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photo Ritu Thamman, MD, FASE, FACC

Cardiology

Associate Professor of Medicine

Email: rit9@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-359-5131
Contact
Office: 490 E North Ave
Suite G104
Pittsburgh, 15212
 
Phone: 412-359-5131
Fax:
E-mail: rit9@pitt.edu
Education and Training
Education
BS Honors Program in Medical Sciences, Northwestern University
MD, Northwestern University Feinburg School of Medicine
Training
Internal Medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center NYC
Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Research Interest
My research focuses on cardiovascular disease in women, mitral valve prolapse, mitral annular disjunction and innovative implementation tools for cardiovascular disease. I have 3 IRB's including a prospective registry on mitral annular disjunction.
Clinical Interest
I am the inaugural chair of the Echocardiography Twitter Journal club, a formal journal club on Twitter for which I developed CME for the American Society of Echocardiography. I am a former Board Member of the ASE and served as its Social Media Strategist. I chair the WOMEN in Echo committee and serve on the National Sessions Committee.

I am the Social Media Editor for Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes and the Journal of American Society of Echocardiography. My writing and interpretation of scientific articles have led to me being a top influencer for the ACC, AHA, ASE, and European Congress of Cardiology. I am a national and international figure for social media for education for cardiologists and medical doctors. I founded the PA chapter of Women in Cardiology and currently served on the Leadership Council of the ACC Women in Cardiology Committee.
Educational Interest
I am the course director for Med 5910 Narrative Literature and the Experience of Illness, Pandemics in Medicine and Society, Culinary Medicine , and the Being a Physician . I co-created TelemedNow, a prominent weekly telemedicine discussion on Twitter, which teaches a myriad of telemedicine topics, with CME. I serve on the Telemedicine Teaching Task Force to teach our UPSOM students about telemedicine.
Publications
For my complete bibliography, Click Here.
Notable Achievements
UPSOM PEC Award for Culinary Medicine CVD Prevention, 2024
UPSOM Carl R. Fuhrman Clinical Educator of the Year, 2021
AHA Paul Dudley White Scholar Award, 2020
AHA Social Media Editor Circulation Quality Outcomes, 2019
ASE Social Media Editor Journal of American Society of Echocardiography, 2019

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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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