From the BBC to the local news, the Department of Medicine is making headlines. Read more about how our experts are leading the charge on the global stage.

Timothy Anderson, MD, MAS, broke down what a shift in cardiovascular risk assessment means for patients weighing medication against lifestyle change, in a U.S. News & World Report feature. CNN, Reuters, and others also covered his JAMA study finding that under new clinical guidelines, statins are recommended for more than half of U.S. adults over 30. >> Read the article

Adam Brufsky, MD, PhD, discussed the significance of the FDA approval of gedatolisib plus fulvestrant, with or without palbociclib, for PIK3CA wild-type, hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, in an OncLive interview. >> Watch the interview

John Byrd, MD, shared the experiences that guided his career, his vision for UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, and how advancing research, clinical trials, and innovation will help transform cancer care, in a UPMC Health Discovery Report Leadership Spotlight. >> Read the story

John Byrd, MD, was also interviewed by American Cancer Society Cancer Scope about older cancer patients’ priority for quality of life rather than extending survival. >> Read more

In a recent Pitt Med Magazine profile. John Byrd, MD, shared the personal story behind his career in leukemia research and his vision for UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, including expanding geriatric oncology and community engagement. >> Read the story

Matthew Chinman, PhD, discussed the thorny issues of running an implementation trial, in a podcast recorded by Alison Hamilton and colleagues at UCLA. >> Listen to the podcast

René Claxton, MD, MS, is leading a new program that uses AI-powered training and interdisciplinary collaboration to help clinicians build the communication skills that make care more compassionate, equitable, and patient-centered. >> Read the story

Diwakar Davar, MBBS, MSc, discussed emerging PRAME-directed therapies for advanced melanoma, including his own phase 1 data on the T-cell therapy anzu-cel, in an OncLive interview. >> Read the story

William Reed Doerfler, MD, MS, discussed the evolution of molecular testing, ThyroSeq®, and the future of personalized treatment for thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer in a UPMC Physician Resources Q&A. >> Read the story

Partha Dutta, DVM, PhD, and Işın Çakır, PhD, discussed their research into alternative and supplemental treatments that could fill the gaps left by GLP-1 agonists, in a Pitt Med Magazine feature. >> Read the story

Swaytha Ganesh, MD, provided clinical review for a UPMC HealthBeat article examining whether living-donor liver transplant can offer liver cancer patients a better chance at survival. >> Read the article

Charles Geyer, Jr., MD, discussed an updated DESTINY-Breast05 safety analysis clarifying interstitial lung disease and radiation pneumonitis risks with T-DXd in HER2-positive breast cancer, in an OncLive interview and companion video. >> Read the interview >> Watch the video

Noor Khan, MD, said Medicare’s new coverage of GLP-1s for weight loss is a win for access but cautioned that the program skips the lifestyle support patients need most, in a TribLive feature. >> Read the article

Chrissy Kistler, MD, and Leslie Scheunemann, MD, MPH, discussed an innovative brain health program launched with primary care, geriatrics, and lifestyle medicine at the Geriatric Medicine and UPMC Lifestyle Medicine and Primary Care Brain Health Town Hall. >> Watch the town hall

Tamar Krishnamurti, PhD, is leading patient and provider engagement for the ARPA-H-funded OMEGA project to advance fetal monitoring during labor. >> Read the story

Wei-Hsuan “Jenny” Lo-Ciganic, PhD, discussed using real-world data and machine learning to better predict fall risk in older adults with depression on an ACCP podcast. >> Listen to the podcast

Sarah McBeth, MD, MPH; Deborah McMahon, MD; and David Nace, MD, MPH, discussed the biggest takeaways from their work supporting aging patients with HIV and raising awareness at long-term care facilities and nursing homes, in a Pitt Med Magazine feature. >> Read the story

David Nace, MD, MPH, was also among the geriatricians featured in a HuffPost piece breaking down eight habits that make a real difference in healthy aging, from movement and nutrition to staying cognitively engaged after retirement. >> Read the article

Yana Najjar, MD, was interviewed by BBC World News and the Tribune-Review about the Merck-Moderna melanoma vaccine trial results, for which she served as local principal investigator. >> Watch the interview >> Read the story

Lisa Podgurski, MD, MS, leads the Longitudinal Alliance Program, which since 2013 has grown into required curriculum helping medical students build real relationships with patients and become more empathetic physicians. >> Read the story

Fred Rubin, MD, and Aditi Gurkar, PhD, shared insights on how geroscience is transforming our understanding of aging and creating new opportunities to prevent or delay age-related diseases in the latest UPMC Physician Journal. >> Read the article

Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, discussed the growing evidence for exercise as a cancer treatment and her work with Marlies Meisel exploring how exercise-driven microbiome changes may boost immunity against cancer, in a Pitt Med Magazine feature. >> Read the story

Jane Schell, MD, broke down what living wills actually cover and when to start planning in a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review feature. >> Read the article

Frank Sciurba, MD, discussed late-stage trial results showing his COPD biologic tozorakimab reduced dangerous exacerbations in both former and current smokers, in coverage by STAT News and ABC News. >> Read the coverage

Flordeliza Villanueva, MD, is leading research using ultrasound and microbubbles to target therapies for conditions including heart disease, cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease, bringing innovative science closer to clinical care while training the next generation of cardiovascular researchers, in a UPMC Physician Resources “Meet the Researcher” feature. >> Read the story

James Withers, MD, who began walking Pittsburgh at night in 1992 to treat people who would never go to a clinic, was the subject of a retrospective on how his street medicine model has since spread to over 200 cities on six continents. >> Read the story