During medical school, Dr. Hannah Piston developed a passion for pediatric otolaryngology through her dedicated research year at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. These experiences reinforced her commitment to academic otolaryngology and improving the lives of patients and their families. She is passionate about mentorship and is dedicated to supporting students at earlier stages of their medical training.
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, MD
- University of Pittsburgh, BS in Chemistry
Education & Training
Bogetti AT, Piston HE, Leung JMG, Cabalteja CC, Yang DT, DeGrave AJ, Debiec KT, Cerutti DS, Case DA, Horne WS, Chong LT. A twist in the road less traveled: The AMBER ff15ipq-m force field for protein mimetics. J Chem Phys. 2020 Aug 14;153(6):064101. doi: 10.1063/5.0019054. PMID: 35287464; PMCID: PMC7419161
Bogetti AT, Yang DT, Piston HE, LeBard DN, Chong LT. Lessons Learned from a Ligand-Unbinding Stress Test for Weighted Ensemble Simulations. ACS Omega. 2025 Jun 16;10(25):27617-27624. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.5c03809. PMID: 40620993; PMCID: PMC12223804
Koso RE, Njoku-Austin CO, Piston HE, Mirvish AB, Li R, Fowler JR. Corticosteroid Injection in the Operative Hand Prior to a Trigger Finger or Carpal Tunnel Release: If It Is Not at the Surgical Site Then What Is the Big Deal? Hand (N Y). 2025 May;20(3):474-478. doi: 10.1177/15589447231221247. Epub 2024 Jan 18. PMID: 38235702; PMCID: PMC11571346
Melder K, Piston H, Hammersley E, Ghodadra A, Stapleton AL. 3D Printing of the Pediatric Sinuses: Defining the Frontal Outflow Tract and Sinonasal Pathology. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2026 Jan;135(1):5-11. doi: 10.1177/00034894251353312. Epub 2025 Jul 16. PMID: 40665839
Piston H, Jabbour N, Ford MD, Goldstein JA, Losee JE, Shaffer AD. The Impact of Human Milk on Tympanostomy Tube, Hearing, and Speech Sequelae in Children with Cleft Palate. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2025 Oct 3:10556656251380545. doi: 10.1177/10556656251380545. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41042917
Shaffer AD, Piston H, Rushchak MV, Tobey ABJ, Ford MD, McCoy JL, White KE, Davit AJ 3rd, Goldstein JA, Grunwaldt LJ, Losee JE, Jabbour N. Survey of Barriers to Breast Milk Feeding in Children with Cleft Palate. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2025 Dec 18:10556656251406419. doi: 10.1177/10556656251406419. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41411090
Pediatric otolaryngology, outcomes in children with cleft palate, healthcare access disparities, surgical education