Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Providers and Staff
    Meet the Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Team
Children’s Hospital’s divisions of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery and Urology comprise the Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Center.
 
Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
    
            
                
                
                    
                        Kevin Mollen, MD
                    
                    
                        Surgeon-in-Chief, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Chief, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
                    
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                        Marcus Malek, MD
                    
                    
                        Clinical Director, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
Director, Pediatric Surgical Oncology
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
                    
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                        Kelly Austin, MD
                    
                    
                        Pediatric Surgeon, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
Director, Colorectal Center for Children 
Surgical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Residency Program
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh 
Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
                    
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                        Geoffrey Bond, MD
                    
                    
                        Surgical Director, Intestinal Care and Rehabilitation Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Assistant Professor in Transplant Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
                    
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                        George Kingsley Gittes, MD
                    
                    
                        Professor of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatrics
Surgeon-in-Chief Emeritus at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Director, Richard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research
Director, Surgical Research and Scientific Co-Director of all Research 
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
                    
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                        Devin R. Halleran, MD
                    
                    
                        Pediatric Surgeon, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
Assistant Director, Colorectal Center for Children
 
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
                    
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                        Michael Morowitz, MD
                    
                    
                        Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
                    
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                        Carolina Pinzon-Guzman, MD
                    
                    
                        Pediatric Surgeon, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
                    
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                        Ward Richardson, MD
                    
                    
                        Pediatric Surgeon, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
Director, Benedum Pediatric Trauma Program
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
                    
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                        Indranil Sau, MD
                    
                    
                        Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
                    
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                        Stefan Scholz, MD
                    
                    
                        Pediatric Surgeon, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
                    
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                        Paul K Waltz, MD
                    
                    
                        Pediatric Surgeon, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Associate Clinical Director, Division of General and Thoracic Surgery
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery 
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
                    
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Nurse Practitioners
Melissa DeCola, CRNP
Paula Sever, CRNP
Physician Assistants
Yovana Bontrager, PA-C
Jenna George, PA-C
Erin Hutton, PA-C
Sarah Shumate, PA-C
Nurses
Stephanie Kotz, RN
Rachael Reif, RN
Outpatient Nurse Coordinators
Cassidy Fischer, RN
Kathryn Kilpatrick, RN
Brittany Klanish, RN
Kelsey Quinn, RN
 
    
Division of Pediatric Urology
    
            
                
                
                    
                        Glenn Cannon, MD
                    
                    
                        Chief, Division of Pediatric Urology, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
                    
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                        Rajeev Chaudhry, MD
                    
                    
                        Clinical Director, Division of Pediatric Urology
Assistant Professor of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
                    
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                        Michael C. Ost, MD
                    
                    
                        Director of Pediatric Surgical Outreach
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Assistant Dean
Professor of Urology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
                    
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                        Francis X. Schneck, MD
                    
                    
                        Pediatric Urologist
Program Director, Pediatric Urology Fellowship Program
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh 
Associate Professor of Urology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
                    
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