- BS (cum laude), University of Pittsburgh
- MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- General Surgery Residency, University Health Center of Pittsburgh
- Research Fellowship, The New York Hospital-G. Thomas Shires, MD Cornell Medical Center
Education & Training
Awards
Dr. Karel Maydl Medal for Surgery, Czech Republic, 2016
Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, Honorary faculty member, 2015
Quality Award, UPMC Presbyterian Medical Staff, 2015
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Honorary faculty member, 2015
Czech Surgical Society (Honorary member), 2015
Czech Trauma Society (Honorary member), 2015
Sociedade Brasileira de Atendimento Integrado ao Tramatizado (SBAIT) (Honorary member), 2012
European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (Honorary member), 2013
Harald Tscherne Teaching Award, Aachen, Germany, 2012
Distinguished Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2012
Sociedad de Trauma del Paraguay (Honorary member), 2011
Sociedad de Cirujanos Generales del Peru (Honorary member), 2009
Asociacion Mexicana de Medicina y Cirugia del Trauma (Mexican Association of Medicine and Surgery of Trauma) (Honorary member), 2007
Senior Visiting Surgeon, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, February, 2010
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Academy of Master Educators, 2006
Chilean Society of Surgeons (Honorary member), 2005
Colombian Trauma Society (Honorary member), 2004
Consumer Research Council “America’s Top Surgeons,” 2004
Castle Connolly America’s Top Doctors, 2001-2015
“The Best Doctors in America,” 2001-2012 Life member, National Registry of Who’s Who, 2000
Representative Publications
Dr. Peitzman's publications can be viewed through PubMed.
Research Interests
Study of hemorrhagic shock and trauma and the response to injury.