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Marian Michaels, MD, MPH, is a physician in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and a professor of pediatrics and surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She is board-certified in pediatric infectious diseases by the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. Michaels earned her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She went on to complete a residency at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children/NHS Trust. She also completed a fellowship with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Michaels is recognized nationally and internationally as an authority on infections in immunocompromised hosts particularly after transplantation. She has served in numerous leadership positions locally and nationally including serving as chair of the United States’ Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) ad hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (2018-20) and joining the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)/OPTN Board of Directors in 2020. Dr. Michaels directs the Clinical Research Unit at UPMC Children’s Hospital with a wide range of studies including those looking at infections in immunocompromised patients, studying treatment of children with congenital cytomegalovirus, and looking at the epidemiology of respiratory and gastrointestinal infections in children including SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19. Her research interests include epidemiology, prevention, and treatment of infections in immunocompromised hosts particularly those undergoing transplantation; HIV early intervention projects for children, youth, women, and families; acute respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses in children; congenital cytomegalovirus; and vaccine preventable diseases. View Dr. Michaels' full list of publications from PubMed.
Her top areas of expertise are Chickenpox, Infant Botulism, Infantile Neutropenia, Liver Transplant, and Lung Transplant.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 166 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Clinical Research
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UPMC Children's Hospital Of Pittsburgh, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Anita McElroy, MD, PhD, is a pediatric infectious disease physician at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is also an assistant professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases by the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. McElroy earned her medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and her doctorate from the University of California. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in emerging viruses at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases and a residency and fellowship in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Disease respectively, at Emory University. Dr. McElroy’s lab focuses on the study of emerging viruses, specifically, the mechanisms by which hemorrhagic fever viruses cause disease. She is a member of the American Society for Microbiology, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society, the Infectious Disease Society of America, and the American Society of Virology. In her free time, she enjoys gardening and hiking with her husband and her chiweenie. View the full list of Dr. McElroy’s publications on PubMed. Dr. Mcelroy is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Virus Disease, Coccidioidomycosis, and Hepatitis.
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Brian Campfield, MD, is a physician on the Infectious Diseases Team at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine within the Department of Pediatrics and Division of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Campfield earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He then completed a pediatric residency and pediatric infectious diseases fellowship at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. In 2012, he joined the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine with a clinical practice in pediatric infectious diseases and a research focus on novel mechanisms of inflammation and host-pathogen interaction. Dr. Campfield is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top area of expertise is Lyme Disease.
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Andrew Nowalk, MD, PhD, is clinical director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases. Dr. Nowalk is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Lyme Disease, Sepsis, Urinary Tract Infection in Children, and Infectious Arthritis.
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- ChickenpoxDr. Michaels isExperienced. Learn about Chickenpox.
- CroupDr. Michaels isExperienced. Learn about Croup.
- DiarrheaDr. Michaels isExperienced. Learn about Diarrhea.
- Heart TransplantDr. Michaels isExperienced. Learn about Heart Transplant.
- Infant BotulismDr. Michaels isExperienced. Learn about Infant Botulism.
- Infantile NeutropeniaDr. Michaels isExperienced. Learn about Infantile Neutropenia.



