CURRICULUM VITAE



CURRICULUM VITAE

University of Pittsburgh

School of Medicine

BIOGRAPHICAL

Name: Aviva L. Katz, M.D., M.A.

Home Address: 309 Chaucer Court North Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York

Sewickley, PA 15143

Home Phone: 412-741-6230 Citizenship: USA

Business Address: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery

One Children’s Hospital Drive

4401 Penn Avenue

Faculty Pavilion, Room 7133

Pittsburgh, PA 15224-9907

Business Phone: 412-692-8778 Email Address: Aviva.Katz@chp.edu

Business Fax: 412-692-8299

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EDUCATION and TRAINING

UNDERGRADUATE

1973 – 1976 John Dewey High School

Brooklyn, New York

1976 – 1980 City College of New York B.S. Biomedical Sciences

New York, New York

GRADUATE

1980 – 1982 Mount Sinai School of Medicine M.D.

New York, New York

2007-2012 University of Pittsburgh M.A. Interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Bioethics

Kenneth P. Dietrich School

of Arts and Sciences

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

POSTGRADUATE

6/82 – 6/83 Beth Israel Hospital Intern William Silen, MD

Boston, Massachusetts Surgery

6/83 – 6/84 Beth Israel Hospital Resident William Silen, MD

Boston, Massachusetts Surgery

7/84 – 6/86 Beth Israel Hospital Research Fellow William Silen, MD

Boston, Massachusetts Surgery

7/86 – 6/89 University at Buffalo SUNY Resident Lewis Flint, Jr., MD

Buffalo, New York Surgery

7/89 – 6/90 University at Buffalo SUNY Chief Resident Lewis Flint, Jr., MD Buffalo, New York Surgery

7/91 – 6/93 University of Michigan Fellowship Arnold G. Coran, MD

C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital Pediatric Surgery

Ann Arbor, Michigan

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APPOINTMENTS and POSITIONS

1982 – 1984 Harvard Medical School Clinical Fellow in Surgery

Boston, Massachusetts

1984 – 1986 Harvard Medical School Research Fellow in Surgery

Boston, Massachusetts

1990 – 1991 University of Michigan Medical School Lecturer in Surgery

Ann Arbor, Michigan

1992 – 1993 University of Michigan Medical School Lecturer in Surgery

Ann Arbor, Michigan

1993 – 2006 Jefferson Medical College Assistant Professor of Surgery

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1994 – 2006 Jefferson Medical College Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

6/1/96 – 7/12/96 University of Zimbabwe Visiting Lecturer

School of Medicine Department of Surgery

Harare, Zimbabwe

2006 – 2014 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Surgery

Pittsburgh, PA

2006 – Present Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Attending Surgeon

Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery

Pittsburgh, PA

2007 – 2012 Center for Bioethics and Health Law (CBHL) Affiliate Faculty

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

2009 – Present Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Director

Pittsburgh, PA Ethics Consultation Service

2010 – Present Institutional Review Board Vice Chair

University of Pittsburgh Committee G

2013 – Present Center for Bioethics and Health Law (CBHL) Core Faculty

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

2014 – Present Consortium Ethics Program Director

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

2014 – Present University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Associate Professor of Surgery

Pittsburgh, PA

2015 – Present Center for Advanced Fetal Diagnostics Co-Director

                                     Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

in partnership with Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC

                                     Pittsburgh, PA

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CERTIFICATION and LICENSURE

1983 National Board of Medical Examiners Diplomate

6/30/1982 - 7/30/1986 Massachusetts Medical License #53242

6/30/1986 - 12/31/1991 New York State Medical License #166536

12/31/1991 - 1/31/1994 Michigan State Medical License #4301056902

10/19/1993 - 3/31/2007 Delaware State Medical License #C1-0004162

7/27/1993 - 12/31/2016 Pennsylvania State Medical License #MD-050319L

5/16/2002 - 10/31/2006 New Jersey State Medical License #MA70371

7/23/2008 - 10/1/2012 Ohio State Medical License #092122

SPECIALTY LICENSURE

|American Board of Surgery |June 10, 1991 – July 1, 2001 |

|Surgery / Certificate #36285 | |

|Recertification |October 20, 2000 – July 1, 2011 |

| |December 10, 2009 – July 1, 2021 |

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|American Board of Surgery |April 1, 1996 – July 1, 2006 |

|Pediatric Surgery / Certificate #667 | |

|Recertification |October 11, 2005 – December 31, 2016 |

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|American College of Surgeons | |

|Advanced Trauma Life Support Program |1984 - 2017 |

|Instructor Certification | |

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|Certified IRB Professional |October 2013 – present |

MEDICAL or OTHER PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) / PA #BA5315925

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MEMBERSHIPS in PROFESSIONAL and SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow 1994 – Present

Section on Surgery 1998 – Present

Liaison and Advocacy Committee 2012 – 2014

Committee on Bioethics (COB), Member 2008 – 2013

Committee on Bioethics, Chairperson 2013 – Present

Committee on Bioethics, Chairperson 2014 – Present

Section on Bioethics 2011 – Present

Physicians for Social Responsibility 1994 – 1997

Wilderness Medical Society 1996 – 2001

American College of Surgeons, Fellow 1997 – Present

Delaware Committee on Applicants 2003 – 2006

Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter 2007 – Present

ACS/APSA Health Policy Scholarship Selection Committee 2011

Pennsylvania District #2 Committee on Applicants 2012 – 2014

Association of Women Surgeons 1998 – Present

American Pediatric Surgical Association 1998 – Present

Taskforce on Family Issues 2004 – 2007

Family and Community Relations Committee 2007 – 2009

Chairperson, Family and Community Relations Committee 2009 – 2012

Ethics Committee 2004 – Present

Vice Chair, Ethics & Advocacy Committee 2011 – 2013

Chairperson, Ethics & Advocacy Committee 2013 – 2015

Workforce Committee 2012 – 2014

Education Committee 2012 – 2015

Health Policy and Advocacy Committee 2015-present

Medical Society of Delaware 2003 – 2004

Medicine and Religion Committee

American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 2007 – Present

Subcommittee on Empirical Research – Abstract Review 2010 – 2013

Clinical Ethics Consultation Affairs Standing Committee 2013 – Present

Subcommittee on Clinical Ethics Abstract Review 2014

Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research - PRIM&R 2012 – Present

HONORS

Summa Cum Laude, B.S. 1980

Alpha Omega Alpha Society 1982

Merck Manual Award for Clinical Experience

Elizabeth Blackwell Award, American Medical

Women’s Association

National Research Service Award, NIH 1984 - 1986

Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics 1994

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons 1997

American College of Surgeons / 2010

American Pediatric Surgical Association Scholarship

Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management

Heller School of Brandeis University

American Academy of Pediatrics 2010

2010 Pediatric Ethics Essay Contest – 1st Place

Thoughts on Ethical Issues Encountered at a High Tech Intersection

Antenatal Diagnosis and Counseling and ART”

PUBLICATIONS

REFEREED ARTICLES

1. Katz A, Ryan P, Lalonde C, West K, Demling RH. Pulmonary dysfunction from the endotoxin stimulated burn wound: prevention by topical ibuprofen. Circulatory Shock. 1985 16(1):45.

2. Katz A, Ryan P, Lalonde C, Demling RH. Pulmonary dysfunction after burn wound excision, correlation with wound thromboxane release and bacterial content. Surgical Forum. 1985 8:89-91.

3. Katz A, Ryan P, Wong C, Lalonde C, West K, Demling RH. Topical ibuprofen prevents thromboxane release from the endotoxin stimulated burn wound. Proceedings of the American Burn Association;1985 17:138.

4. Ryan P, Katz A, Lalonde C, Jin LJ, Demling RH. Effect of microvascular hydrostatic pressure and local prostanoid production on early and late postburn edema formation. J Burn Care Rehab. 1986 7(1):15-23.

doi: 10.1097/00004630-198601000-00003.

5. Katz A, Ryan P, Lalonde C, West K, Demling RH. Topical ibuprofen decreases thromboxane release from the endotoxin stimulated burn wound. J Trauma. 1986 26(2):157-62.

6. Demling RH, Lalonde C, Jin LJ, Katz A, Ryan P. Comparison of the postburn hyperdynamic state and changes in lung function (effect of wound bacterial content). Surgery. 1986 100(5):828-35.

7. Demling RH, Katz A, Lalonde C, Ryan P, Jin LJ. The immediate effect of burn wound excision on pulmonary function in sheep: the role of prostanoids, oxygen radicals and chemoattractants. Surgery. 1987 101(1):44-55.

8. Katz A, Coran AG, Oldham KT, Guice KS. Decreased oxidized glutathione with aerosolized cyclosporine delivery. J Surg Res. 1993 54:597-602.

9. Katz A, Oldham KT, Guice KS, Coran AG. Reperfusion injury following single lung transplantation: the tissue glutathione response. J Ped Surg. 1993 28(10):1301-06.

10. Katz A, Coran AG, Oldham KT, Guice KS. Elevation in oxidized glutathione is unrelated to systemic hypoxemia. Crit Care Med. 1993 21:5160.

11. Katz A, Oldham KT, Guice KS, Coran AG. Oxidized glutathione as a marker of ischemia reperfusion associated with single lung transplantation. Journal of American College of Surgeons. 1995 180:25-32.

12. Weiner DJ, Katz A, Hirschl RB, Drongowski R, Coran AG. Interval appendectomy in perforated appendicitis. Pediatr Surg Int. 1995 10:82-5.

13. Paul JJ, Paul KE, Katz AL, Pagotto LT, Spettell C, Cleary GM, Baumgart S. Cardiac malposition in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Pediatr Res. 1996 39:237A (4 Pt 2).

14. Brenn BR, Katz A. General anesthesia may improve the success rate of hydrostatic reductions of intussusception. Paediatr Anaesth. 1997 7(1):77-81.

15. Katz AL, Wiswell TE, Baumgart S. Contemporary controversies in the management of diaphragmatic hernia. Clin Perinatol. 1998 25(1)219-248.

16. Baumgart S, Wolfson PJ, Desai SA, Katz AL, Stanley C, Spitzer AR. Significant anomalies and recurrence rate revealed by follow-up radiographic screening after neonatal repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in the EMCO era. Pediatr Res. 1998 43:207A (4 Pt 2).

17. Baumgart S, Paul JJ, Huhta JC, Katz A, Paul KE, Spettel C, Spitzer AR. Cardiac malposition, redistribution of fetal cardiac output, and left heart hypoplasia reduce survival in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Pediatr. 1998 Jul;133(1):57-62. doi: 10.1016/S0022-3476(98)70178-7.

18. Mandell GA, Wolfson PJ, Adkins ES, Caro PA, Cassell I, Finkelstein MS, Grissom LE, Gross GW, Harcke HT, Katz AL, Murthpy SG, Noseworthy J, Schwartz MZ. Cost-effective imaging approach to the nonbilious vomiting infant. Pediatrics. 1999 Jun;103(6 Pt 1):1198-202. doi: 10.1.542/peds.103.6.1198.

19. Kane TD, Malek MM, Katz AL. Endoscopically-guided, thoracoscopic esophagectomy for stricture in a child. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2008; 18(3): 557.

20. Malek MM, Shah SR, Katz AL, Kane TD. Multimedia article: Endoscopically guided thoracoscopic esophagectomy for stricture in a child. Surg Endosc. 2009, Jun 11 (Epub) Surg Endosc 2010 Jan;24(1):219. doi: 10.1007/s00464-009-0545-9.

21. Diekema DS, Fallat M, Antommaria AH, Holzman IR, Katz AL, Leuthner SR, Ross LF, Webb SA, Baese PL, Levetown M, Lyerly AD, Tsai E, Berg JW, Baker A. From the American Academy of Pediatrics: Policy statements. Pediatrician-family-patient relationships: managing the boundaries. Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124(6): 1685-1688.

22. Diekema DS, Fallat M, Antommaria AH, Holzman IR, Katz AL, Leuthner SR, Ross LF, Webb SA, Baese PL, Levetown M, Lyerly AD, Tsai E, Berg JW, Baker A. From the American Academy of Pediatrics: Policy statements. Physician refusal to provide information or treatment on the basis of claims of conscience. Pediatrics. 2009. Dec;124(6): 1689-1693.

23. Nauen DW, Martin A, Katz A, Cohen D, Ranganathan S. A case of luteinizing thecoma with sclerosing peritonitis: revisiting a link with anti-epileptic drugs. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 54(3)470-472.

doi: 10.1002/pbc.22325.

24. Murray RD, Antommaria AH. Anderson, WK, Barnett SE, Devore CD, Gereige RS, Lamont JH, Monteverdi GJ, Okamoto JK, Pattishall EG, Roland MM, Wheeler LS, Blum AB, Delack S, Vernon-Smiley, M, Wallace R, Guinn-Jones M, Diekema DS, Fallat M, Holzman IR, Katz AL, Leuthner SR, Ross LF, Webb SA, Baese PL, Levetown M, Lyerly AD, Tsai E, Berg JW. Honoring do-not-attempt-resuscitation requests in schools. From the American Academy of Pediatrics, Council on School Health and Committee on Bioethics. Pediatrics. 2010 May;125(5):1073-1077. Epub 2010 Apr 26. PubMed PMID: 20421255.

25. Katz AL, Mallory B, Gilbert J, Bethel C, Hayes-Jordan A, Saito J, Tomita S, Walsh D, Shin C, Wesley J, Farmer D. A report from the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Task Force on Family Issues. State of the practice for pediatric surgery – Career satisfaction and concerns. J Pediatr Surg. 2010 Oct;45(10):1975-82.

