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Fernanda Silveira
MD MS

Director of Clinical Operations, Transplant Infectious Diseases

Coordinator of Education, Division of Infectious Diseases

Education & Training

MD, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

Master of Science, University of Pittsburgh

Internal Medicine Residency, University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital

Infectious Diseases Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Transplant Infectious Diseases Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

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Research

Dr. Silveira is interested in clinical research that promotes the health of the patients in her care. As such, some of her projects include the study of the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine in preventing hospital admissions; clinical trials of new agents to treat respiratory viral infections in lung transplant recipients; clinical trials of new agents for the treatment of CMV; and optimization of colistin dose in critically ill patients with multi-drug resistant Gram negative infections.