Department of Medicine
Faculty Profiles by Division

Division of General Internal Medicine

Faculty Profiles

Division Chief

Jane M. Liebschutz, MD, MPH, FACP

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Primary Care; Addiction Medicine; Clinical Trials; Wellness

Email: liebschutzjm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4821

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Kaleab Z. Abebe, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Data Coordinating Centers, Trial Management Systems, Cluster Randomized Trials, Kidney Disease Studies

Email: kza3@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-246-6931

Fnu Abhishek, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: abhishekf@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-5918

Ruben Abunto, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: abuntor@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-5918

Fadeke Akanbi, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine

Email: akanbif@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Tasha L Alston, PhD, MSW

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: African American fathers' involvement in education, fatherhood, academic achievement, equity in education, school, family & community partnerships, strengthening families, & DEI.

Email: TLA42@pitt.edu

Lakya Amaranatha, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Patient Flow and Utilization Management in Hospital Systems

Email: lakya.amaranatha@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-3332

Timothy Anderson, MD, MAS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Prescribing & Deprescribing Chronic Medications, Impact of Hospitalization on Chronic Disease Trajectories, Care Delivery for Medically Complex Populations

Email: tsander@pitt.edu

Eric J. Anish, MD

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Academic General Interal Medicine, Sports Medicine

Email: anishea@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-623-2458

Martina Anto-Ocrah, PhD, MPH, MTASCP

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Reproductive Epidemiology, Social Media & Digital Health, Global Health

Email: maa509@pitt.edu

Robert M. Arnold, MD

General Internal Medicine

Emeritus Professor of Medicine

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

Email: rabob@pitt.edu

Sarah Arnold, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: arnoldsa2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-7706

Dreema Zafar Awan, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Cardiology

Email: awandz@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Rachel Bachrach, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Unhealthy Alcohol Use, Implementation Science, Evidence-Based Substance Use Care, Veteran Health

Email: rachel.bachrach2@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-2674

Eric P Balaban, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email:

Phone: 412-864-7706

Amar D. Bansal, MD, FASN

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

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

Email: bansalad@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-647-2571

Ricardo N. Bedoya, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

Email: bedoyarn@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Karl Bezak, MD, HMDC

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative; Telehealth; Technology; Equity; Leadership; Entrepreneurship; Healthcare Innovation; Quality Improvement

Email: bezakkb@upmc.edu

Mamta Bhatnagar, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care, Symptom Management, Quality Improvement

Email: bhatnagarm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4834

Pooja Bhatt, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: mahadeshwarps@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Timothy Bober, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Digital Health Literacy; Implementation Science; Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity Medicine

Email: bobertm@upmc.edu

Eliana Bonifacino, MD MS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, Clinical Reasoning Education

Email: bonifacinoe@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Sonya Borrero, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

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

Email: borrerosp@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4841

Molly Brennan, DO

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Resident education

Email: brennanme2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Robert C. Brooks, MD, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education

Email: robert.brooks@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-3194

Jodie Bryk, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Enhanced Care Program

Email: brykja@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-925-5875

Thuy D. Bui, MD

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Care for Underserved Populations

Email: buit@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Hailey W. Bulls, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Cancer Pain, Pain Psychology, Behavioral Medicine

Email: bullshw@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-692-2666

Peter D. Bulova, MD

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, International Scholars, Disabilities

Email: bulovapd@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Gregory M. Bump, MD

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Email: bumpgm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Raquel A. Buranosky, MD, MPH

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

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

Email: buranoskyr@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Andrea Carter, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Heath, Medical Education

Email: carterae@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

William J. Ceyrolles, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: ceyrolleswj@upmc.edu

Colby Chamberlain, DO

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: chamberlaincl2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-7706

(Joyce) Chung-Chou H. Chang, PhD

General Internal Medicine

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

Judy C. Chang, MD, MPH

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine, Secondary Appointment

Email: changjc@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Yi-Fan Chen, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Tree-based Modeling for Subgroup Identification; Design & Analysis of Clinical Trials; Meta-Analysis; Longitudinal Data Analysis

