Department of Medicine
Faculty Profiles by Division

Division of General Internal Medicine

Faculty Profiles

Division Chief

photo Jane M. Liebschutz, MD, MPH, FACP

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Substance Abuse, Health Impacts of Violence, Mental Health, Opioid Misuse

Email: liebschutzjm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4821

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photo Kaleab Z. Abebe, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Clinical Trials, Data Coordination, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Underrepresented Minority Faculty Development

Email: kza3@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-246-6931
photo Fnu Abhishek, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: abhishekf@upmc.edu
photo Ruben Abunto, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: abuntor@upmc.edu
photo Zohaib Aftab, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: aftabz@upmc.edu
photo Shahzad Ahmad, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: General Internal Medicine

Email: ahmads3@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo Fadeke Akanbi, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine

Email: akanbif@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo Andrew D Althouse, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Longitudinal Data Analysis, Survival Analysis, Clinical Trials

Email: ada62@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-864-3022
Lakya Amaranatha, MD

Email: lakya.amaranatha@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-3332
photo Eric J. Anish, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Academic General Interal Medicine, Sports Medicine

Email: anishea@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-623-2458
photo Jonathan Arnold, MD, MSE

Fellow

Academic Interest: General Internal Medicine, Informatics, Graduate Medical Education

Email: arnoldjd@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Robert M. Arnold, MD

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Doctor-Patient Communication, Palliative Care and Medical Ethics

Email: rabob@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-692-4810
photo Amar D. Bansal, MD FASN

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: chronic kidney disease, renal supportive care, onconephrology, glomerulonephritis

Email: bansalad@upmc.edu
photo Karl Bezak, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care

Email: bezakkb@upmc.edu
photo Mamta Bhatnagar, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care, Symptom Management, Quality Improvement

Email: bhatnagarm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4834
photo Lori Marie Bigi, MD MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Patient Management of Illness, Prevention through Healthy Lifestyles

Email: bigilm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo John R Blosnich, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Health equity; sexual and gender minority populations; social determinants

Email: jblosnic@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-360-2138
photo Eliana Bonifacino, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, Women's Health

Email: bonifacinoe@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Sonya Borrero, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Reproductive Health Equity, Contraception, Pregnancy Decision Making, Marginalized Populations, Women's Health

Email: borrerosp@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4841
photo Robert C. Brooks, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education

Email: robert.brooks@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-3194
photo Jodie Bryk, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Enhanced Care Program

Email: brykja@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-925-5875
photo Thuy D. Bui, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Care for Underserved Populations

Email: buit@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Peter D. Bulova, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, International Scholars, Disabilities

Email: bulovapd@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Gregory M. Bump, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Email: bumpgm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Raquel A. Buranosky, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, Women's Health, Underserved Care

Email: buranoskyr@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Ricardo J Cabello, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hepatology/HCV/HBV/NASH

Email: cabellonegrillorj@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo Andrea Carter, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Heath, Medical Education

Email: carterae@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo William J. Ceyrolles, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: ceyrolleswj@upmc.edu
photo (Joyce) Chung-Chou H. Chang, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Survival and Longitudinal Data Analyis, Causal Effect Modeling, Designs of Clinical Trials, Risk Prediction, Machine Learning

Email: changj@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-692-4868
photo Julie Wilson Childers, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care, Motivational Interviewing, Teaching Communication, Substance Abuse

Email: childersjw2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4834
photo Kar-Hai Chu, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Mobile health, social media, tobacco control, technology-based interventions, social network analysis

Email: chuk@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-692-2578
photo Rene Claxton, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Communication Teaching, Palliative Care, Graduate Medical Education

Email: claxtonrn@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4834
photo Brenna Conroy, DO

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Email: conroyb2@upmc.edu
photo Tara Cook, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care

Email: cookte2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4834
photo Jennifer A. Corbelli, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Graduate Medical Education, Women's Health, Hospital Medicine, Systematic Review

Email: corbellija@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Jessica E. Cyr, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Academic Hospitalist at VA Pittsburgh

Email: jessica.cyr@va.gov

Phone: 412-822-2222
photo Esa Matius Davis, MD, MPH, FAAFP

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Obesity-Related Maternal and Child Health Outcomes, Tobacco Treatment in Hospitalized Smokers

Email: davisem@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4862
photo Allison S DeKosky, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine

Email: dekoskyas@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo David Demoise, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Clinician Educator

