Pouneh Khadejeh Fazeli MD MPH

Summary

• Pouneh K. Fazeli, MD, MPH is an endocrinologist based in Pittsburgh, PA, with subspecialties in pituitary disorders, and neuroendocrinology. She completed her endocrinology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and her internal medicine residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia campus). Dr. Fazeli is Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Director of the Neuroendocrinology Unit at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine/UPMC. She has been an attending physician at UPMC Presbyterian since 2019, following a tenure at Massachusetts General Hospital from 2010 to 2019. Her research experience includes pituitary disease and neuroendocrinology, and she has published on the impact of low maternal weight on pregnancy outcomes and sinonasal outcomes post-pituitary surgery. She is also involved in clinical trials related to estrogen in anorexia nervosa and the effects of calorie deprivation on adipose tissue.