AvihuZGazitMDFAAP
Pediatrics • Pittsburgh, PAPediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology
Professor, Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh
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Office
4401 Penn Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15224Phone+1 314-286-1249Fax+1 314-361-0733- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Avihu Gazit is a pediatric cardiac intensivist in Saint Louis, MO and is affiliated with Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital. He received his medical degree from Technion-Israel Inst of Technology Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 20 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Hebrew. He specializes in pediatric cardiac critical care and is experienced in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, pediatric cardiac critical care, pediatric vad management, and pediatric intensive care units.
Education & Training
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 2005 - 2007- Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2002 - 2005
Technion-Israel Inst of Technology Faculty of MedicineClass of 1997
Certifications & Licensure
MO State Medical License 2007 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2023 - 2024- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Cardiology
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Best Doctors in America
- Best Doctors in St. Louis
- Award of Excellence (cum laude) for graduate M.D. thesis Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1997
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Single Ventricular Assist Device Care and Outcomes for Failed Stage I Palliation: A Single-Center Decade of Experience.Kulp, B., Khan, M., Eghtesady, P., Scheel, J., Said, A., Gazit, A., Rabinowitz, E.> ;ASAIO Journal. 2024 Feb 9
- A Near Real-Time Risk Analytics Algorithm Predicts Elevated Lactate Levels in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Patients.Abbas, Q., Kelly, R., Asfari, A., Wolovits, J., Gazit, A., Macfadyen, A., Cooper, D., Futterman, C., Penk, J., Salvin, J., Borasino, S., Zaccagni, H.> ;Critical Care Explorations. 2023 Dec 1
- Lung Re-transplantation after prolonged veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in a child with chronic lung allograft dysfunction.Andres Herrera-Camino, Stuart C Sweet, Rebecca Pendino, Kirsten Brill Chod, Pirooz Eghtesady, Avihu Z Gazit, John C Lin> ;Pediatric Transplantation. 2024 Feb 1
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Press Mentions
Families Gather to Remember Children Lost to Congenital Heart DiseaseFebruary 11th, 2018
Happy Halloween from Dr. Avihu Gazit and...Dr. Gazit Jr. aka our #hearthero Ryan Laird. Ryan surprised him with his awesome costume." February 20th, 2020
The new Element in ICU DecisionsFebruary 20th, 2020- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- Risk-based Patient Monitoring for Pediatric Cardiac PatientsNIH2018–2021
Committees
- Vice Chair, Research committee, SCCM Midwest Chapter 2022 - Present
- Member, Foundation Steering Committee, PCICS 2022 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
- Fellow
- Professional Association of Diving InstructorsMaster Diver
- Pediatric Data Science and Analytics-a subgroup of the PALISI networkMember
Other Languages
- Hebrew
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