The DOM would be nothing without the amazing sacrifices of our faculty, trainees, and staff. Here are a few contributions that deserve special shoutouts.

Thank you to…

Dave Nace, MD, MPH, for his dedication to improving the lives of our elderly population (and for his personal account of the Three Mile Island Accident!).

Raymond Yeo, for his immensely helpful history of the Pitt Men’s Study until 2006.

Rachel Gordon, MD, PhD, for recounting her training experiences at Pitt, from med school to the present.

Iain Scott, PhD, for enhancing the training experience of our postdoctoral community.

Anne Richardson, MD, and Benjamin Zuchelkowski, MD, for providing an overview of the Internal Medicine Residency’s new house system.

Walid Gellad, MD, MPH, and Charles Dela Cruz, MD, PhD, for their enthusiasm in expanding research that will benefit the well-being of veterans.

Kelli Waggett and Sydney Fitzpatrick, for helping us highlight our staff whose commitment to the DOM’s vision resulted in numerous service milestones over the past year.

Mary Butch, Jimette Gilmartin, and Dorothy Voith, for their memories and kind words about Janet Brunner.

Yingze Zhang, PhD, for directing the Translational Research Core Laboratory, whose biobanking and sample processing was instrumental for researchers across the DOM. Enjoy your retirement!

All recent staff retirees, including Kathy Kulka, Susan McQuiston, Lori Pommer, and Patty Geraci, who have retired over the past year, for their years of hard work!

Members of CHAMPP/TREETOP, for joining the Urban League of Pittsburgh’s Annual Thanksgiving distribution.

All who participated in the Hugs for the Unhoused event, for creating blankets for unhoused individuals across our community.

Matthew Freidhoff, for organizing another phenomenal Updates in Internal Medicine Conference.

Aging Institute administrative staff, particularly Kathy Brickett, Ashley Numbers, Andrea Radziminski, Serafina Lanna, and Bryce Petrunich, for their combined efforts to make this year’s Aging Institute Research Day an outstanding event!

Terri Dobransky, for her 20 years of dedicated service in organizing and executing the Pittsburgh International Lung Conference.

Cindy Vinkovich, for her administrative oversight of the 3rd Pittsburgh Rust Belt Microbiome Conference, which was an incredible success!

And the Cathedral of Learning security guard, for graciously forgiving someone who ‘accidentally’ pressed the panic button during our tour of the Nationality and Heritage Rooms.