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Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

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photo Matthew J. Gorgone, DO

Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: gorgonemj@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-621-1200
Contact
Office: Medical Thoracic Associates
5200 Centre Avenue, Suite 610
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
 
Phone: 412-621-1200
Fax:
E-mail: gorgonemj@upmc.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Judy Nauman
Email: naumanja@upmc.edu
Phone: 412-864-3199
Fax: 412-692-2260
Education and Training
Education
BS-Physician Assistant, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, 2010
DO-Medicine, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2014
Training
Internal Medicine Internship and Residency, University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital, NY, 2017
Internal Medicine Chief Resident, University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital, NY, 2018
Fellowship: Emergency Medicine Ultrasound, University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital, NY, 2019
Fellowship: Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2022
Clinical Interest
Dr. Gorgone is a clinician-educator in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine. He is interested in caring for patients with a wide variety of pulmonary and critical illnesses, but has a particular interest in caring for patients with hematologic malignancies and in the diagnosis of patients with lung cancer. He is the director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at UPMC Shadyside.
Educational Interest
Dr. Gorgone's main academic focus is the education of medical students, residents, and fellows. He is the director of the medical ICU and pulmonary medical student electives at Shadyside, and co-directs the pulmonary physiology course for the second year medical students at University of Pittsburgh. He is particularly interested in point of care ultrasound and is certified in Critical Care Echocardiography (Diplomate status, National Board of Echocardiography). He is a section editor for the Echocardiography section for ATS Quick hits.
Publications
Selected Publications:
Gorgone M, O'Connor TP, Maximous SI. How I Teach: Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Venous Access. ATS Scholar. 2022.
Gorgone M, McNichols B, Li D, Quill C. Resident-driven Procedure Team and Speed of Obtaining Diagnostic Paracentesis. J Qual Patient Saf. 2021; Feb;47(2): 137-139.
Gorgone M, McNichols B, Lang VJ, Novak W, O'Connor AB. The Procedure Coordinator: A Resident-Driven Initiative to Increase Opportunity for Inpatient Procedures. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2018; Oct;10(5): 583-586.
Notable Achievements
Diplomate - Critical Care Echocardiography (National Board of Echocardiography), 2022
Fellow - American College of Physicians, 2021
Murphy Faculty Physicial Exam Teaching Award - University of Rochester, 2018
Herbert S. Waxman Chief Resident Scholarship - American College of Physicians, 2018
Resident Teaching Award - University of Rochester, 2016

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