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Office
100 Delafield Road
Suite 303
Pittsburgh, PA 15215Phone+1 412-348-0330Fax+1 412-348-0338- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1982
- Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1979 - 1980
- MCP-Hahnemann College of MedicineClass of 1979
Certifications & Licensure
- PA State Medical License 1981 - 2024
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Pittsburgh Magazine Castle Connolly, 2010-2019, 2021
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Development, Evaluation, and Multisite Deployment of a Machine Learning Decision Tree Algorithm To Optimize Urinalysis Parameters for Predicting Urine Culture Positivity.Jansen N Seheult, Michelle N Stram, Lydia Contis, Raymond E Pontzer, Stephanie Hardy, William Wertz, Carla M Baxter, Michael Ondras, Paula L Kip, Graham M Snyder, A Wi...> ;Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2023 Jun 20
- 9 citationsDiscontinuing MRSA and VRE contact precautions: Defining hospital characteristics and infection prevention practices predicting safe de-escalation.Elise M Martin, Bonnie Colaianne, Christine Bridge, Andrew Bilderback, Colleen Tanner, Suzanne Wagester, Mohamed Yassin, Raymond Pontzer, Graham M. Snyder> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2021 Dec 1
- 15 citationsMulticenter Study of the Clinical Efficacy of Imipenem/Cilastatin for Treatment of Serious InfectionsDavid Trumbore, Raymond Pontzer, Matthew E. Levison, Donald Kaye, Michael H. Cynamon, Chien Liu, Daniel R. Hinthorn, James S. Tan, Thomas M. File> ;Reviews of Infectious Diseases. 1985 Jul 1
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Press Mentions
- Doctors Not Concerned About Monkeypox Spreading at SchoolsAugust 15th, 2022
- The Right Water Temperature to Wash Hands May Surprise YouSeptember 7th, 2021
- Parenting 101: Coronavirus Coverage – Are Playgrounds Safe?April 30th, 2020
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Hospital Affiliations
- UPMC PassavantPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- UPMC St. MargaretPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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