Dr. Hiren V. Muzumdar
Overview
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 highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Cerebral Hypoxia, CHARGE Syndrome, Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, Wildervanck Syndrome, and Adenoidectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 22 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Clinical Research
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- AdenoidectomyDr. Muzumdar isAdvanced. Learn about Adenoidectomy.
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- Asthma in ChildrenDr. Muzumdar isExperienced. Learn about Asthma in Children.
- Baller-Gerold SyndromeDr. Muzumdar isExperienced. Learn about Baller-Gerold Syndrome.
- Cardiofaciocutaneous SyndromeDr. Muzumdar isExperienced. Learn about Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome.
- Cerebral HypoxiaDr. Muzumdar isExperienced. Learn about Cerebral Hypoxia.
- CHARGE SyndromeDr. Muzumdar isExperienced. Learn about CHARGE Syndrome.
- Early Infantile Epileptic EncephalopathyDr. Muzumdar isExperienced. Learn about Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy.