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photo Eleanor Valenzi, MD

Rheumatology

Email: Valenzie@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-383-8000
Contact
Office: Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
200 Lothrop Hall, Biomedical Science Tower, Floor 7
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
 
Phone: 412-383-8000
Fax:
E-mail: Valenzie@pitt.edu
Education and Training
Education
BA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
MD, University of Alabama School of Medicine, 2013
Training
Internship, Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, 2014
Resident, University of Chicago, 2016
Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2019
Research Interest
Dr. Valenzi's research involves translational investigations into the underlying pathobiology of interstitial lung disease, with a focus on systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). She utilizes high-throughput single-cell sequencing technologies to investigate fibroblast heterogeneity and differentiation in SSc-ILD and other interstitial lung diseases.

Dr. Valenzi also participates in clinical trials for new treatments of systemic sclerosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other interstitial lung diseases.
Clinical Interest
Dr. Valenzi's clinical interests lie in the care of patients with connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases. She has an outpatient clinic in the Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease, where she collaborates closesly with rheumatologists, radiologists, pathologists, and other pulmonologists in the multidisciplinary care of patients with complex disease. Dr. Valenzi also attends on the Medical Intensive Care Unit, Advanced Lung Disease, and Pulmonary Consultation services.
Notable Achievements
Robert M. Rogers Award for Outstanding Scholars Achievement, 2020
American Thoracic Society Abstract Scholarship Award, 2019
American Thoracic Society Public Advisory Roundtable Abstract Award, 2019
15th Annual Respiratory Disease Young Investigators' Forum, 2019

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