Dr. Daniel J. Weiner

Traci M. Kazmerski, MD, MS, is a board-certified pediatric pulmonologist and health services researcher at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Kazmerski earned her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine where she also completed her residency and fellowship. She completed the Harvard-Wide Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital and a fellowship at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement following graduation. Since returning as faculty in 2018, her research centers on the improvement of comprehensive health care for adolescents and young adults with pediatric-onset chronic disease. As the Vice Chair of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation TDN Sexual Health, Reproduction, and Gender Research Working Group, her current projects focus on improving the sexual and reproductive health care of people with cystic fibrosis.  She also serves as Chair of the UPMC Children’s Hospital Transition Task Force, which seeks to optimize the health care transition from pediatric adult care services. View Dr. Kazmerski's full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Kazmerski is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. Her top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Osteotomy, and Tubal Ligation.

Throughout his career, Dr. Mark Dovey has demonstrated excellence in clinical care and leadership at nationally distinguished tertiary medical centers. At each of these institutions, his skill at designing and leading multi-disciplinary programs has transformed the care of children with complex conditions and grown the capacity of the institution to care for patients with compassion and efficiency. Dr. Dovey is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. His top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma, Ciliary Dyskinesia-Bronchiectasis, and Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD).

Geoffrey Kurland, MD, is director of the Pediatric Lung Transplant Program at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and a professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is board-certified in pediatrics, pediatric pulmonology, and allergy and immunology. Dr. Kurland is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and received his medical degree from Stanford University. He completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at Stanford University Medical Center followed by a fellowship in pediatric allergy, immunology, and pulmonology, and a research and clinical fellowship in adult and pediatric pulmonology, both also at Stanford University Medical Center. His first full-time academic appointment was at the University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California. He moved to Pittsburgh in 1988 and has remained on the faculty here since that time. Dr. Kurland considers himself primarily a clinician.  He has special expertise and interest in pediatric flexible bronchoscopy, childhood interstitial lung disease, as well as pediatric lung transplantation. His clinical patients, however, cover the wide range of pediatric pulmonary problems and include interstitial lung disease, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, asthma, cystic fibrosis, and numerous other diagnoses leading to end-stage lung disease requiring transplantation. Dr. Kurland’s research interests include interstitial lung disease in infants and children and novel approaches to transplant graft surveillance.  He is a PI or Co-PI on many of the clinical research projects in his division. He has lectured at many institutions nationally and internationally. He has authored or co-authored more than 60 peer-reviewed articles, as well as 13 book chapters. He has also written a book describing his own experience as a patient with Leukemia. Dr. Kurland is married to Kristen S. Kurland, who is a teaching professor of architecture and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Kurland’s hobbies include music (guitar), writing, reading, and painting. A former ultramarathon runner (50-100 mile distance), his knees now allow mainly rowing (water rower) or other less jarring activities (elliptical or biking), which Dr. Kurland tries to do on a daily basis. Dr. Kurland is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. His top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma, Infantile Pneumothorax, Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy.