Meet Our Team

International Telemedicine Services

The international telemedicine program at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is led by the following experts:

Ken K Nischal, MD

Chief, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus, and Adult Motility, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Medical Director, UPMC Children's Telemedicine Program
Director, Pediatric Program Development, UPMC Eye Center
Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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George V. Mazariegos, MD

Chief, Pediatric Transplantation
Professor of Surgery and Critical Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Faculty, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine

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Melinda Fiedor Hamilton, MD

Director, Pediatric Simulation Center and Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation, Education, and Research (WISER)
Associate Director, Pediatric Multidisciplinary Critical Care Training Program
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Professor, Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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Our Staff

Mariel Garcia
Director, International and Telemedicine Services

Vanessa R. Swickline, MS, ATC, LAT
Project Manager, Telemedicine