Email: yic246@pitt.edu

Andy Yi-Ming Cheng, MD, FACP

General Internal Medicine

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine, Readmission Reduction, Post-Discharge Follow-Up Programs

Email: chengay2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Julie W. Childers, MD, FAAHPM, FASAM

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care, Addiction Medicine, Motivational Interviewing, Clinical Ethics

Email: childersjw2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4834

Matthew Chinman, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Implementation Science, Adolescents, Healthcare Program Evaluation, Mental Health & Illness, Substance Use Disorders

Email: chinman@rand.org

Shalini Chiravuri, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: chiravuris@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Rene Claxton, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Teaching Communication Skills, Providing Faculty Development in Educational Methods

Email: claxtonrn@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-3173

Jason B Colditz, PhD, MEd

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Alcohol Use Disorders; Addiction Recovery Trajectories; Digital Health; Behavioral Interventions

Email: colditzjb@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-246-6929

Brenna Conroy, DO

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Email: conroyb2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-5918

Jennifer A. Corbelli, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Graduate Medical Education, Women's Health, Faculty Development, Care for the Underserved

Email: corbellija@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Jessica E. Cyr, MD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine, Inpatient Medical Education, Medication Reconciliation, Veterans

Email: jessica.cyr@va.gov

Phone: 412-822-2222

Chelsea Dahl, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: dahlcf@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Allie Dakroub, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor

Email: dakroubah@upmc.edu

Allison S DeKosky, MD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine

Email: dekoskyas@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

David Demoise, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Clinician Educator

Email: demoisedc@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-623-2458

Deborah DiNardo, MD, MS, FACP

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, Women’s Health

Email: Deborah.dinardo@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-1709

Sean Doerfler, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: doerflerse2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Alan Domat, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: domata@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-7706

Leslie Dongell, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: dongellll@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-7706

Anna K Donovan, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education; Curriculum Design and Evaluation; Physician Wellbeing; Communication Skills Training

Email: donovanak2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Karlyn A. Edwards, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Chronic Pain; OUD; Stigma; Psychological/Behavioral Interventions; Psychosocial Factors

Email: kae132@pitt.edu

Kristen Ann Ehrenberger, MD, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Nutrition, Health Humanities, Body Studies, Disability Studies

Email: ehrenbergerka@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4945

D. Michael Elnicki, MD

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

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

Email: elnickim@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-623-3688

Shumail Fatima, MBBS

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: fatimas@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Kristian Feterik, MD, MBA, FAMIA

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Interoperability in Healthcare, Clinical Informatics, Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries

Email: feterikk@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Michael Jonah Fine, MD, MSc

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Health Care Delivery and Outcomes

Email: finemj@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-360-2206

Gary S. Fischer, MD, FACP

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Using Informatics to Improve Health Care Quality

Email: fischerg@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Shea A Ford, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: fordsa2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Katherine Foust, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Email: foustkm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-5918

Walid F. Gellad, MD, MPH

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

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

Email: walid.gellad@pitt.edu

Lawrence Gerber, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Teaching Hospital Medicine, Inpatient Hospitalist Procedures

Email: Lawrence.Gerber@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-3640

Nikola Gligorijevic, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Quality improvement

Email: gligorijevicn@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Lauren Glikes, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Complex Patient Care, Resident Education, Quality Improvement, Hospital Operations & Capacity Management

Email: glikesl@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Gustavo Gomez, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: gomezg2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Alda Maria R. Gonzaga, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

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

Email: gonzagaa@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

C. Bernie Good, MD, MPH

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Drug Safety, Cost Effectiveness, Value-Based Pharmacy Contracting

Email: goodcb2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-454-5916

Thomas Grau, MD

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Preoperative and Perioperative Medicine

Email: Thomas.Grau@va.gov

Phone: 412-623-1239

Rebecca Green, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Health; Gender-Affirming Care; Medical Education