26. Sirbaugh PE, Diekema DS, Diekema DS, Shaw KN, Ackerman AD, Chun TH, Conners GP, Dudley NC, Fein JA, Fuchs SM, Moore BR, Selbst SM, Wright JL, Bullock K, Gross TK, Haro T, Haymon J, Edgerton E, Hostetler MA, Wright-Johnson C,Romig LE, Snow SK, Tuggle DW, Weik T, Krug SE, Bojko T, Fitzmaurice LS, Frush KS, O’Malley PJ, Sapien RE, Shook JE, Sirbaugh PE, Tenenbein M, Yamamoto LG, Brown K, Garrett A, Heppel D, Kavanaugh D, Loyacono T, Pellegrini C, Turgel T, Tellez S, Fallat M, Antomamaria AH, Holzman IR, Katz AL, Mercurio M, Webb SA, Weise KL, Ross LF, Baese PL, Diekema DS, Ralston SJ, Tsai Ellen, Berg JW. From the American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Committee on Bioethics: Consent for emergency medical services for children and adolescents. Pediatrics. 2011 Aug;128(2):427-33. Epub 2011 Jul 25.

Diekem DS, Fallat ME, Antommaria AH, Holzman IR, Katz AL, Leuthner SR, Ross LF, Webb SA, Weise KL, Ralston SJ, Lyerly AD, Bernstein J, Brincat CA, Burda ML, Childress JF, Farrell RM, Frederickson HL, Kroncke FG Jr, Marshall MF, Minkoff HL, Ramondetta LM, Spillman MA, Werden JJ. From the American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Bioethics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Maternal-fetal intervention and fetal care centers. Pediatrics. 2011 Aug;128(2):e473-8. Epub 2011 Jul 25.

Medsinge A, Tadros S, Bartoletti S, Katz A, Furtado A. Isolated intramuscular fibrous band masquerading antral web in a premature neonate: a case report. J Pediatr Surg.2012 Aug;47(8):e17-19. Epub Jun-July 2012.

Denne SC, Bauer AJ, Cabana MD, Cheng TL, Notterman DA, Scheindlin B, Bergman JJ, Shand J, Bogue C, DeGraw CA, Dougherty D, Flores G, Freed GL, Goodman E, Guttmacher AE, Hillemeier A, Wang PP, Cull W, Fallat ME, Katz AL, Mercurio MR, Moon MR, Okun AL, Webb SA, Weise KL, Antommaria AH, Holzman IR, Diekema DS, Coughlin KW, Ralston SJ, Berg J, Baker A. From the American Academy of Pediatrics, Shand J, Berg J, Bogue C; Committee for Pediatric Research and Committee on Bioethics: Human embryonic stem cell (hESC) and human embryo research. Pediatrics. 2012 Nov: 130(5):972-7. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-2482. Epub 2012 Oct 29.

27. Armand H. Matheny Antommaria, MD, PhD, Mary E. Fallat, MD, Aviva L. Katz, MD, Mark R. Mercurio, MD, Margaret R. Moon, MD, Alexander L. Okun, MD, Sally A. Webb, MD, Kathryn L. Weise, MD, Jessica W. Berg, JD, MPH, Ian R. Holzman, MD, Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD: American Academy of Pediatrics: Ethical Controversies in Organ Donation After Circulatory Death, Committee On Bioethics, Published online April 29, 2013 Pediatrics Vol. 131 No. 5 May 1, 2013 pp. 1021 -1026. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-0672.

28. Armand H. Matheny Antommaria, MD, PhD, Kathryn L. Weise, MD, Mary E. Fallat, MD, Aviva L. Katz, MD, Mark R. Mercurio, MD, Margaret R. Moon, MD, Alexander L. Okun, MD, Sally A. Webb, MD, Kathryn L. Weise, MD, Jessica W. Berg, JD, MPH, Ian R. Holzman, MD, Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD: American Academy of Pediatrics: Conflicts Between Religious or Spiritual Beliefs and Pediatric Care: Informed Refusal, Exemptions, and Public Funding Committee On Bioethics, Pediatrics 2013; 132:5 962-965; published ahead of print October 28, 2013. doi:10.1542/peds.2013-2716.

29. Am J Bioeth. 2015 May;15(5):38-51. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2015.1021966. A code of ethics for health care ethics consultants: journey to the present and implications for the field. Tarzian AJ1, Wocial LD. Katz, A. Clinical Ethics Consultation Affairs Committee

30. Barnett SJ, Katz A. Patients as partners in innovation, Seminars in Pediatric Surgery, Vol 24, Issue 3 2015 pp: 141-144

31. Am J Bioeth. 2016 Mar;16(3):42-4. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2015.1135268. Quality Assessment of the Ethics Consultation Service at the Organizational Level: Accrediting Ethics Consultation Services. Berkowitz KA1, Katz AL2, Powderly KE3, Spike JP4.

INVITED COMMENTARIES & REVIEWS

1. Auchus RJ, Witchel SF, Leight KR, Aisenberg J, Azziz R, Bachega TA, Baker LA, Baratz AB, Baskin LS, Berenbaum SA, Breault DT, Cerame BI, Conway GS, Eugster EA, Fracassa S, Gearhart JP, Geffner ME, Harris KB, Hurwitz RS, Katz AL, Kalro BN, Lee PA, Alger Lin G, Loechner KJ, Marshall I, Merke DP, Migeon CJ, Miller WL, Nenadovich TL, Oberfield SE, Pass KA, Poppas DP, Lloyd-Puryear MA, Quigley CA, Riepe FG, Rink RC, Rivkees SA, Sandberg DE, Schaeffer TL, Schlussel RN, Schneck FX, Seely EW, Snyder D, Speiser PW, Therrell BL, Vanryzin C, Vogiatzi MG, Wajnrajch MP, White PC, Zuckerman AE. Guidelines for the Development of Comprehensive Care Centers for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Guidance from the CARES Foundation Initiative. Int J Pediatr Endocrinol. 2010;2010:275213. Epub 2011 Jan 10. PubMed PMID: 21274448.

