Please join us in congratulating Silva Arslanian, MD, for recently being named a Distinguished Professor by the University of Pittsburgh. This tremendous accomplishment constitutes the highest honor that the University can accord to a member of its professorate. 
According to the University, “designation as Distinguished Professor recognizes extraordinary, internationally-recognized, scholarly attainment in an individual discipline or field.” These individuals make exceptional contributions to the intellectual advancement of their home departments and schools, as well as to the institution as a whole.
Arslanian is currently the Richard L. Day Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science, as well as the Director of the Pediatric Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) and the Scientific Director of the Center for Pediatric Research in Obesity and Metabolism (CPROM).
Earlier this year, Arslanian published new guidelines for the treatment of obesity in adolescents in the New England Journal of Medicine, and also received a prestigious award from the American Diabetes Association.
We continue to look forward to the enormous scientific contributions to come from Arslanian.