Overview
Emir Tas, MD, is a board-certified pediatric endocrinologist at the UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his pediatric residency training at the Children's Hospital of University of Illinois at Chicago and pediatric endocrinology fellowships at the UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Tas is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Newborn Low Blood Sugar. His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Obesity in Children, Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), and Newborn Low Blood Sugar.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 29 peer reviewed articles and participating in 2 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Newborn Low Blood Sugar.
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Locations
4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Tas has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
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.
2 Clinical Trials
Medical Genetics In Lawrenceville
"Dr. Evgenia Sklirou was born and raised in Athens, Greece, and graduated from Athens Medical School. She then completed a 4-year Pediatric residency at the ""P & A Kyriakou"" Children's Hospital in Athens, Greece. In order to pursue her dream of specializing in Genetics, she moved to the United States in 2013. After spending two years as an observer in the Medical Genetics Department at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP), she was accepted into the Medical Genetics residency at UPMC. Following her two-year training, she completed a 1-year fellowship in Medical Biochemical Genetics at CHP. During her fellowship, Dr. Sklirou participated a research project to develop and test a point of care device to test blood phenylalanine levels in patients with phenylketonuria. She was awarded the prestigious Richard Koch Award for Biochemical Genetics Training by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics in support of this work. Dr. Sklirou is board certified in Medical Genetics and Medical Biochemical Genetics and joined the faculty of the Division of Medical Genetics on July 1st 2018. She sees general genetics patients as well as patients with inborn errors of metabolism.". Dr. Sklirou is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Newborn Low Blood Sugar. Her top areas of expertise are Reye Syndrome and Newborn Low Blood Sugar.
UPMC Children's Hospital Of Pittsburgh
Melinda Hamilton is a Pediatrics provider in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Hamilton is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Newborn Low Blood Sugar. Her top area of expertise is Newborn Low Blood Sugar.
Areas of Expertise
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- ObesityDr. Tas isAdvanced. Learn about Obesity.
- Obesity in ChildrenDr. Tas isAdvanced. Learn about Obesity in Children.
- Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)Dr. Tas isAdvanced. Learn about Type 1 Diabetes (T1D).
- Experienced
- Congenital HyperinsulinismDr. Tas isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Hyperinsulinism.
- Diabetic KetoacidosisDr. Tas isExperienced. Learn about Diabetic Ketoacidosis.
- Familial Glucocorticoid Deficiency
- Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD)Dr. Tas isExperienced. Learn about Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD).
- HypercalcemiaDr. Tas isExperienced. Learn about Hypercalcemia.
- IntersexDr. Tas isExperienced. Learn about Intersex.