Dr. Franziska Rosser

Franziska J. Rosser, MD, MPH, is a pediatric pulmonologist at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and an assistant professor of pediatrics within the Division of Pulmonology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Her preferred pronouns are she/her. She is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric pulmonology.Dr. Rosser received her medical degree from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency at Greenville Hospital System/University of South Carolina Greenville followed by her pediatric pulmonology fellowship at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh/University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She received her Master of Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.As a pediatric pulmonologist she specializes in caring for children with respiratory disorders. She is a member of the multidisciplinary Juvenile Systemic Scleroderma (jSSc) Center, the only such center in the nation, providing care for children with jSSc respiratory disease.Her research focuses on the epidemiological effects of outdoor air pollution on children with asthma. Dr. Rosser’s long-term goals are to develop innovative methods to identify children with asthma most at risk to the deleterious effects of air pollution. Additionally, while awaiting policy changes to improve air quality for all, she seeks to determine if individual interventions can improve asthma control and symptoms.Dr. Rosser is a former Clinical and Translational Science KL2 Scholar within the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE), has received funding from the American Thoracic Society to conduct a pilot clinical trial to evaluate adding the Air Quality Index to routine childhood asthma care, and is currently a principal investigator of a K08. She is a member of the American Thoracic Society where she is a member of the Environmental Health Policy Committee.View Dr. Rosser’s full list of publications from PubMed.

Dr. Rosser is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Asthma, Asthma in Children, Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), and Malnutrition.

Dr. Rosser is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics and American Board Of Pediatrics. She is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 62 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. Dr. Rosser is currently accepting new patients.