Andrew Nowalk, MD, PhD, is clinical director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases.

Dr. Nowalk earned his medical and doctorate degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He then completed his pediatric residency, chief residency, and an infectious disease fellowship at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh before joining the faculty of the School of Medicine.

As a clinical specialist in pediatric infectious diseases, Dr. Nowalk provides care for inpatients and outpatients with a wide variety of infectious disease issues. His areas of interest include diagnosis and care of pediatric Lyme disease cases, patients with multidrug resistant infections, and immunocompromised hosts, including solid organ transplant recipients both prior to and following transplantation.

In addition to maintaining his clinical practice, he has an active research program in Lyme disease immunology and pathogenesis, beginning with K08 and ARRA funding and continuing now in collaborative efforts with multiple sites in western Pennsylvania. His program has extended to examination of clinical parameters of the Lyme disease epidemic in western Pennsylvania and nationally in studies of pediatric Lyme disease cases. Additionally, he continues to provide expertise in the study of multidrug resistant organisms (MDRO) in pediatric and adult populations and also continues to participate in work on data science modeling of infectious diseases.

Dr. Nowalk also serves as a key faculty for education efforts in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the UPMC Graduate Medical Education program. He has served a co-program director for the Pediatric Residency Program at UPMC Children's Hospital since 2014. Among his educational efforts has been development of the Pediatric Scientist Development Program track and the Research Oriented Activities for Residents (ROAR) program in 2015. Dr. Nowalk has received multiple teaching awards and participates in courses and electives throughout all years of the medical school curriculum, as well as teaching residents and fellows in the Department of Pediatrics.

View Dr. Nowalk's full list of publications from PubMed.

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