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Office
3459 5th Ave
Ste 501
Pittsburgh, PA 15213Phone+1 412-647-2561- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Nephrology, 1989 - 1991
- UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1989
- Lancaster General HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1985 - 1986
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of MedicineClass of 1981
Certifications & Licensure
- PA State Medical License 1986 - 2024
- WV State Medical License 1993 - 2014
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 8 citationsTechnology-assisted cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention for end-stage renal diseaseKaren P. Jakubowski, Manisha Jhamb, Jonathan G. Yabes, Swathi Gujral, Lauren E. Oberlin, Filitsa H. Bender, Jennifer L. Steel> ;Translational Behavioral Medicine. 2020 Aug 7
- 18 citationsRestoring glucose uptake rescues neutrophil dysfunction and protects against systemic fungal infection in mouse models of kidney diseaseChetan V. Jawale, Kritika Ramani, De-Dong Li, Bianca M. Coleman, Rohan S. Oberoi, Saran Kupul, Li Lin, Jigar V. Desai, Greg M. Delgoffe, Michail S. Lionakis, Filitsa H...> ;Science Translational Medicine. 2020 Jun 17
- 35 citationsUrea for the Treatment of Hyponatremia.Helbert Rondon-Berrios, Srijan Tandukar, Maria K. Mor, Evan C. Ray, Filitsa H. Bender, Thomas R. Kleyman, Steven D. Weisbord> ;Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2018 Nov 7
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Hospital Affiliations
- UPMC McKeesportMcKeesport, Pennsylvania
- UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- UPMC St. MargaretPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- UPMC Magee-Womens HospitalPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- UPMC MercyPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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