Email: demoisedc@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-623-2458
photo Deborah DiNardo, MD, MS

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Teaching Clinical Reasoning, Medical Student and Resident Education, Women’s Health, Cancer Survivorship Care

Email: Deborah.dinardo@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-1709
photo Anna K Donovan, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Curriculum Design and Evaluation, Resident and Medical Student Education, Women's Health, Teaching Residents to Teach, High-Value Care

Email: donovanak2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Nancy Ruth Eligator, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: General Gynecology, Caring for Women through All Stages of Life

Email: elignx@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo D. Michael Elnicki, MD

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, Clinical Hypertension, Teaching in Ambulatory Settings

Email: elnickim@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-623-3688
photo Utibe R. Essien, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Health Services Research, Health Equity, Social Determinants of Health, Workforce Diversity

Email: uessien@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-383-2194
photo Kristian Feterik, MD, MBA

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine

Email: feterikk@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo Michael Jonah Fine, MD, MSc

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Health Services Research, Health Equity, Health Outcomes, Quality of Care

Email: finemj@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-360-2206
photo Gary S. Fischer, MD

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Use of decision-support and other informatics tools in care improvement and research, electronic patient-doctor communication

Email: fischerg@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Katherine Foust, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Email: foustkm@upmc.edu
photo Scott Freeman, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Medicine, Quality Improvement, Pain Management

Email: freemansd@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-2426
photo Walid F. Gellad, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Pharmaceutical Policy, Pharmacoepidemiology, Veterans, Medicare Part D

Email: wfg3@pitt.edu
photo Lawrence Gerber, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Teaching Hospital Medicine, Inpatient Hospitalist Procedures

Email: Lawrence.Gerber@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-3640
photo Alda Maria R. Gonzaga, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medicine-Pediatrics, Adolescent Health, Women's Health

Email: gonzagaa@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo C. Bernie Good, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medication Safety, Veterans Affairs, Pharmacy Benefits Management, Conflicts of Interest

Email: chester.good@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-2201
photo Thomas Grau, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Preoperative and Perioperative Medicine

Email: grautc@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-623-1239
photo Megan E Hamm, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Qualitative Methodology, Evaluation, Patient Experience

Email: mehst52@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-647-0280
photo Janel Hanmer, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Health-Related Quality of Life Measurement, Population Health

Email: hanmerjz@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-586-9850
photo Jaishree Hariharan, MD

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Quality Improvement, Primary Care, Curriculum Development, Medical Education

Email: hariharanj@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Peggy B. Hasley, MD, MHSc

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: General Internal Medicine, Residency Education, Curricular Development and Evaluation

Email: hasleypb@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Leslie R. M. Hausmann, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Health Disparities, Bias and Dicrimination, Pain Management, Arthritis, Positive Psychology

Email: Leslie.hausmann@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-2112
photo Brian Sanjay Heist, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: International Medical Education, Clinical Reasoning

Email: heistb@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-623-1702
photo Scott Herrle, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Teaching Physical Examination Skills, History Taking Skills and Clinical Reasoning

Email: herrles@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-360-3832
photo Erika Lee Hoffman, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: erika.hoffman@med.va.gov

Phone: 412-688-6237
photo Sanae Inagami, MD, MPH

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: sai12@pitt.edu
photo Ana Inashvili, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine

Email: inashvilia@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo Arun Janakiraman, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Sepsis, Quality Improvement

Email: janakiramana@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo Mohit Jhamb, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: jhambm2@upmc.edu
photo Charles Jonassaint, PhD MHS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Technology Interventions for Managing Stress and Pain among Underserved Populations

Email: cjonassaint@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-586-9850
photo Sarah A Jones, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: jonessa3@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Wishwa N. Kapoor, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Health Services Research, Patient-Centered Care, Quality of Health Care, Clinical and Translational Science, Syncope, Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Email: kapoorwn@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-246-6928
photo Dio Kavalieratos, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care in Non-Malignant Illness; Evidence Synthesis

Email: diok@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-246-6929
photo Amy Kennedy, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Underserved Populations, Addiction Medicine, HIV Primary Care

Email: kennedyaj2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Briana Ketterer, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care

Email: kettererbn@upmc.edu
photo Mashukur Khan, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: khanm@upmc.edu
photo Linda A. King, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care

Email: kingl@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4834
photo Amar Kohli, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Consultation Medicine, Generalist Track, Combined Ambulatory Medicine Pediatrics Clerkship

