
Overview
Avihu Gazit, MD, specializes in pediatric critical care medicine and is board-certified in pediatric critical care medicine, pediatric cardiology, and pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics. He practices at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Gazit completed his medical degree and residency at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.
Dr. Gazit is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of High Blood Pressure in Infants. His top areas of expertise are High Blood Pressure in Infants, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypertension, and Heart Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 37 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 8 articles in the study of High Blood Pressure in Infants.
Insurance
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Locations
4401 Penn Avenue, One Children's Hospital Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Robert Squires is a Pediatrics provider in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Squires is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of High Blood Pressure in Infants. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Biliary Atresia, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD), High Blood Pressure in Infants, and Gastrostomy.
Benjamin Shneider is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist and a Pediatrics provider in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Shneider is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of High Blood Pressure in Infants. His top areas of expertise are Biliary Atresia, Alagille Syndrome, Cholestasis, Bile Duct Obstruction, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Shneider is currently accepting new patients.
Liver And Intestine Transplant At Pediatric Gastroenterology In Lawrenceville
Simon Horslen, MBChB, FRCPCH, is a pediatric hepatologist and transplant physician and is certified in General Pediatrics and Gastroenterology by the Medical Royal Colleges in the United Kingdom. He is director of Pediatric Hepatology at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Horslen earned his medical degree at the University of Bristol Medical School in England and is a fellow and founding member of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (UK). He is a fellow of the American Society of Transplantation and of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease. Dr. Horslen has worked in the United States for the last 23 years, initially at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE, and subsequently at Seattle Children’s in Seattle, WA as director of Hepatology and medical director of Solid Organ Transplantation. His clinical and research interests include pediatric liver disease, acute liver failure, and liver and intestine transplantation. He has over 150 publications in the areas of pediatric liver disease, intestinal failure, and transplantation and participates in several multicenter studies. Dr. Horslen lives in Edgeworth with his wife, Sarah. He has two adult children who continue to live in the Pacific Northwest. He is an avid soccer fan, likes to play golf when his busy schedule allows, and is a woodturner and particularly enjoys making bowls on his lathe. View the full list of Dr. Horslen’s publications on PubMed. LGBTQIA+ Affirming: This provider has completed training on how to create a safe, comfortable, and welcoming environment for LGBTQIA+ patients. This provider may or may not offer LGBTQIA+ specific medical or surgical care. Please ask when scheduling. Dr. Horslen is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of High Blood Pressure in Infants. His top areas of expertise are Short Bowel Syndrome, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 1, Alagille Syndrome, and Liver Transplant.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- High Blood Pressure in InfantsDr. Gazit isAdvanced. Learn about High Blood Pressure in Infants.
- Experienced
- Cardiac ArrestDr. Gazit isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Arrest.
- Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)Dr. Gazit isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Heart Disease (CHD).
- Heart TransplantDr. Gazit isExperienced. Learn about Heart Transplant.
- HypertensionDr. Gazit isExperienced. Learn about Hypertension.
- Pulmonary HypertensionDr. Gazit isExperienced. Learn about Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Transposition of the Great ArteriesDr. Gazit isExperienced. Learn about Transposition of the Great Arteries.

