Children’s Trust​​

The Children’s Trust is an exclusive program that channels the passions and energies of rising philanthropists in support of UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s most promising researchers.

Unmatched by any leadership opportunity in Pittsburgh, by pooling charitable resources and voting on the recipients, members directly change the course of scientific discovery.

2024
Kristina Gaietto, MD, MPH
Jessica D. Daley, MD
Laura Kirkpatrick, MD
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2023
Megan Culler Freeman, MD, PhD

Aidan Porter, MD
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2022
Cassandra L. Formeck, MD, MS
Erica Braverman, MD

2021
Maya Ragavan, MD, Pediatrics
Lisa Maurer, MD, PhD, Hematology/Oncology

2020
Thomas Hooven, MD, Neonatology Newborn Medicine
Shaun Carlson, PhD, Neurological Surgery
Heather Joseph, DO, Psychiatry

2019
Dr. Dwi Kemaladewi, Medical Genetics
Dr. Deirdre Nolfi-Donegan, Hematology/Oncology

2018
Dr. Christopher Horvat, Critical Care Medicine
Dr. Kelly Bailey, Hematology/Oncology

2017
Dr. Sameer Agnihotri, Neurological Surgery

2016
Dr. Dennis Simon, Critical Care Medicine