Email: kohlia@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Bhagat Kondaveeti, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: kondaveetibc@upmc.edu
photo Kevin L. Kraemer, MD, MSc

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Substance-Use Disorders, HIV, Quality of Care, Primary Care, Faculty Career Development

Email: kraemerkl@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4843
photo Tamar Krishnamurti, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Judgment and Decision Making, Risk Perception and Communication, Behavioral Interventions, mHealth

Email: tamark@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-692-4855
photo Frank J. Kroboth, MD

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Resident Education, Graduate Medical Education

Email: krobothf2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Anita Leon-Jhong, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Complex care mangement

Email: lyonsab@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo William Levin, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine

Email: levinwi@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo Anna Marie White Lewarchik, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, Street Medicine, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Down Syndrome, Primary Care

Email: whitea3@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Jane M. Liebschutz, MD, MPH, FACP

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Substance Abuse, Health Impacts of Violence, Mental Health, Opioid Misuse

Email: liebschutzjm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4821
photo Kristen Livesey, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine, Clinical Reasoning and Medical Student and Resident Education

Email: liveseykm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo Rebecca Mancoll, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Primary Care

Email: mancollr@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Colleen A. Mayowski, EdD, MLIS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Assessment, Evaluation, and Impact of Higher Education Programs, Eportfolios, Competency-based Education, Teaching adult learners

Email: mayowski@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-692-2025
photo David J. McAdams, MD, MS, SFHM, FACP

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine

Email: mcadamsdj@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo Melissa A. McNeil, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Heath, Breast Cancer Screening, Contraception, Medical Education

Email: mcneilma@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4821
photo Kathleen M. McTigue, MD, MPH, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Prevention of Chronic Disease, Obesity, Electronic Medical Record Data

Email: mctiguekm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4843
photo Jessica S. Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Chronic Pain, HIV, Long-term Opioid Therapy, Opioid Misuse

Email: merlinjs@upmc.edu
photo Sarah Merriam, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Health, Medical student and resident education, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development

Email: sullivansb@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-648-4888
photo Alexandra Eleanore Mieczkowski, MD MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Primary Care across the Age Spectrum, Trainee Autonomy, Trainee and Physician Wellness

Email: mieczkowskiae@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Emad Mohamed Khalil, MD, MS, FACP

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Student and Resident Education

Email: mohamedkhaliles@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo Visala S. Muluk, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Email: visala.muluk@med.va.gov

Phone: 412-688-6113
photo Tanya Nikiforova, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: nikiforovat@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Marie K. Norman, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Online Learning, Educational Innovation, Application of Learning Research

Email: mkn17@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-864-3024
photo Thomas D. Painter, MD

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Student and Resident Education

Email: paintertd@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Ann E Perrin, MD MPH

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine

Email: perrinae@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo Emanuel Petroulakis, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: petroulakise@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo Maria Petroulakis, MD, FACP

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Multiple medical problems and complex patients, Quality improvement, international Medicine

Email: petroulakism@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo Lisa Podgurski, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care, Communication Skills Training, Mindfulness, Resilience, Medical Student Longitudinal Patient Contact, Video-Based Coaching for Clinician Educator Faculty Development

Email: podgurskil@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-2427
photo Ruth M. Preisner, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Creating and Teaching Curricula Using Simulation, Creating Procedure-Rich Clinical Environments

Email: ruth.preisner@va.gov

Phone: 412-688-6000
photo Raghunandan Purushothaman, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: purushothamanr@upmc.edu
photo Thomas R. Radomski, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Health Services Research, Low Value Care, Medication-based Risk Adjustment

Email: radomskitr@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-383-0616
photo E. Raymund Ramirez, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine

Email: ramirezrd@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo Eva Reitschuler Cross, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care, Medical Education

Email: reitschulercrosseb@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4834
photo Mark S. Roberts, MD, MPP

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Health Policy, Decision Sciences, Health Services Research

Email: robertsm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-383-7049
photo Bruce L. Rollman, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Mental Health Services Research, Behavioral Health, Technology, Interventions, Clinical Trials

Email: rollmanbl@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-2659
photo Ann-Marie Rosland, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Complex Chronic Disease Management, Primary Care Models

Email: roslandam@pitt.edu
photo Scott D Rothenberger, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Time Series Analysis, Functional Data Analysis, Correlated Data, Clinical Trials

Email: rothenberger@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-864-3014
photo Doris M. Rubio, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Diversifying the Biomedical Research Workforce, Mentoring, Evaluation, Substance-Use Disorders

