Code Blue and Gold

The quarterly newsletter of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine

September 2024 – December 2024

William Barrington, MD, and Mark Jordan discussed a new program available to patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) during a recent KDKA segment. >> Watch the clip

The EMBRACE Center, co-directed by Mehret Birru-Talabi, MD, PhD, was featured in a recent “Digital Daily” in The Pittsburgh Courier. >> Read the article

Allison DeKosky, MD, and her medical educational journey was included in ‘Class Notes’ in the fall issue of PittMed magazine >> Read the story

Walid Gellad, MD, MPH, recently talked to STAT about how many scientists have left X for Bluesky. >> Read the article

Catch up with Ghady Haidar, MD, and Donnie Little Hamilton, who was the first kidney transplant recipient in Pittsburgh as part of the HOPE trial. >> Watch the story

Anita Leon-Jhong, MD, was interviewed about the importance of the Second Avenue Commons Health Center, which was recently reopened after a fire this summer, in this WTAE story. >> Read the story

Joshua Levenson, MD, was quoted in a recent HuffPost article on health tips from millennial doctors. >> Read the article

David Levinthal, MD, PhD, discusses cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome in regular cannabis users in National Geographic.  >> Read the article

Yuan Liu, PhD, and Kathleen McTigue, MD, MPH, MS, were featured by the Innovation Institute as two of the University of Pittsburgh’s fantastic women entrepreneurs as part of their Women Entrepreneurship Week feature. >> Read the article.

Jessica Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA, recently contributed to the North American Pain School Correspondents Program, touching on her career path and her current passion of providing palliative care in addiction treatment settings. >> Listen to the podcast

David Nace, MD, MPH, was interviewed for National Family Caregiver Month for Take Care Tips TV. >> Watch the interview

The use of artificial intelligence in medicine by Shiv Rao, MD, and Walid Gellad, MD, MPH, was highlighted in the fall issue of PittMed magazine. >> Read the article

Babak Razani, MD, PhD, recent research on the link between leucine and cardiac disease was highlighted in the fall issue of PittMed magazine. >> Read the article

Kristee Rosen, office manager for the Center for Research on Health Care, was featured in a recent “Pitt Works” feature in the University Times. >> Read the article

Sebastian Sattui, MD, MS, discussed the effects of age and frailty on the risks of end-stage renal disease, death, and severe infection in older adults with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis in a recent The Lancet Rheumatology in conversation with. >> Listen to the podcast

In a recent episode of Annals On Call, Sebastian Sattui, MD, MS, discusses the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis with Robert Centor, MD. >> Listen to the interview

Rocky Schoen, MD, MPH, discusses new findings on blood-based CRC screening. >> Read the article

Katie Suda, PharmD, discussed drug-related supply chain issues in the US and Canada and more with JAMA Deputy Editor Joseph Ross, MD, MHS. >> Listen to the podcast

David Whitcomb, MD, PhD, discusses exocrine pancreatic insufficiency for Medscape. >> Watch the commentary

Erin Winstanley, PhD, recently spoke with The Associated Press about new data showing a decline in the national overdose death rate. >> Read the article

Julia Xu, MD, MSCGH, was interviewed by the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB) for a recent AABB Changemakers feature. >> Read the interview