Newsmaker: Dr. Mark Diamond

Noteworthy: Diamond won the Howard A. Mermelstein Award for Excellence in Pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. The honor recognizes pediatricians and pediatric surgeons for their commitment to children, teaching and betterment of the profession.

Age: 64

Residence: Mt. Lebanon

Family: Wife, Ellen; three children, Heather, 37, Lisa, 34, and Jonathan, 31; five grandchildren

Occupation: Associate professor of pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Education: Bachelor's degree in liberal arts from the University of Pittsburgh, 1971; medical degree from Pitt, 1975; master's degree in public management from Carnegie Mellon University, 2002

Background: Diamond started work at the hospital as an intern nearly 40 years ago. He has worked there as an attending physician and served on in-house committees. He grew up in Squirrel Hill.

Quote: “A doctor's child always gets better care. I try to see everybody the same. I don't discriminate. I treat every child as if they were my child.”