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Katz A. The Colon. In: Surgery of Infants and Children: Scientific Principles and Practices. J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1997

2. Katz A. Benign Gynecologic Disorders. In: Surgical Directives: Pediatric Surgery. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2003

3. Katz A and Wolfson P. General Surgical Indications. In: Intensive Care of the Fetus and Neonate, Second Edition. Elsevier Mosby Year Book, Inc. Philadelphia, PA, 2005

4. Katz A. Abdominal Midline Bulge. In: Visual Diagnosis in Pediatrics. Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2006

5. Katz A. Ethics in Pediatric Surgery. In: Ashcraft’s Pediatric Surgery, 6th Edition, - submitted May 15, 2012. In Press 2013. Release Date 24 February 2014

6. Katz A., et al. Ethics in Transplantation. In: Anesthesia and Perioperative Care for Organ Transplantation. Springer Science, October 2015 in process

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

1. Katz A, Ryan P, Wong C, Lalonde C, West K, Demling R. Topical ibuprofen prevents thromboxane release from the endotoxin stimulated burn wound. (Paper Presentation) American Burn Association, Plenary Session, Orlando, Florida, March 1985

2. Katz A, Ryan P, Lalonde C, Demling R. Pulmonary dysfunction from the endotoxin stimulated burn wound: prevention by topical ibuprofen. (Poster Presentation) Shock Society Meeting, Huntsville, Maryland, June 1985

3. Katz A, Ryan P, Lalonde C, Demling R. Pulmonary dysfunction after burn wound excision, correlation with wound thromboxane release and bacterial content. (Paper Presentation) Surgical Forum, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, October 1985

4. Katz A, et al. Management of fetal trauma I: the fetus is patient. (Paper Presentation) Tenth Annual National Pediatric Surgery Residents’ Conference, Buffalo, New York, October 1989

5. Katz A, Oldham KT, Guice KS, Coran AG. Ischemia reperfusion associated with single lung transplantation. (Paper Presentation) Coller Day Competition/Michigan Chapter ACS, Dearborn, Michigan, April 1992

6. Katz A, Oldham KT, Guice KS, Coran AG. Delivery of aerosolized cyclosporine in single lung transplantation. (Poster Presentation), Moses Gunn Annual Research Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 1992

7. Katz A, Oldham KT, Guice KS, Coran AG. Delivery of aerosolized cyclosporine in single lung transplantation. oxidized glutathione as a marker of ischemia reperfusion associated with single lung transplantation. (Paper and Poster Presentation) Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 1992

8. Katz A, Oldham KT, Guice KS, Coran AG. Ischemia-reperfusion associated with single lung transplantation. (Paper Presentation) Michigan Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Drummond Island, Michigan, August 1992

9. Katz A, Coran AG, Oldham KT, Guice KS. Elevation in oxidized glutathione due to ischemia-reperfusion, not hypoxemia. (Paper Presentation), Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society, Princeton, New Jersey, October 1992

10. Katz A, Oldham KT, Guice KS, Coran AG. Reperfusion injury following single lung transplantation: the tissue glutathione response. (Paper Presentation) American Academy of Pediatrics/Surgical Section, San Francisco, California, October 1992

11. Katz A, Coran AG, Oldham KT, Guice KS. Decreased oxidized glutathione with aerosolized cyclosporine delivery. (Paper Presentation) Association for Academic Surgery, Montreal, Canada, November 1992

12. Katz A, Coran AG, Oldham KT, Guice KS. Elevation in oxidized glutathione is unrelated to systemic hypoxemia. (Poster Presentation) Moses Gunn Annual Research Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 1993

13. Katz A, Coran AG, Oldham KT, Guice KS. Elevation in oxidized glutathione is unrelated to systemic hypoxemia. (Poster Presentation) Society for Critical Care Medicine, New York, New York , June 1993

14. Weiner D, Katz A, Hirschl R, Drongowski R, Coran A. Interval appendectomy in perforated appendicitis. (Poster Presentation) American Academy of Pediatrics/Surgical Section, Washington, DC, October 1993

15. Paul JJ, Paul KE, Katz AL, Pagotto LT, Spettell C, Cleary GM, Baumgart S. Survival following prolonged neonatal ECMO support. (Poster Presentation) Children’s National Medical Center, ECMO Symposium, Keystone, Colorado, February 1994

16. Paul JJ, Paul KE, Katz AL, Pagotto LT, Spettell C, Cleary GM, Baumgart S. Cardiac malposition in ECMO treated neonates with left congenital diaphragmatic hernia (LCDH). (Abstract/Poster Presentation) Children’s National Medical Center Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure, Keystone, Colorado, February 1996

17. Paul JJ, Paul KE, Katz AL, Pagotto LT, Luciana T, Spettell C, Cleary GM, Baumgart S. Cardiac malposition in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). (Abstract Presentation) Society for Pediatric Research, Washington, DC, May 6-10, 1996

18. Baumgart S, Wolfson PJ, Desai SA, Katz AL, Stanley C, Spitzer AR. Significant anomalies and recurrence rate revealed by follow-up radiographic screening after neonatal repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in the EMCO era. (Abstract/Poster Presentation) American Pediatric Society and the Society for Pediatric Research, New Orleans, LA, May 1-5, 1998

19. Kane TD, Malek M, Katz AL.  Endoscopically-guided, thoracoscopic esophagectomy for stricture in a child.  (Video presentation) Int’l. Pediatric Endosurgery Group Meeting, Cannes, France, June 13-15, 2008

20. Boretsky K, Katz A, Cunningham S, K Boretsky. Paravertebral nerve block facilitates extubation in a 5 week infant with rib fractures. (Abstract Presentation) American Society of Anesthesiologists Anesthesiology (ASA) 2012, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC, October 13-17, 2012

21. Mahmood B, Lee V, Coleman A, Kuch B, Potoka D, Katz A, Brozanski B, Abdalla W. Fetal MRI and Ultrasound Imaging can predict Outcomes in Patients with isolated Left CDH. (Abstract/Poster Presentation) Presented at the International CDH Workshop, September 2015

PRESENTATIONS

|Conflicts of Interest in Pediatrics? Views from the Front Lines |Panel Member |March 31, 2008 |

|University of Pittsburgh and CBHL | | |

|27th Annual Medical Ethics Update and Messer Memorial Lecture | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

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|Disclosing Medical Errors |Panel Member |May 29, 2008 |

|Education Session II: Professionalism & the Pediatric Surgeon | | |

|American Pediatric Surgical Association | | |

|Phoenix, AZ | | |

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|Informed Consent & the Physician-Patient Relationship |Invited Speaker |September 13, 2008 |

|Consortium Ethics Program Fall Retreat | | |

|Oglebay Resort & Conference Center | | |

|Weirton, WV | | |

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|Ethical/Legal Issues in Addressing Pandemics and Rationing within the Hospital Setting |Invited Speaker |September 14, 2008 |

|Consortium Ethics Program Fall Retreat | | |

|Oglebay Resort & Conference Center | | |

|Weirton, WV | | |

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|Practical Applications of Developing a Pandemic Policy |Invited Speaker |September 14, 2008 |

|Consortium Ethics Program Fall Retreat | | |

|Oglebay Resort & Conference Center | | |

|Weirton, WV | | |

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|Social Justice, Informed Consent and Resource Allocation in the Treatment of Childhood and |Moderator |April 6, 2009 |

|Adolescent Obesity | | |

|28th Annual Medical Ethics Update and Messer Memorial Lecture | | |

|University of Pittsburgh and CBHL | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

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|Comparison of Veno-arterial and Veno-veno ECMO Management |Invited Speaker |March 5-6, 2010 |

|2nd Annual ECMO Educational Conference | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

