Masashi Furukawa is a Transplant Surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Furukawa is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Pneumothorax. His top areas of expertise are Mesothelioma, Lung Cancer, Lung Adenocarcinoma, Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Furukawa is currently accepting new patients.

Richard Saladino is a Pediatrics provider in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Saladino is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Pneumothorax. His top areas of expertise are Infantile Pneumothorax and Infantile Neutropenia.

Mioara Manole is a Pediatrics provider in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Manole is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Pneumothorax. Her top areas of expertise are Cerebral Hypoxia, Infantile Pneumothorax, Asphyxia Neonatorum, and Pneumomediastinum.

Kavitha Conti is a Pediatrics provider in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Conti is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Pneumothorax. Her top areas of expertise are Pneumomediastinum and Infantile Pneumothorax.

Sean Button, MD specializes in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Dr. Button completed his medical education at Ross University School of Medicine and is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. Button is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Pneumothorax. His top area of expertise is Infantile Pneumothorax.

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 Infantile Pneumothorax. His top areas of expertise are Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants, Infantile Pneumothorax, and Endoscopy.

Shahab Shaffiey is a Pediatric Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Shaffiey is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Pneumothorax. His top areas of expertise are Pneumomediastinum, Pilonidal Sinus Disease, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, and Infantile Pneumothorax. Dr. Shaffiey is currently accepting new patients.

Ajit Sarnaik is an Intensive Care Medicine specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Sarnaik is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Pneumothorax. His top areas of expertise are Anencephaly, Pneumomediastinum, Infantile Pneumothorax, and Traumatic Brain Injury. Dr. Sarnaik is currently accepting new patients.

Jonathan Spahr is a Pediatric Pulmonologist and a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Spahr is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Pneumothorax. His top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Newborn Jaundice, and Jaundice.

Jeremy Rice, DO, DMD, specializes in oral and maxillofacial surgery and is board-certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He practices at Rivers Oral Facial & Implant Surgery – Glenshaw, Clearfield, and Clarion locations and is affiliated with UPMC St. Margaret. Dr. Rice received a medical degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and Temple University Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry and completed his residency at Allegheny General Hospital. Dr. Rice is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Pneumothorax. His top area of expertise is Infantile Pneumothorax.

Hiran Fernando is a Thoracic Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Fernando is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Pneumothorax. His top areas of expertise are Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Lung Nodules, Endoscopy, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.

Marcus M. Malek, MD, FACS, FAAP, is a pediatric surgeon and is certified in both general surgery and pediatric surgery by the American Board of Surgery. He is clinical director of the division, director of pediatric surgical oncology, founding member of the Pediatric Melanoma Center, and member of the Vascular Anomalies Center. Dr. Malek is also associate professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, N.J., and completed his residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, followed by a pediatric surgery fellowship at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and a pediatric surgical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Dr. Malek is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Pneumothorax. His top areas of expertise are Gastrointestinal Perforation, Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Appendectomy, and Nephrectomy.

Devin R. Halleran, MD, is a pediatric surgeon in the Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery at UPMC Children’s Hospital. He is board-certified in general surgery and pediatric surgery. Dr. Halleran is also an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, followed by medical school and general surgery residency at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. Dr. Halleran then completed a pediatric colorectal research fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio followed by pediatric surgery fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Halleran is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Pneumothorax. His top areas of expertise are Bowel Incontinence, Hirschsprung Disease, Pilonidal Sinus Disease, Colostomy, and Bladder Reconstruction.

Stefan Scholz, MD, is a pediatric surgeon in the Division of General and Thoracic Surgery at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, certified in general surgery and pediatric surgery by the American Board of Surgery. He is director of minimally invasive surgery UPMC Children’s, and assistant professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Scholz received his medical degree from Philipps-University Marburg in Germany and completed his training in general surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Vanderbilt University, Emory University Hospital/Emory University, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, where he was also chief resident. Dr. Scholz received his pediatric surgery training at University Hospital Mannheim/University of Heidelberg, Germany, and Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, followed by a fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital/Johns Hopkins University. Before coming to Pittsburgh, he concluded further subspecialty training in pediatric hepatobiliary surgery in the liver unit at Diana, Princess of Wales Children’s Hospital/University in Birmingham, U.K. Dr. Scholz’s clinical interests include the full spectrum of advanced minimally invasive neonatal and pediatric surgery, including: congenital anomalies, robotic pediatric surgery, pediatric hepatobiliary surgery including biliary atresia and choledochal cysts, colorectal pediatric surgery, chest wall deformities such as pectus excavatum and carinatum, pediatric lung and esophageal surgery including anorectal malformations, Hirschsprung’s disease, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and hyperhidrosis. Dr. Scholz strives to minimize postoperative pain for children using minimally invasive surgical techniques in combination with the latest regional anesthesia methods. He focuses on new innovations in pediatric surgery as well as ultrasound-guided interventional techniques for children. He is co-principal investigator of several NIH-funded research projects and has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as book chapters. Dr. Scholz has presented at numerous national and international conferences and is editor of the textbook “Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound in Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery.” Dr. Scholz is a member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the American Pediatric Surgery Association (APSA), Association for Academic Surgery (AAS), Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG), Chest Wall International Group (CWIG), German Society of Pediatric Surgery (DGKCH), and the European Paediatric Surgeons Association (EUPSA). Dr. Scholz lives in Fox Chapel with his wife and 3 children and enjoys riding his bicycle. View the full list of Dr. Scholz’s publications on PubMed. View Dr. Scholz’s profile at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine – Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery. Dr. Scholz is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Pneumothorax. His top areas of expertise are Appendicitis, Esophageal Atresia, Gangrene, Appendectomy, and Gallbladder Removal.