Dr. Dennis H. Chang

Amber Hoffman, MD specializes in pediatric hospital medicine and is board-certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. She practices at The Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine and is affiliated with UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Dr. Hoffman completed her medical degree and residency at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Hoffman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Koolen De Vries Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, Microcephaly Deafness Syndrome, Koolen De Vries Syndrome, and Wildervanck Syndrome.

Elizabeth C. Caris, MD, specializes in pediatric cardiology and is board-certified in pediatric cardiology and pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics. She is affiliated with UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, UPMC Altoona, UPMC Passavant and UPMC Bedford. Dr. Caris completed her medical education at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, residency at Nationwide Children's Hospital, and fellowships at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Seattle Children's Hospital. Dr. Caris is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Koolen De Vries Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), Partial Atrioventricular Canal, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), and Ventricular Septal Defects.

Hiren Muzumdar, MD, is program director of the Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship and of the Pediatric Sleep Evaluation Center and Ventilator Dependent Program at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. He is also an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is board-certified in pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine. Dr. Muzumdar earned his medical degree and bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery from the University of Bombay in Mumbai, India. He completed a residency in pediatrics and earned his post graduate degree in pediatrics at the Topiwala National Medical College, also in Mumbai, India. He completed pediatric residency and a fellowship in pediatric pulmonology at the State University of New York at Brooklyn. He was an assistant professor of pediatrics at the State University of New York, Brooklyn and subsequently at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. He completed training in sleep medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and joined the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine as associate professor of pediatrics. Dr. Muzumdar is interested in obstructive sleep apnea in pediatric patients and his work has demonstrated the changes in autonomic function in children caused by sleep apnea. He is also interested in identification of obstructive sleep apnea in children with tracheostomies prior to decannulation of the tracheostomy. He was a member of the group that defined the effects of adenotonsillectomy in children with obstructive sleep apnea in a large multicenter study (the ChAt study). In his role as program director of pediatric pulmonology, he is interested in the effects of the COVID-19 epidemic on training, trainees, and faculty. Dr. Muzumdar is a member of the American Thoracic Society and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. View the full list of Dr. Muzumdar’s publications on PubMed. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=hiren+muzumdar). Dr. Muzumdar is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Koolen De Vries Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Tracheitis, Cystic Fibrosis, COVID-19, and Adenoidectomy.