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photo Andrew Lutz, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: lutzah@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-5918
Contact
Office: UPMC Mercy, Ste. 2193
1400 Locust Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
 
Phone: 412-232-5918
Fax: 412-232-3024
E-mail: lutzah@upmc.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Adam Kramer
Phone: 412-232-5918
Fax: 412-232-3024
Education and Training
Education
B.A. Economics, Tufts University (Medford, MA), 2013
M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine (Baltimore, MD), 2017
Training
Internal Medicine Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Pittsburgh, PA), 2020
Research Interest
Dr. Lutz is involved in research focusing on expanding uses of cardiac rehabilitation to better improve functional status and outcomes among older patients with cardiovascular disease.

Recent Presentations:

Can Cardiac Rehabilitation Improve Frailty in Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease? Poster and PPT. American College of Cardiology Geriatrics Section Meeting, March 2019 (New Orleans, LA). Authors: A Lutz, K Allsup, A Delligatti, and D Forman

A Knee'd-to-Know Diagnosis: Risk Factors for Pseudomonas Infection. Poster. Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting on Society of General Internal Medicine, November 2019 (Pittsburgh, PA). Authors: N Drain, A Lutz, M Simonson

The Notorious BCG: Disseminated Mycobacterium Bovis Causing Mycotic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Epidural Abscess, and Discitis. Poster. Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting on Society of General Internal Medicine, November 2019 (Pittsburgh, PA). Authors: C Kern, M Miller, A Lutz

Stump the Professor: A Pittsburgh Puzzle. Oral presentation. A Abboud, K Duhaime, A Lutz, C Taylor, H Schwarzbach, J Pechacek, E Ufomata
Clinical Interest
Dr. Lutz recently joined the Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine as a Clinical Instructor of Medicine. He earned a BA in Economics from Tufts University and a MD from the University of Maryland School of Medicine before completing an internal medicine residency at UPMC. His research has focused on investigating barriers to cardiac rehabilitation and on expanding the uses of cardiac rehabilitation to better improve functional status and outcomes among older patients with cardiovascular disease. He also volunteers as a physician with the Birmingham Free Clinic, which aims to provide medical care to underserved populations in Pittsburgh.
Educational Interest
Dr. Lutz enjoys teaching clinical reasoning to medical students and residents.
Publications
Selected Publications:
Lutz, AH, Blumenthal, JB, Landers-Ramos, RQ, Prior, SJ. Exercise-induced endothelial progenitor cell mobilization is attenuated in impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes. Journal of applied physiology. 2016; 121 (1): 36-41.
Lutz, A, Schelbert, EB, Lontos, K, Rosetti, J, Katz, WE. Acute Myeloid Leukemia Presenting as Effusive Constrictive Pericarditis. CASE. 2019; 4(2): 97-102.
Lutz, A, Delligatti, A, Allsup, K, Forman, D. Can cardiac rehabilitation improve frailty in adults with cardiovascular disease?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2019; 73(9 Supplement 1): 32336-8.
Notable Achievements
Best Poster in Translation/Clinical Science, American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions -- Geriatrics Section Meeting, 2019
Department of Medicine Louis, Ida, and Samuel Cohen Award, 2017

Division Websites

Cardiology

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

General Internal Medicine

Geriatric Medicine
Hematology/Oncology

Infectious Diseases

Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine

Renal-Electrolyte

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology

Contact

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