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|Ethical Considerations: A Surgeon’s Perspective Management of Patients with Short Bowel |Invited Speaker |October 3, 2010 |

|Syndrome | | |

|American Academy of Pediatrics | | |

|2010 National Conference and Exhibition | | |

|San Francisco, CA | | |

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|Female Genital Mutilation: How Best to Achieve Harm Reduction |Invited Speaker |November 19, 2010 |

|Center for Bioethics and Health Law Colloquium | | |

|University of Pittsburgh | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

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|Informed Consent, Informed Permission and Assent |Invited Speaker |December 17, 2010 |

|Consortium Ethics Program | | |

|La Roche College | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

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|Bariatric Surgery: Who’s Body is It? |Invited Speaker |October 18, 2011 |

|Meet the Expert Discussion | | |

|American Academy of Pediatrics | | |

|2011 National Conference and Exhibition | | |

|Boston, MA | | |

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|Halstead’s Addictions and Their Impact on Surgical Education: Must Ontogeny Recapitulate |Invited Speaker |March 23, 2012 |

|Phylogeny? | | |

|Center for Bioethics and Health Law Colloquium | | |

|University of Pittsburgh | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

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|Exploring the Spectrum of Adolescent Decision Making in Reproductive Health |Panel Member |April 13, 2012 |

|29st Annual Medical Ethics Update and Messer Memorial Lecture | | |

|University of Pittsburgh and CBHL | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

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|Ethical Issues in Child Maltreatment Cases |Invited Speaker |April 26, 2012 |

|7th Annual Pittsburgh Conference on Child Maltreatment | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Circuit Center – Union Building | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

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|Ethics Consults / Ethics Committee |Panel Member |May 15, 2012 |

|Presented to Magnet Reviewers for Magnet Recognition Program, American Nurses Credentialing | | |

|Center (ANCC) | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

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|(Re)Constructing the Surgeon’s Identity – A Need for a New Perspective |Invited Speaker |May 16, 2012 |

|Medical Humanities Consortium 10th Annual Meeting | | |

|Under Construction: Hospitals, Healthcare, and the | | |

|Medical Humanities | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

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|Anesthesia Neurotoxicity |Invited Panel Member |September 10, 2012 |

|FDA/IARS SmartTots Scientific Workshop | | |

|AAP Section/Committee Representative | | |

|Silver Spring, MD | | |

|Palliative Care |Panel Member |May 2, 2013 |

|Palliative Care and Pain Management | | |

|Education Session I | | |

|American Pediatric Surgery Association | | |

|Marco Island, FL | | |

|Surgeon Wellness: Achieving and Maintaining Surgeon Wellness |Moderator |May 29, 2014 |

|Education Session II | | |

|American Pediatric Surgery Association | | |

|Phoenix, AZ | | |

| | | |

|Work Hours and Impact on Surgeon Wellness |Panel Member |May 29, 2014 |

|Education Session II | | |

|American Pediatric Surgery Association | | |

|Phoenix, AZ | | |

| | | |

|Do Good Facts Make Good Ethics? |Invited Speaker |October 17, 2014 |

|Pediatrics Affinity Group – American Society for Bioethics and Humanities | | |

|San Diego, CA | | |

| | | |

|Quality Assessment of the Ethics Consultation Service at the Organizational Level: A Third |Panelist |October 18, 2014 |

|Important Element in the Evaluation of Health Care Ethics Consultation | | |

|American Society for Bioethics and Humanities | | |

|San Diego, CA | | |

| | | |

|Physician Health and Self-Care |Panel Member |March 2015 |

|AAP Annual Leadership Forum 2015 | | |

| | | |

|Quality Assessment of the Ethics Consultation Service at the Organizational Level: |Panel Member | |

|Accrediting ethics consultation services   11th Annual Meeting of the International | | |

|Conference on Clinical Ethics and Consultation | | |

|New York, NY | | |

| | | |

|Ethics Consultation and Simulation |Invited Speaker |July 20, 2015 |

|Nursing Education Series | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

| | | |

|Presentation on Ethics Consultation at CHRU |Invited Speaker |July 27, 2015 |

| | | |

|Limitations on ECMO in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH): An Ethical Analysis |Invited Speaker |October 6, 2015 |

|Surgical Forum – Ethics Session | | |

|American College of Surgeons | | |

|Chicago, IL | | |

| | | |

|Presentation for the UPMC Health Place at the Steel Tower: Incorporating Ethical Theory into |Invited Speaker |November 3, 2015 |

|Health Policy | | |

| | | |

|Noon Ethics Presentation for the Pediatric Subspecialty Fellow: Case Presentation of Complex|Invited Speaker |January 5,2016 |

|Ethics Cases | | |

| | | |

|Presentation of Clinical Trials Course/ ICRE: Ethic in Clinical Trials |Invited Speaker |January 21, 2016 |

| | | |

|22nd Annual Blood-Brain Barrier Consortium Meeting Chemoprotection Clinical Trials from the |Invited Speaker |March 5, 2016 |

|Perspective of an Ethicist: The Framing of Risks and Benefits | | |

| | | |

|22nd Annual Blood-Brain Barrier Consortium Meeting “Thiol Chemoprotection from Platinum |Moderator |March 5, 2016 |

|Toxicities in Children with Cancer: Ethical Issues” | | |

| | | |

|University of Pittsburgh CBHL 25TH Annual Medical Ethics update: Fertility Preservation with|Invited Speaker |April 1, 2016 |

|Oocyte Cryopreservation: Ethical and Social Concerns | | |

| | | |

|Ethics Presentation St. Clair Hospital: Ethical Issues Associated with Donation After |Invited Speaker |April 6, 2016 |

|Circulatory Determination of Death | | |

| | | |

|Presentation for Education Session at APSA: Innovative Therapy: Evaluation, Patient |Invited Speaker |May 15, 2016 |

|Engagement and Implementation | | |

| | | |

|Presentation to the American College of Healthcare Executives Western PA Chapter:  Ethical |Invited Speaker |May 19, 2016 |

|Challenges in Healthcare Leadership | | |

| | | |

|Presentation for the ABA Ethics Course: Ethical Issues and Children’s Medical Conditions |Invited Speaker |June 13, 2016 |

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Katz AL. Resisting resistance to change: a critical analysis of the structure of surgical residency training programs. University of Pittsburgh, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, MA in Bioethics Thesis, December 2012.