Email: greenre@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Megan E Hamm, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Qualitative Methodology, Evaluation, Patient Experience

Email: mehst52@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-647-0280

Janel Hanmer, MD, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Patient-Reported Outcomes, Health Utility Measurement, Population-Based Data Sets, Quality of Life Research

Email: hanmerjz@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-586-9850

Jaishree Hariharan, MD

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

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

Email: hariharanj@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Peter R. Harvey, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: harveypr3@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-5918

Shamsul Hasan, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: hasans3@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-5918

Leslie R. M. Hausmann, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Disparities in Health/Health Care, Perceived Discrimination & Unconscious Bias in the Health Care Setting, Pain Management

Email: Leslie.hausmann@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-2112

Danielle Heffner, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education; Curriculum Design; Complex Patient Care

Email: heffnerdl2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Brian Sanjay Heist, MD, MSc

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: International Medical Education, Clinical Reasoning

Email: heistb@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-623-1702

Scott Herrle, MD, MS, FACP

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Clinical Reasoning, Clinical Skills, Health Promotion, Disease Prevention

Email: herrles@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-822-3000

Erika Lee Hoffman, MD

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Email: erika.hoffman@med.va.gov

Phone: 412-688-6237

Maura Huffner, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: heffernanmj2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Syed I Hussain, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: hussainsi@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-5918

Priyanka Jagar, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: jagarp@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-7706

Raagini Jawa, MD, MPH, FASAM

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Healthcare based Harm reduction interventions; Developing multidisciplinary innovative strategies for patients with substance use disorders within non-specialty practices; Implementation Science

Email: raagini.jawa@pitt.edu

Nishanie Jayawardena, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: jayawardenank@upmc.edu

Mohit Jhamb, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: jhambm2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-5918

Jonathan Jindia, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: jindiajr@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Charles Jonassaint, PhD MHS

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

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

Email: cjonassaint@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-586-9850

Sarah A Jones, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: jonessa3@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Paul J Joudrey, MD, MPH

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Expand access to patient centered methadone treatment for opioid use disorder

Email: pjoudrey@pitt.edu

Joseph M Kaplan, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: kaplanjm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Saloni Kapoor, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: kapoors2@upmc.edu

Mashukur Khan, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: khanm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-5918

Linda A. King, MD

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Inpatient Palliative Care; Communication Skills; Academic Coaching

Email: kingl@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4834

Andrew Klein, MD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Primary Care, Curriculum Innovation, Medical Education

Email: kleinaj@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Leah Koenig, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Health in Primary Care; Imposter Phenomenon

Email: koeniglj3@upmc.edu

Amar Kohli, MD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

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

Email: kohlia@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Bhagat Kondaveeti, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: kondaveetibc@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-5918

Lindsey Kowalski, DO

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: bigelowla@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-7706

Tamar Krishnamurti, PhD

General Internal Medicine

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

Kiran Kuriakose, MD, MRCP

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Quality Improvement, Utilization Management Review

Email: kuriakosek@upmc.edu

Jillian Kyle, MD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: roperj@upmc.edu

Jooseob Lee, MD, MPH

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Health Care Accessibility

Email: leej53@upmc.edu

Amanda Lenhard, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Operational Efficiencies, Effectiveness in Healthcare

Email: lenhardah@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-7706

Anita Leon-Jhong, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Complex care mangement

Email: lyonsab@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

William Levin, MD

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine

Email: levinwi@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Kathryn Leyens, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: leyensk@upmc.edu

Jane M. Liebschutz, MD, MPH, FACP

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Primary Care; Addiction Medicine; Clinical Trials; Wellness

Email: liebschutzjm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4821

Marcy Lindsay, PA C, MS

General Internal Medicine

Physician Assistant

Email: lindsaym3@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Tianshi (Mike) Liu, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: liut4@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Wei-Hsuan Jenny Lo-Ciganic, PhD, MS, MSPharm

