UPMC Children’s at Pediatric Endocrine Society 2026 Annual Meeting

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Division of Pediatric Endocrinology faculty and trainees will be attending the 2026 Pediatric Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, April 30 to May 3 in San Francisco.

Below is a list of speakers and research presentations from the Division. We hope to see our colleagues and alumni at this year’s conference.

Awards

Clinician of the Year Award

• Wassim Chemaitilly, MD, clinical director, UPMC Children’s Division of Pediatric Endocrinology. Clinician of the Year Award.

Program Speakers

Year in Review #1.
May 1, 5 to 6 p.m.
Speaker: Wassim Chemaitilly, MD, clinical director, UPMC Children’s Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
Topic: Late Endocrine Effects After Childhood Cancer

Workshops and Symposia

Fellows Education Workshop
April 30, 4 to 5 p.m.
Title: Thoughtful Communication in Pediatric Endocrinology
Part of the PedsEndo 365 subcommittee in collaboration with Dsd SIG
Committee member Kanthi B. Krishna, MD, director of the Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Program will be participating.

Posters and Oral Presentations

Poster Title: Assessing Self Efficacy in the Technology Era: Introducing the SED-KIT for Young Children with Type 1 Diabetes.
Presenters: Alvina Asif, MD; Maria Ganoe, DO
Faculty Mentor: Christine March, MD, MS
Presidential Poster Presentation during Poster Session 1.
April 30, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Poster Title: A Case Of Prolonged Weakness and Rhabdomyolysis in a Patient Presenting With Mixed Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Syndrome
Presenters: Maria Ganoe, DO
Faculty Mentor: Domenic Filingeri, DO MS
Poster Session 1
April 30, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Poster Title: RIMOC1, a novel regulator of mitochondrial function and mitophagy in β-cells.
Presenting Author: Domenic Filingeri, DO, MS. Co-authors: Liu R, Negi V, Lee J, Kumar A, Danvers J, Mandi V, Moulik M, Yechoor V.
Poster Session 2
May 1, 7:15 to 8 a.m.

Poster Title: Recreation of the Tanner-Whitehouse (TW3) Atlas for Enhanced Visualization and Access.
Presenting Author: Domenic Filingeri DO, MS. Co-author: Garibaldi L.
Poster Session 2
May 1, 7:15 to 8 a.m.

Additional Faculty Involvement with PES and the 2026 Annual Meeting

• Radhika Muzumdar, MD, chief, UPMC Children’s Division of Pediatric Endocrinology is currently a board member -First Year Director of the Pediatric Endocrine Society
• Dr. Filingeri is serving as a poster and oral presentation reviewer for this year’s conference.