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photo Gaetan Sgro, MD

General Internal Medicine

Academic Hospitalist, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Email: Gaetan.sgro@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-1706
Contact
Office: VAPHS University Drive C
Room 11W-118
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-360-1706
Fax: 412-360-6947
E-mail: Gaetan.sgro@va.gov
Education and Training
Education
BA, The College of William and Mary in Virginia, 2004
MD, Jefferson Medical College, 2009
Training
Internal Medicine Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2012
Chief Medical Resident, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2013
Research Interest
Dr. Sgro’s scholarly work is focused on medical education and the medical humanities, through which he aims to promote patient-centeredness, influence positive professional identity formation among trainees, and increase fulfillment in the work of doctoring through storytelling and the arts.
Clinical Interest
An Academic Hospitalist at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Dr. Sgro oversees the inpatient medicine rotation at the VA.
Educational Interest
Dr. Sgro serves as a core faculty member in the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and co-directs of the Area of Concentration in Humanities, Ethics, and Palliative Care in the School of Medicine. His scholarly work involves the implementation of narrative techniques to cultivate empathy, promote resiliency, and influence professional identify formation among medical students and residents. He is founder and director of Rounds for Reflection, which encourages medical residents to cultivate meaning and empathy through storytelling, and he has given national presentations and workshops on the medical humanities and narrative medicine.
Publications
For my complete bibliography, Click Here.
Notable Achievements
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Faculty Award, 2017
Associate Editor, Society of General Internal Medicine's Forum, 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

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