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Pharmacoepidemiology; Health Outcomes Research; Medication Adherence; Machine Learning; Predictive Analytics

Email: jenny.lociganic@pitt.edu

Nicole Luche, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Social Determinants of Health; Health Equity; Chronic Disease Management

Email: luchenm@upmc.edu

Jose Giovanni Luiggi-Hernandez, PhD, MPH

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Qualitative Research, Patient Experience, Stakeholder Engagement, Process & Outcome Research

Email: jgl58@pitt.edu

Jing Luo, MD, MPH

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Pharmaceutical Policy and Pricing, Pharmacoepidemiology, Comparative Effectiveness Research, Diabetes Medications, Insulin

Email: luoj@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-383-3559

Andrew Lutz, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine, Cardiology, Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise

Email: lutzah@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-5918

Rebecca Mancoll, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Primary Care

Email: mancollr@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Anna Manukyan Nasse, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: manukyana@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-7706

Lars Margolis, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Symptom Management; Communication Regarding Goals of Care

Email: margolis1@upmc.edu

Jamil Masood, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: masoodjm@upmc.edu

Nicholas F. Maston, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: mastonnf@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-5918

Colleen A. Mayowski, EdD, MLIS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Assessment Research, Online Teaching, Competency-Based Education, Diversity

Email: mayowski@pitt.edu

Lakeya S. McGill, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Healthy Equity; Pain Disparities; Sickle Cell Disease; Social Determinants of Health; Psychosocial & Behavioral Interventions

Email: lsm82@pitt.edu

Casey N. McQuade, MD, MSEd

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, Social Media in Medicine, Clinical Reasoning

Email: mcquadec@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Kathleen M. McTigue, MD, MPH, MS

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Obesity and Health Behaviors, Pragmatic Research, Stakeholder Engagement

Email: kmm34@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-692-4843

Jessica S. Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Pain and Opioid Misuse/Use Disorder, Randomized Behavioral Trials, Delphi Methodology, Medical Cannabis-Related Decision Making, Pain and Addiction in Patients with Cancer

Email: merlinjs@upmc.edu

Sarah Merriam, MD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Health, Medical Education, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development

Email: sarah.merriam@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-7823

Matthew N. Metzinger, MD

General Internal Medicine

Fellow

Academic Interest: General internal medicine, medical education, resident continuity clinic, primary care

Email: metzingermn@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Alexandra Eleanore Mieczkowski, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

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

Bruce Milburn, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: milburnbm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Stephanie D Miller, DO

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: barnettsj2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-7706

Margaret W Moreland, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: morelandmw@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Elizabeth (Liz) Mosley, PhD, MPH

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Reproductive Health Equity; Community-Engaged Research; Family Planning; Mixed Methods

Email: eam241@pitt.edu

Phone: 470-219-8153

Visala S. Muluk, MD

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Perioperative Medicine

Email: visala.muluk@med.va.gov

Phone: 412-360-3958

Charles T. Mupamombe, MD, HMDC, FACP

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: mupamombec@upmc.edu

Cristina M. Murray-Krezan, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Substance Use Disorders, Statistics and Data Coordinating Centers, Clinical Trials, Methods to Adjust for Informative Dropout

Email: cmmk@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-864-3023

Lauren Grunenwald Navitsky, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, Burnout, Physician Well-being

Email: navitskylg@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Tanya Nikiforova, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, Ambulatory Education, Chronic Hepatitis C Infection, Equitable Primary Care for Diverse Populations

Email: nikiforovat@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Marie K. Norman, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

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

Email: mkn17@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-860-1922

Ayman Omara, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: omaraaa@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Thomas D. Painter, MD

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Student and Resident Education

Email: paintertd@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Kurian Pannikottu, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Email: pannikottuka@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-7706

Ann E Perrin, MD, MPH

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, Hospital Medicine

Email: perrinae@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Mary E. Peterson, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Menopause, Gynecology