ALTERNATIVE MEDIA

Katz A. Medical Review,

Katz A. Medical Editor, eMedicine Pediatric / emedicine.pediatrics_general

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

TEACHING

|American College of Surgeons |Course Instructor |1984 – Present |

|Advanced Trauma and Life Support (ATLS) Program | | |

| | | |

|Ethics Sessions for 3rd Year Medical Students |Faculty |2007 – Present |

|(Surgery and Pediatrics Rotation) |Center for Bioethics and Health | |

|University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |Law (CBHL) | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Pediatric Resident Ethics Teaching |Instructor |2007 – Present |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Problem Based Learning Course |Instructor |2007 – 2009 |

|1st year Medical Students | | |

|University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Regional Mock Oral Boards |Faculty Evaluator |2008 – Present |

|University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | | |

|General Surgery Residents (PGY 4 & 5) | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Consortium Ethics Program |Faculty |2008 – 2014 |

|University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |Speakers Bureau | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Behavioral Medicine Course |Instructor, Facilitator |2009 – present |

|First Year Medical Students |and | |

|University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |Course Design Team Member | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|MD/PhD Program - Ethics Class |Invited Speaker |May 12, 2009 |

|Career Development - Ethics/Logistics of Navigating the Academic and | | |

|Clinical World | | |

|University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|CARES Foundation |Invited Consultant |2009 – 2010 |

|Not-for-profit corporation dedicated to educating the public and | | |

|physicians about congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) | | |

| | | |

|Ethics, Law and Professionalism Course (MS-1) |Instructor |2010 – Present |

|University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Intro to Medical Decision Making Course (MS-1) "Rational Medical |Course Facilitator |2011 – 2012 |

|Decision Making: A Case-Based Approach” | | |

|University of Pittsburgh | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Center for Bioethics and Health Law |Affiliate Faculty Member |2007 – 2013 |

|University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |Core Faculty Member | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | |2013 – Present |

STUDENT MENTORING

Graduate Students

|Bimal P Chaudhari, MD, MPH |Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of |2012 |

|Pediatric Residency Program, PL-2 |UPMC | |

| | | |

|Rasha Bokhari, Doctoral Degree (DHCE) Program |Duquesne University |Spring Term 2012 |

| |Pittsburgh, PA | |

| | | |

|Nora Al Harbi, Doctoral Degree (DHCE) Program |Duquesne University |Fall Term 2012 |

| |Pittsburgh, PA | |

| | | |

|Amanda Mattone, Doctoral Degree (DHCE) Program |Duquesne University |Fall Term 2013 |

| |Pittsburgh, PA | |

|Daniel Hurst, PhD Candidate (DHCE) Program |Duquesne University |Fall Term 2015 |

| |Pittsburgh, PA | |

| | | |

|Erin Johnson |University of Pittsburgh |PICU Fellow |

|Scholarly Project and MA Thesis Committee |School of Medicine | |

Medical Students

|Jessica Wishnew |University of Pittsburgh School of |MS-3 |2007 |

|Scholarly Project |Medicine | | |

INVITED LECTURES AND CME ACTIVITIES

LECTURES

|Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Early vs. Late Repair |Invited Speaker |January 1994 |

|ECMO Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in the Lung |Invited Speaker |October 1994 |

|Mott Children’s Hospital 20th Anniversary Celebration | | |

|Ann Arbor, Michigan | | |

| | | |

|Annual Morbidity and Mortality Review |Invited Speaker |June 1994 |

|ECMO Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Futility |Invited Speaker |August 1995 |

|Ethics Study Group | | |

|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | | |

|Wilmington, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|AVM Case Management |Invited Speaker |December 1995 |

|ECMO Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|The Costs of Caring |Invited Speaker |February 1996 |

|Ethics Conference | | |

|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | | |

|Wilmington, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|Neonatal ECMO |Visiting Lecturer |June 1996 |

|Department of Pediatrics Research Meeting | | |

|University of Zimbabwe School of Medicine | | |

|Harare, Zimbabwe | | |

| | | |

|Medical Futility |Invited Speaker |November 21, 1996 |

|Medical Ethics Conference | | |

|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | | |

|Wilmington, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|ECMO and Renal Failure |Invited Speaker |January 7, 1997 |

|ECMO Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Ethical Issues of Educating Residents |Invited Speaker |November 20, 1997 |

|Medical Ethics Conference | | |

|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | | |

|Wilmington, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|Case presentation: Management of the Difficult ECMO Patient |Invited Speaker |October 1998 |

|ECMO Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Case Conference: Bioethics |Invited Speaker |January 21, 1999 |

|Medical Ethics Conference | | |

|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | | |

|Wilmington, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Associated Anomalies |Invited Speaker |March 1999 |

|ECMO Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Pulmonary Hypoplasia and ECMO |Invited Speaker |September 21, 1999 |

|ECMO Teaching Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Imperforate Anus |Invited Speaker |November 3, 1999 |

|Nursing Surgical Education Day | | |

|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | | |

|Wilmington, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|Controversies in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and other Surgical Congenital Lung Lesions |Invited Speaker |November 12, 1999 |

|8th Annual Delaware Pediatric Pulmonary Symposium | | |

|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | | |

|Wilmington, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Complicated Bleeding Issues on ECMO |Invited Speaker |June 30, 2000 |

|ECMO Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Management of Pleural Effusions, Medical or Surgical Therapy |Invited Speaker |September 13, 2000 |

|Pediatric Lecture Series | | |

|Atlantic City Medical Center | | |

|Atlantic City, New Jersey | | |

| | | |

|Biliary Atresia |Invited Speaker |November 29, 2000 |

|Nurses Surgical Education Day | | |

|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | | |

|Wilmington, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|Cardiac Defects and ECMO: Transport on ECMO |Invited Speaker |January 9, 2001 |

|ECMO Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Ethical/Medical Issues in HIV Care |Invited Speaker |January 18, 2001 |

|Medical Ethics Conference | | |

|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | | |

|Wilmington, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|Brain Death vs. Cardiopulmonary Death in Organ Donation |Invited Speaker |March 15, 2001 |

|Medical Ethics Conference | | |

|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | | |

|Wilmington, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|Biliary Atresia |Invited Speaker |March 28, 2001 |

|Nurses Surgical Education Day | | |

|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | | |

|Wilmington, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy and ECMO |Invited Speaker |June 28, 2001 |

|ECMO Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Anatomy of an Ethics Consult |Invited Speaker |September 20, 2001 |

|Medical Ethics Conference | | |

|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | | |

|Wilmington, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|Medical Oaths and Medical Ethics: Medical Traditions |Invited Speaker |December 20, 2001 |

|or Moving Targets | | |

|Medical Ethics Conference | | |

|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | | |

|Wilmington, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|ECMO and Neonatal Herpes |Invited Speaker |March 28, 2002 |

|ECMO Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Late Death |Invited Speaker |October 16, 2002 |

|ECMO Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Introduction to New Policy: Organizational Ethics |Invited Speaker |November 21, 2002 |

|Medical Ethics Conference | | |

|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | | |

|Wilmington, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|DNR in the Operating Room Setting |Invited Speaker |February 20, 2003 |

|Medical Ethics Conference | | |

|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | | |

|Wilmington, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Delayed Bleeding |Invited Speaker |June 11, 2003 |

