Clinical Assistant Professor 
Isabela.cajiao-angelelli@chp.edu  

Dr. Angelelli has experience in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and is currently the Director of the CPH Pediatric Sedation Service. She is a community and environmental health advocate, leading reforestation efforts in the city and its surroundings and serving as the Director of the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Environmental Quality Team. In addition, Dr. Angelelli serves on the UPMC Center for Sustainability Steering Committee. The current focus of her work in the environmental world includes trees as a public health intervention and efforts to decrease the carbon footprint of regional health care systems. She is the co-founder of Tree Pittsburgh’s “One Tree Per Child Pittsburgh” program and a member of the Board of Directors of Tree Pittsburgh. She is also the co-founder and co-chair of Clinicians for Climate Action (C4CA), a group of UPMC clinicians supporting the health care system in decarbonizing its operations and implementing more sustainable practices. 

Dr Angelelli attended medical school at the Javeriana University School of Medicine and her Pediatric Residency Training at the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP). Along with Dr Woods, she is a finalist in the 2024 eco-America American Climate Leadership award.