Email: peteme@upmc.edu

Phone: 416-692-4888

Aimee Pickering, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Low-Value Care Cascades, Medication Deprescribing, Dual-Healthcare System Use, De-Implementation of Low-Value Care, Using Administrative Claims Data to Measure Low-Value Health Service Utilization

Email: anp219@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Gina Piscitello, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Clinical Medical Ethics, Clinician-Patient Communication, End-of-Life Care, Moral Distress

Email: piscitellogm@upmc.edu

Lisa Podgurski, MD, MS, FAAHPM

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Psychological Elements of Palliative Care, Clinician Wellbeing, Early Longitudinal Patient Contact

Email: podgurskil@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-2427

Ruth M. Preisner, MD

General Internal Medicine

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

Raghunandan Purushothaman, MD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Point-of-care ultrasound, high value care, bedside procedures

Email: purushothamanr@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Qiaochu Bernice Qi, MD, MPH

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: qiq@upmc.edu

Deirdre A. Quinn, PhD, MSc, MLitt

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Sexual & Reproductive Health, Contraceptive Equity, Prepregnancy Health, Maternal Health, Veterans

Email: daq7@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-360-2208

Thomas R. Radomski, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Health Services Research, Low Value Care, Dual Health System Use on Health Service Utilization and Outcomes, Medication-Based Risk Adjustment

Email: radomskitr@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

E. Raymund Ramirez, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine

Email: ramirezrd@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Sinthana Ramsey, DO

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care; Integrating Palliative Care with Malignant Hematology; Solid Tumor Oncology; Prognostication in Dementia

Email: ramseysu@upmc.edu

Rachna Rawal, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: rawalr@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Eva Reitschuler-Cross, MD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care, Medical Education

Email: reitschulercrosseb@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4834

Marc Roberge, DO

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: robergemr2@upmc.edu

Mark S. Roberts, MD, MPP

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

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

Email: robertsm@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-383-7049

Bruce L. Rollman, MD, MPH

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

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

Email: rollmanbl@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-2659

Ann-Marie Rosland, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Complex Chronic Disease Management, Family and Social Support, Multidisciplinary Primary Care Models, Data-Driven Complex Patient Management Tools

Email: roslandam@pitt.edu

Brianna Rossiter, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Health, Medical Education, Communication

Email: rossiterbc@upmc.edu

Scott D Rothenberger, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

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

Email: rothenberger@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-864-3014

Payel Jhoom Roy, MD, MSc

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Addiction Medicine, Opioid Recovery

Email: payel.roy@pitt.edu

Robin Roy, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: royrp@upmc.edu

Doris M. Rubio, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Career Development; Mentoring; Leadership Training

Email: dmr18@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-864-3352

Evan Sacolick, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: sacolicker@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Kainat Saleem, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: saleemk@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Diana Samberg, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Curriculum Development, Addiction Medicine, Women's Health

Email: sambergd@upmc.edu

Amjad Sattout, MD, MASc

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine, General Internal Medicine

Email: sattouta@upmc.edu

Jane Schell, MD

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

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

Email: schelljo@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4834

Yael Schenker, MD, MAS, FAAHPM

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care Delivery Models, Quality of Life in Advanced Caner, Opioid Use in Serious Illness, Surrogate Decision Making and Informed Consent

Email: yas28@pitt.edu

Jordan See, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Curriculum Development; Teaching Communication Skills; Adult Learning Theory

Email: seejy@upmc.edu

Gaetan Sgro, MD

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, Patient and Doctor Narratives

Email: Gaetan.sgro@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-1706

Christienne Shams, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: shamsc@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-7706

Ashish Sharma, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: sharmaa4@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-5918

Sharad Sharma, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: sharmas10@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-5918

Alfred Shoukry, MD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education

Email: shoukrya@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Utsav Shrestha, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: shresthau@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Bryant Shuey, MD, MPH

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Substance Use/Substance Use Disorders; Timely and Affordable Access to Healthcare Services