|ECMO Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Newborn GI Abnormalities |Invited Speaker |June 27, 2003 |

|Presentation to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology | | |

|Christiana Hospital | | |

|Newark, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia |Invited Speaker |July 3, 2003 |

|Fetal Therapy Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Power Loss and ECMO Emergency Response |Invited Speaker |February 25, 2004 |

|ECMO Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, PA | | |

| | | |

|Necrotizing Enterocolitis |Invited Speaker |April 2, 2004 |

|Bryn Mawr Neonatology Conference | | |

|Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Bring our Ethical Issues to Lunch |Invited Speaker |October 21, 2004 |

|Medical Ethics Conference | | |

|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | | |

|Wilmington, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|CDH and Bleeding Complications |Invited Speaker |October 2004 |

|ECMO Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|CDH Consensus Conference |Invited Speaker |February 9, 2005 |

|ECMO Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Hydrops and ECMO |Invited Speaker |May 24, 2005 |

|ECMO Conference | | |

|Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Transplant and the World Wide Web |Invited Speaker |May 18, 2006 |

|Medical Ethics Conference | | |

|Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | | |

|Wilmington, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|Recidivism in Trauma |Invited Speaker |November 28, 2006 |

|Trauma Conference | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Substance Abuse and Teens: A Recipe for Trauma |Invited Speaker |January 31, 2007 |

|Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Ethics |Instructor |May 16, 2007 |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Ethics Curriculum presented for ICU Nurses (2 Sessions) | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Ethics |Invited Speaker |April 26, 2007 |

|Pediatric Surgery Academic Morning Conference – Core Lecture | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Pediatric Trauma Recidivism |Invited Speaker |June 26, 2007 |

|Trauma Conference | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Ethics and Critical Care: An Educational Offering |Invited Speaker |August 7, 2007 |

|for Health Care Providers | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|(Teaching Session for Critical Care Nurses) | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia |Invited Speaker |October 18, 2007 |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Hospital Wide Multidisciplinary M&M Conference | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|DCD Ethics Education |Invited Speaker |November 12, 2007 |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|(Teaching Session for Critical Care Staff) | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Pediatric Morbidity & Mortality Conference |Invited Speaker |January 8, 2008 |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Hospital Wide Multidisciplinary M&M Conference | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Anorectal Anomalies |Invited Speaker |April 24, 2008 |

|Pediatric Surgery Academic Morning Conference – Core Lecture | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Giant Hepatic Hemangioma/Perinatal Palliative Care |Invited Speaker |May 13, 2008 |

|Hospital Wide Multidisciplinary M&M Conference | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Medical Errors |Invited Speaker |August 12, 2008 |

|Trauma Conference | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Pulmonary Embolus/Resuscitative ECMO |Invited Speaker |September 16, 2008 |

|Hospital Wide Multidisciplinary M&M Conference | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Informed Consent and Physician-Patient Relationship |Invited Speaker |September 18, 2008 |

|Consortium Ethics Program | | |

|Center for Bioethics and Health Law | | |

|Medical Staff and Ethics Committee at Uniontown Hospital | | |

|Uniontown, PA | | |

| | | |

|Ethics Consultation Training |Instructor |October 14, 2008 |

|University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Informed Consent and Physician-Patient Relationship |Invited Speaker |November 1, 2008 |

|4th Annual Fayette County 2008 Patient Safety Symposium | | |

|Education Session presented via DVD | | |

|Uniontown Holiday Inn | | |

|Uniontown, PA | | |

| | | |

|Practical Applications of Developing a Pandemic Policy |Invited Speaker |December 16, 2008 |

|Consortium Ethics Program | | |

|Center for Bioethics and Health Law | | |

|University of Pittsburgh – Greensburg Campus | | |

|Greensburg, PA | | |

| | | |

|Anorectal Anomalies |Invited Speaker |September 24, 2009 |

|Pediatric Surgery Academic Morning Conference – Core Lecture | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Intestinal Atresias and Duplications |Invited Speaker |April 15, 2010 |

|Pediatric Surgery Academic Morning Conference – Core Lecture | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Ethics |Invited Speaker |December 9, 2010 |

|Pediatric Surgery Academic Morning Conference – Core Lecture | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Ethics |Invited Speaker |July 14, 2011 |

|Pediatric Surgery Academic Morning Conference – Core Lecture | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Ethics |Invited Speaker |December 8, 2011 |

|Pediatric Surgery Academic Morning Conference – Core Lecture | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Ovary |Invited Speaker |February 23, 2012 |

|Pediatric Surgery Academic Morning Conference – Core Lecture | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Ethics - DCDD |Invited Speaker |September 20, 2012 |

|Pediatric Surgery Academic Morning Conference – Core Lecture | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Update on AAP Ethics Statement |Invited Speaker |December 20, 2012 |

|Pediatric Surgery Academic Morning Conference – Core Lecture | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Ethics Conference |Invited Speaker |March 20, 2013 |

|Resident Noon Lecture | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Ovary |Invited Speaker |March 28, 2013 |

|Pediatric Surgery Academic Morning Conference – Core Lecture | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Informed Consent |Invited Speaker |August 22, 2013 |

|Pediatric Surgery Academic Morning Conference – Core Lecture | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Antenatal Counseling |Invited Speaker |November 20, 2014 |

|Pediatric Surgery Academic Morning Conference – Core Lecture | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

GRAND ROUNDS

|Pediatric Lung Transplantation |Invited Speaker |October 1994 |

|Pediatric Grand Rounds, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Hirschsprung’s Disease |Invited Speaker |February 2, 1995 |

|Pediatric Grand Rounds, Christiana Hospital | | |

|Newark, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|Neonatal Surgical Emergencies |Visiting Lecturer |June 1996 |

|Pediatric Grand Rounds | | |

|University of Zimbabwe School of Medicine | | |

|Harare, Zimbabwe | | |

| | | |

|New Perspectives in Pediatric Surgery: ECMO and |Visiting Lecturer |June 1996 |

|Hirschsprung’s Disease | | |

|Surgical Grand Rounds, University of Zimbabwe School of Medicine Harare, Zimbabwe | | |

| | | |

|Newborn Surgery in Zimbabwe |Invited Speaker |December 12, 1996 |

|Pediatric Grand Rounds, Christiana Hospital | | |

|Newark, Delaware | | |

| | | |

|Congenital Neonatal Gastrointestinal Obstruction |Invited Speaker |December 12, 1997 |

|Pediatric Grand Rounds, Newcomb Medical Center | | |

|Vineland, New Jersey | | |

| | | |

|Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Treatment of Neonatal Respiratory Failure |Invited Speaker |October 5, 2000 |

|Surgical Grand Rounds, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | | |

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Hirschsprung’s Disease |Invited Speaker |April 27, 2001 |

|Pediatric Grand Rounds, Bryn Mawr Hospital | | |

|Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Neonatal Surgical Emergencies |Invited Speaker |February 18, 2002 |

|Pediatric Grand Rounds, Montgomery Hospital | | |

|Norristown, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Fetal Surgery |Invited Speaker |June 29, 2005 |

|Grand Rounds/Obstetrics & Gynecology, Lankenau Hospital | | |

|Wynnewood, Pennsylvania | | |

| | | |

|Gastroschisis: From Fetus to Childhood |Invited Speaker |March 21, 2007 |

|Indiana Regional Medical Center – Grand Rounds | | |

|Indiana, PA | | |

| | | |

|The History and Development of the Use of Informed Consent in Research |Invited Speaker |December 2, 2009 |

|Grand Rounds/Lab Meeting Lecture | | |

|University of Pittsburgh, Department of Plastic Surgery | | |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

| | | |

|Do Good Facts Make Good Ethics? |Lecturer |October 8, 2014 |

|Allegheny College 2014/15 Lehman Lecture | | |

|Meadville, PA | | |

| | | |

|Do Good Facts Make Good Ethics? |Invited Speaker |February 19, 2015 |

|Pediatric Grand Rounds | | |

|Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | | |

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RESEARCH:

GRANT: Nazareth Family Grant award I#0042534

TITLE: “In Their Own Voice: Insights as to How an Ethics Education Network Can Serve as a Moral Community”

INSTITUTION: Nazareth Foundation

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Aviva L. Katz, MD, MA

PROJECT PERIOD: June 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 SUPPORT AMOUNT: $5,000

PROJECT TITLE: Opening of the Blood-Brain Barrier to Antitumor Agents

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR : NEUWELT, EDWARD A. MD

LIST of CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

1. Analyzing differences between physicians and parents in the framing of disease and disability and resultant decision making algorithms in the Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery

2. Qualitative assessment of the effects of embedding an ethicist on rounds in both the Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units.

AD HOC REVIEWER

Journal of Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology

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SERVICE

UNIVERSITY and MEDICAL SCHOOL AFFILIATED ADMINISTRATION

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

1990 – 1991 Staff Surgeon, Emergency Services

University of Michigan University Hospital

Ann Arbor, Michigan

1992 – 1993 Senior Fellow in Pediatric Surgery

University of Michigan University Hospital

C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

Ann Arbor, Michigan

1993 – 2006 Attending Surgeon

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, Delaware

1993 – 2006 Attending Surgeon

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1993 – 3/5/2002 Attending Surgeon

Mercy Fitzgerald Medical Center

Darby, Pennsylvania

1993 – 2006 Attending Surgeon

Christiana Care Health System

Newark, Delaware

1994 – 1996 Attending Surgeon

Pennsylvania Hospital

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1994 Staff Physician

Himalayan Health Care

New York, New York and Kathmandu, Nepal

1997 – 2006 Attending Surgeon

Bryn Mawr Hospital

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

1997 – 2006 Attending Surgeon

Lankenau Hospital

Wynnewood, Pennsylvania

2000 – 2006 Attending Surgeon

Virtua West Jersey Health Systems

Voorhees, New Jersey

2001 – 2002 Active Staff

Summit Surgical Center

Voorhees, New Jersey

2006 – Present Attending Surgeon

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

2006 – Present Courtesy Staff

Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

2007 – 2008 Consulting Staff

Allegheny General Hospital

Pittsburgh, PA

2007 – 2008 Consulting Staff

The Western Pennsylvania Hospital

Pittsburgh, PA

COMMITTEE SERVICE

1993 – 1994 Emergency Services Committee

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

1993 – 1998 PICU Committee

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

1993 – 2006 Care Team/Child Abuse Services

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

1993 – 2006 Member, Ethics Committee

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

1993 – 1995 Representative for the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children Delaware Trauma System Planning Group

Wilmington, DE

1994 – 2006 Surgical Director, Neonatal ECMO Program

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

1994 – 1997 Nutrition Support Committee

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

1994 – 1997 Internal Customer Subcommittee, Surgical Services

duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

1994 – 1998 Co-Chair Curriculum Sub Committee of Ethics Committee

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

1996 – 1997 Surgical Services Redesign Committee

Scheduling Systems Workgroup

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

1997 – 1999 Quality Assurance and Improvement Committee

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

1997 – 1999 Medical Executive Committee

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

1997 – 2006 Intersex Study Workgroup

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

1998 – 2003 Hospital Information Systems Workgroup for Practitioners

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

1998 – 2001 Chairperson, Ethics Committee

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

1999 – 2006 Hospital Education Committee

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

2001 – 2003 Scientific Merit Review Committee

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

2002 – 2004 Secretary, Treasurer, Medical Executive Committee

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

2003 – 2004 Member, Performance Improvement Committee

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

2005 – 2006 Member, Bylaws Committee

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

2006 – Present CHP Ethics Committee

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

2006 – Present UPMC Ethics Committee

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Presbyterian Hospital

Pittsburgh, PA

2006 – 2015 Co-Director of the Center for Advanced Fetal Diagnostics

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC in partnership with

Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

2006 – Present Pediatric Surgery Education Committee

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

2007 Electronic Medical Record Team

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

2007 – Present Institutional Review Board

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

2007 – 2013 Operative and Invasive Procedure/Tissue Review Committee (OIP/Tissue)

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

2007 – Present Disorders of Sexual Development Committee (DSD)

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

2007 – Present Pandemic Taskforce

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

2012 – Present Pain Management Oversight Committee

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

2012 – Present Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Program

Division of Adolescent Medicine

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

(in partnership with Magee-Womens Hospital)

Pittsburgh, PA

2012 – Present Gender and Sexual Development Program

Collaborative partnership of

Division of Adolescent Medicine,

Behavioral Health and Endocrinology

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

2013 – Present Care Coordination Enhancement Team

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

2013 – Present Clinical Transformation Steering Committee

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

|Mentor2Mentor Program |2008 - 2012 |Mentor to college women interested in the medical profession. |

|Pittsburgh, PA | | |

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|Art in Motion |2009 – 2013 |Teach Art History Appreciation for Osborne Elementary School |

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|Odyssey of the Mind |2011 – 2013 |Judge and Coach |

|Quaker Valley School District | |International educational program providing creative |

|Pittsburgh, PA | |problem-solving opportunities/ competition for students from |

| | |K-college. |

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|Science Olympiad |2012 – 2015 |Coach |

|Quaker Valley School District | |Science Olympiad is a national non-profit organization dedicated |

|Pittsburgh, PA | |to improving the quality of K-12 science education. |

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|Medical Ethics and Science Course |2013- Present |Presentation on Ethics for Quaker Valley High School |

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|Careers in Medicine |11-22-2013 |Presented on careers in medicine to Osborne Elementary School |

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|Careers in Medicine |3-10-2014 |Presented on careers in medicine to Yeshiva School for Girls |

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|Pittsburgh Figure Skating Club |2015-present |Board Member |

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