Email: dmr18@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-864-3352
photo Rebecca Sands, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care, Fellowship, Communication Curriculum, Dyspnea

Email: sandsrl@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4834
photo Jane Schell, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care, Nephrology, Patient-Provider Communication

Email: schelljo@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4834
photo Yael Schenker, MD, MAS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Integration of Palliative Care in Oncology

Email: yas28@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-864-2375
photo Gaetan Sgro, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: Gaetan.sgro@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-1706
photo Ashish Sharma, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: sharmaa4@upmc.edu
photo Alfred Shoukry, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education

Email: shoukrya@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Kenneth J. Smith, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Decision Analysis, Cost-Effectiveness of Vaccination Strategies

Email: smithkj2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-647-4794
photo Carla Leigh Spagnoletti, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, Professional Development, Patient-Doctor Communication, Patient Experience

Email: spagnoletticl@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Brielle Spataro, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Health, Medical Education

Email: spatarob@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Benjamin Sprague, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: spragueb@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo Jamie Lynn Stern, MD, MPH

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Health

Email: sternjl@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Jo-Anne Suffoletto, MD, MSc

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: joanne.suffoletto@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-6598
photo Galen E. Switzer, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Stem-Cell Donation, Registry, Health-Related Quality of Life, Measurement

Email: gswitzer@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-692-4837
photo John Szymusiak, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Resident Education, Patient Safety

Email: szymusiakja@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo Gary H. Tabas, MD

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Ambulatory Education, Web-Based Teaching, Medical Decision Making

Email: tabasgh@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-623-2395
photo Brent W. Thiel, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, High-Value Care, Substance Use Disorders, Addiction

Email: thielbw@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Holly N. Thomas, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: General Internal Medicine, Women's Wealth, Holistic Medicine, Evidence-Based Care

Email: thomashn@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-586-9836
photo Andrew Thurston, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Geriatrics, Palliative Care, Empathetic Communication, Medical Humanities

Email: thurstonal@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-8111
photo Sarah Anne Tilstra, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Health, Clinical Reasoning, Physician Wellness, Advancement of Women in Academic Medicine

Email: tilstrasa@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Amaninder Toor, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: tooras@upmc.edu
photo Dana L. Tudorascu, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Neuroimaging Data Analysis (MRI/fMRI,PET)

Email: dlt30@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-864-3023
photo Eloho Ufomata, MD MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Health, LGBTQI health, Diversity, Medical Education, Communication

Email: ufomataeo@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-647-1088
photo Peri Unligil, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Encompasses the diversity of the practice of general internal medicine.

Email: unligilp@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Priyanka Vallabhaneni, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: vallabhanenip@upmc.edu
photo Reed Van Deusen, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Pediatric-to-Adult Transitions, Teaching Communication Skills

Email: vandeusenr@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Rachel Vanderberg, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Health, Medical Education

Email: vanderbergrh@upmc.edu
photo Clark Veet, MD

Fellow

Academic Interest: Evidence-Based Medicine, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, Medical Education

Email: veetca@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
Karen Lorean Velazquez, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: velazquezkl@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-641-1000
photo Rebecca Vento, MD, MPH

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine

Email: ventora@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
Thomas J Walk, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: walktj@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-822-3000
photo Gena Marie Walker, MD

Visiting Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine

Email: walkergm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo Richard Weinberg, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care

Email: weinbergrl@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4834
photo Katherine Willoughby, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine

Email: willoughbyke@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882
photo J. Deanna Wilson, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Opioid use disorders, integration of harm reduction into primary care, mindfulness-based interventions

Email: wilsonjd@pitt.edu
photo Jonathan G. Yabes, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Survival and Competing Risks Models, Analysis of Longitudinal Data, Missing Data Techniques, Joint Modeling, Large and Administrative Data, Clinical Trials

Email: jgy2@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-605-0158
photo Emmanuelle Benkoski Yecies, MD

Fellow

Academic Interest: Women’s Health, Medical Education

Email: yeciese@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
photo Justin Yu, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: yuja@upmc.edu
photo Lan Yu, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Patient-Reported Outcomes, Survey Data Analysis, Psychometrics

Email: Lan.Yu@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-864-3020
photo David Zielinski, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: david.zielinski@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-3838

Division Websites

Cardiology

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

General Internal Medicine

Geriatric Medicine
Hematology/Oncology

Infectious Diseases

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