Email: bryant.shuey@pitt.edu

Ethan Jaffe Silverman, MD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care, Ethics Around End of Life, Medical Education

Email: EJS149@pitt.edu

Michael Simonson, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, Hospital Medicine

Email: simonsonmg2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Danica Smith, DO

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: smithdm12@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Kenneth J. Smith, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Decision Analysis, Cost-Effectiveness, Vaccination Strategies, Racial Disparities in Vaccination Rates

Email: smithkj2@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-647-4794

Carla Leigh Spagnoletti, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, Professional Development

Email: spagnoletticl@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Brielle Spataro, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Health, Medical Education

Email: spatarob@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Sara Spinella, MD

General Internal Medicine

Email: spinellas@upmc.edu

Benjamin Sprague, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: spragueb@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Jamie Lynn Stern, MD, MPH

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Health

Email: sternjl@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Katie J. Suda, PharmD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Pharmacoepidemiology, Antimicrobials, Dual Use of VA and Non-VA

Email: KSUDA@pitt.edu

Tara Sunder, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, Physician Wellness

Email: sundert@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Galen E. Switzer, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

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

Email: gswitzer@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-692-4837

John Szymusiak, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

Email: szymusiakja@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Alvin Thalappillil, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: thalappillila@upmc.edu

Brent W. Thiel, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: General Medicine; Substance Use; Population Management; Quality Improvement; Medical Education

Email: thielbw@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Holly N. Thomas, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Health, Menopause, Sexual Function, Mindfulness

Email: thomashn@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-586-9836

Andrew Thurston, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

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

Email: thurstonal@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-8111

Sarah Anne Tilstra, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Health, Clinical Reasoning, Faculty Development, Gender Diverse Care

Email: tilstrasa@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Amaninder Toor, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Graduate Medical Education and Hospital Medicine

Email: tooras@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-5918

Eloho Ufomata, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

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

Email: ufomataeo@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Peri Unligil, MD

General Internal Medicine

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

Reed Van Deusen, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

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

Email: vandeusenr@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888

Rachel Vanderberg, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Medical Education; Medical School to Residency Transition; Fibromyalgia

Email: vanderbergrh@upmc.edu

Thomas J Walk, MD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Quality & Patient Safety, Medical Education, LGBT Health

Email: walktj@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-822-3000

Justin Wang, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine; Medical Education; Biomedical Informatics

Email: wangjq@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Tianxiu Wang, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Design & Analysis of Clinical Trials

Email: tiw93@pitt.edu

Richard Weinberg, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Palliative Care

Email: weinbergrl@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4834

Anna Marie White, MD

General Internal Medicine

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

Gretchen E White, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Alcohol & Substance Use, Bariatric Surgery Outcomes, Obesity, Workforce Development

Email: gew22@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-246-6959

Andrew Lawrence Wickerham, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine, Health Systems Science, Quality Improvement

Email: wickerhamal@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Katherine Willoughby, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Hospital Medicine

Email: willoughbyke@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4882

Erin L. Winstanley, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Morbidity & Mortality in the Overdose Epidemic; Behavioral Health Services

Email: elw194@pitt.edu

Kathryn Wunderle, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Communication in the ICU, Gender in Academic Medicine, Curriculum Development

Email: wunderlekb@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-864-2428

Christopher Wynkoop, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Email: wynkoopcl@upmc.edu

Jonathan G. Yabes, PhD

General Internal Medicine

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

Dylan Yang, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Psychological Safety of Learning/Work Environment; High Value Care; Advocacy; DEI

Email: yangds@upmc.edu

Ashley Youngs, DO

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Academic Interest: Women's Health in Primary Care, Medical Education

Email: youngsan@upmc.edu

Justin Yu, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: yuja@upmc.edu

Lan Yu, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

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

Email: Lan.Yu@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-864-3020

Syed Arsalan Akhter Zaidi, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine

Email: zaidisa@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-232-5918

David Zielinski, MD

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Email: david.zielinski@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-3838