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photo Andrew Lawrence Wickerham, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: wickerhamal@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Contact
Office: 3459 Fifth Avenue
MUH G100
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-692-4882
Fax: 412-692-4555
E-mail: wickerhamal@upmc.edu
Education and Training
Education
AB, Colgate University, 2010
MPH, Dartmouth Medical School, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, 2011
MD, Tulane University School of Medicine, 2017
MBA, Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business, 2017
Training
Internship, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2018
Residency, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2020
Chief Residency, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2021
Clinical Interest
Andrew Lawrence Wickerham, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP is Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the UPMC Division of General Internal Medicine’s Section of Hospital Medicine and teaches health systems science (HSS) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPSOM). He has developed, implemented, and evaluated quality improvement and patient safety projects related to administrative process improvement, hospital-acquired infections, and medication reconciliation at several academic medical centers. He has also developed HSS curricula for medical students, management students, and internal medicine residents. He served as Chief Resident in Internal Medicine for quality and ambulatory clinics at Temple University Hospital (2020-2021). He is a graduate of the AMA Health Systems Science Scholars program (2022). At UPMC he is an attending hospitalist at Presbyterian, Shadyside, and Magee-Women's Hospitals and serves at Physician Lead for QI Initiatives at Magee. At UPSOM he lectures at the Institute for Clinical Research Education, serves as course director of “MSELCT 5920: Introduction to Health Systems Science,” and is the director of the HSS Area of Concentration for UME students. His work has appeared in JAMA Internal Medicine, the Institute for Health for Healthcare Improvement National Meeting, and Academic Internal Medicine Week.
Publications
Selected Publications:
Wickerham AL, Schultz EJ, Lewine EB. Nil per Os Orders for Imaging: A Teachable Moment. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2017; 177: 1670-1671.
Notable Achievements
Fellow of the American College of Physicians, 2023
American Medical Association Health Systems Science Scholar, 2022
Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2015