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Office
4401 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224Phone+1 412-692-5325
Summary
- Dr. Christopher Horvat is a pediatrician in Pittsburgh, PA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including St. Joseph's Hospital, UPMC Presbyterian, and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. He received his medical degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and has been in practice 7 years. He specializes in pediatric critical care medicine and is experienced in cystic fibrosis, traumatic brain injury, and trauma care.
Education & Training
- University of WashingtonResidency, Pediatrics, 2010 - 2013
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 2010
- University of North Carolina School of Public HealthB.S., Major in Chemistry, Minor in Biochemistry Track, Highest Honors and Distinction, 2002 - 2006
Certifications & Licensure
- FL State Medical License 2017 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 2013 - 2024
- WA State Medical License 2010 - 2013
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Preventive Medicine Clinical Informatics
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Ann E. Thompson Scholarship 2014
- Resident Peer-Teacher Award Seattle Children’s Hospital, 2013
- Course Scholarship National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), 2008
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Clinical Trials
- Randomized, Embedded, Multifactorial Adaptive Platform Trial for Community- Acquired Pneumonia Start of enrollment: 2016 Apr 11
- ACTIV-3: Therapeutics for Inpatients With COVID-19 Start of enrollment: 2020 Aug 04
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Angiostrongylus cantonensis Meningoencephalitis in Three Pediatric Patients in Florida, USA.Melinda D Chance, Anniesha D Noel, Amelia B Thompson, Natalie Marrero, Fernando Bula-Rudas
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2024-11-12 - Raising awareness of potential biases in medical machine learning: Experience from a Datathon.Harry Hochheiser, Jesse Klug, Thomas Mathie, Tom J Pollard, Jesse D Raffa
Medrxiv. 2024-11-02 - Fluid Overload Modifies Hemodynamic Impact of CRRT: Evidence of a Covert Cardiorenal Syndrome?Sameer Thadani, Anna Lang, Christin Silos, Jack Price, Ben Gelbart
Shock. 2024-10-18
Journal Articles
- Trends in US Pediatric Hospital Admissions in 2020 Compared with the Decade Before the COVID-19 PandemicJonathan H Pelletier, Jaskaran Rakkar, Alicia K Au, Christopher M Horvat, JAMA Network Open
- Prescribing Prevalence of Medications with Potential Genotype-Guided Dosing in Pediatric PatientsAmber L Beitelshees, Philip E Empey, Christopher M Horvat, Jeffrey R Bishop, JAMA Network Open
- Taking Predictive Analytics to Point-of-CareHorvat CM, Clark RS, Critical Care Connections, 1/1/2016
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Abstracts/Posters
- Post-resuscitation GCS is Associated with Outcome in Pediatric Traumatic Brain InjuryHorvat CM, Bell M, Wisniewski S, Balasubramani G, Kochanek P, Beers S, Danielle Brown S, Adelson P, Soc. Crit. Care Med. Annual Congress, Honolulu, HI, 1/25/2017
- Pharmacogenomic-based Evaluation of Fentanyl Requirements in Diagnostically Diverse PICU PatientsHorvat CM, Au A, Empey P, Conley Y, Clark RS, Soc. Crit. Care Med. Annual Congress, Honolulu, HI, 1/25/2017
- Prospective Evaluation of the Pediatric Rothman Index as a Measure of Pediatric Inpatient AcuityHorvat CM, Hamilton MF, Almasi GS, Palmer F, Valenta C, Kyper C, Rothman MJ, and Clark RS, Health Services Research Session, Fink Scholar Day, Pittsburgh, PA, 1/26/2016
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Lectures
- Thoracic ultrasoundPittsburgh, PA - 1/11/2016
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Pediatric Critical CarePittsburgh, PA - 1/29/2015
- Condition E: Early, EMR-Based Recognition of Clinical DeteriorationPittsburgh, PA - 1/22/2015
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Press Mentions
- Association of Severe Hyperoxemia Events and Mortality Among Patients Admitted to a Pediatric Intensive Care UnitAugust 23rd, 2019
- Opioid E-prescribing Trends at Discharge in a Large Pediatric Health SystemApril 18th, 2019
- Healthy Babies Can Still Get Very Sick from RSVAugust 23rd, 2023
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Grant Support
- Bio-Digital Rapid Alert to Identify NeuromorbidityNational Institute of Neurologic Diseases and Stroke2021–2026
- A Learning Health System Approach to Precision Sedation and Analgesia in Critically Ill ChildrenEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development2020–2025
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