative and long-term management of diabetes and work together with diabetes nurse educators, dietitians, social workers and other to create an individualized treatment plan for each patient. Children’s researchers are continually conducting investigations to understand better the causes of childhood diabetes in the hope of preventing the disorder and finding a cure.

Clinical Faculty

Radhika Muzumdar, MD

Chief, Pediatric Endocrinology, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Professor of Pediatrics and Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Wassim Chemaitilly, MD

Clinical Director, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Professor, Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Silva Arslanian, MD

Scientific Director and Principal Investigator, Center for Pediatric Research in Obesity and Metabolism
Director, Pediatric Clinical and Translational Research Center
UPMC Richard L. Day Endowed Chair in Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Natalie Hecht Baldauff, DO

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Dorothy Becker, MD

Professor of Pediatrics, The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Ingrid Libman DeGordon, MD, PhD

Director, Diabetes Program at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Oscar Escobar, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Amanda Flint, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Luigi Garibaldi, MD

Professor, Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Alissa Guarneri, MD

Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Nursen Gurtunca, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Kara S Hughan, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Amy Jean, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Kanthi Bangalore Krishna, MD

Director, Pediatric Endocrinology, Fellowship Training Program, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Vered Lewy-Weiss, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Christine A March, MD

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Shira Rose Novack, MD

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Bianca Marian Pinto, MD

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Mohamed Salah Emam Saleh, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Emir Tas, MD

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Mary Ellen Vajravelu, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Pushpa Viswanathan, MD

Director, Thyroid Center, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Katherine Vu-Boast, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
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Selma F. Witchel, MD

Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Nurse Practitioners

Erica Cordell, CRNP
Nicole DiBenedetti Lynch, DNP, CRNP
Brittaney Moore, CRNP
Elizabeth Ranella, CRNP

Physician Assistants

Diana Mysliwiec, PA-C
Brianna Rothbauer, PA-C
Haley Sager, PA-C
Alexandra Sharick, PA-C
Megan Tamilia, PA-C
John Weidinger, PA-C
Haley White, PA-C

Research Faculty

Henry Dong, PhD
SoJin Lee, PhD
Tingting Zhang, PhD