Dr. Carolina Pinzon
Overview
Carolina Pinzon-Guzman, MD, PhD, is a pediatric surgeon in the Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery at UPMC Children’s Hospital. She is board-certified in general surgery and pediatric surgery. Dr. Pinzon-Guzman is also an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University, followed by medical school at Pennsylvania State University where she also obtained her PhD in developmental neurobiology. She then moved to Nashville, Tennessee where she completed general surgery residency at Vanderbilt University Medical center where she also continued her research studies in developmental biology of the gastrointestinal system. Dr. Pinzon-Guzman then completed a fetal surgery clinical and research fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Ohio followed by pediatric surgery fellowship at Montreal Children’s hospital.
Her top areas of expertise are Esophageal Atresia and Helicobacter Pylori Infection.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 6 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
2599 Wexford Bayne Road, Sewickley, PA 15143
4401 Penn Avenue, 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.
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Areas of Expertise
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- Esophageal AtresiaDr. Pinzon isExperienced. Learn about Esophageal Atresia.
- Helicobacter Pylori InfectionDr. Pinzon isExperienced. Learn about Helicobacter Pylori Infection.