Noteworthy: Co-director of the Antonio J. and Janet Palumbo Cystic Fibrosis Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, one of 11 centers in the United States to be honored as the 2011 recipient of the annual Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Quality Care Award . Award recipients demonstrated sustained quality improvements that improved outcomes.
Occupation: Pediatric pulmonologist and medical director of the Pulmonary Function Laboratory at Children's Hospital
Community: Sewickley
Age: 43
Family: Wife, Aviva Katz; children Gabriel, Samuel, Shoshana, Channah
Background: Received medical degree from the University of Michigan School of Medicine. Completed residency at University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and The Alfred I. duPont Children's Hospital in Wilmington, Del. Completed fellowship at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Quote: "Patients with cystic fibrosis are living longer and longer. Last year, there were over 500 people over age 50 with cystic fibrosis in the United States. It's not just a kids disease anymore."
