Associate Clinical Director, Hemophilia Center of Western Pennsylvania

Dr. Xavier joined the University of Pittsburgh in July 2017 as Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. Dr. Xavier also holds an appointment as Associate Clinical Director at the Hemophilia Center of Western Pennsylvania.

Dr. Xavier completed his medical school, pediatric residency and fellowship training in Brazil. He then completed pediatric residency in NY, pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Memphis, TN, and then a pediatric hemostasis fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2011. After that he completed a Masters degree in Clinical Research at the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in 2014.

Dr. Xavier has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in the field of pediatric hemostasis, and is currently awarded with a research grant to study inflammation in Hemophilia. Dr. Xavier also sits in the Newborn Screening and Follow-up Technical Advisory Board for the Pennsylvania Department of Health.