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Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Providers and Staff

Yolandee Rena Bell-Cheddar, MD

Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Clinical Assistant Professor, Critical Care and Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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Matthew J Bochkoris, MD

Interim Medical Director, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care ICU
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor, Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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Avihu Zalman Gazit, MD

Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine
Director, Cardiac Critical Care Services
Co-director, Heart Institute
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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Rod Ali Ghassemzadeh, MD

Interim Associate Director, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program
Physician Lead, CICU Quality Improvement
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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Margaret Olsen Lewen, MD

Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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Jiuann-Huey Lin, MD

Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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Joan Sanchez De Toledo, MD

Clinical Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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Shannon A Solt, DO

Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor, Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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Nurse Practitioners

Cheryl Messenger, BSN, RN, CCRN
Dina Ruzzi, CRNP
Dana Shiderly, CRNP