DOM-O Arigato

Postdoc Appreciation Luncheon // Photo credit: Matt Freidhoff/University of Pittsburgh

Thank you to all of our postdoctoral fellows and associates across the DOM. While your accomplishments were celebrated during a postdoctoral appreciation week luncheon, your contributions to advancing biomedical research in the DOM bears repeating. Thank you for your creativity, brilliance, and comradery!

Thank you to John Kreit, MD, for your commitment to patient care and education. Your selflessness in advancing pulmonary care has improved PACCSM and the DOM. Enjoy your retirement!

Thank you to Kristi Balaban, Mary Ann Brown, Ozge Burgut, Kayleigh Gentile, Sharon Guttman, Andrea Hecker, Ellie Hecker, Jessica Higgins, Kimberly Luketic, and Wendy Romeo who made a variety of baked goods for the residents and staff at Family House. Your willingness to put others’ needs above your own is admirable!
>> View more photos of the Family House baking event here.

Thank you to David Wilson, MD, MPH, whose focus on lung cancer screening and treatment saved countless lives. Wishes for a stress-free retirement!

Thank you to Erin Kershaw, MD, for her leadership as Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism for the past 8 years!

Thank you to Mary Herbert, MPH, MS, and Jennifer Corbelli, MD, MS, for helping us bring the work you do at the Birmingham Free Clinic to new audiences. Your commitment to providing compassionate care to underserved Pittsburghers is inspirational!

Thank you to Kate Amodei, MD, and Alyssa Kelder, MD, for putting our new chair on the hot seat!

Thank you to Jimette Gilmartin, Loni Lutz, Wren King, Megan Evansky, and Kristin McCarty on helping us gather information for our inaugural issue!

Thank you to Don Grimm for his insights and assistance in navigating IT security. We’re glad to have you in our corner!

Thank you to Gavin Arteel, PhD, for his winning submission in the DOM Newsletter Naming Contest, Code Blue and Gold. And, thank you to Kambez Benam, Mehret Birru Talabi, Sarah Gaffen, Sandra Gibson, Nupur Gupta, Vera Iouchamanov, Nicole Kaefer, Nichole Lakic, Joy Merusi, Yolanda Murphy, Dan Parker, Margaret Ragni, Bruce Rollman, Daniella Schwartz, Natalie Schweninger, Katie Suda, Daniel Sullivan, Jennifer Weaver, Ora Weisz, and Francesca Yanosick, who submitted names for the DOM Newsletter Naming Contest. Your creativity made us smile (and, in the case of Sarah Gaffen, bust a gut laughing!)!