September 2025 – December 2025
Martina Anto-Ocrah, PhD, was selected for the National Academies’ U.S.-Africa Frontiers Program. >> Read more
Karl Bezak, MD, and Gina Piscitello, MD, MS, were selected as Fellows of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM).
Sonya Borrero, MD, MS, was named one of three “Women Shaping the Future of Healthcare in Pittsburgh” by North Hills Monthly Magazine. >> Read more
Hannah Burkholder, DNP, CRNP, Austin Griffith, PA-C , Tyler Hays, PA-C , and Tauna Price, DNP, CRNP, were all nominated for the 2025 APP Preceptor of the Year Award.
New Hillman Cancer Center Director, John C. Byrd, MD, was named to the National Academy of Medicine. >> Read more
John C. Byrd, MD, was also awarded the 2025 Excellence in Scientific Service Award from Blood Cancer United at this year’s American Society of Hematology conference. >> Read more
Andrea Carter, MD, MS, was appointed the UPMC GME Professional Development Taskforce Co-Chair.
Aravind Cherukuri, MBBS, PhD, was named as one of the 2026 Senior Vice Chancellor’s Research Seminar Speakers. He will present his talk on immune-driven precision kidney transplant medicine on January 16. >> Read more
Cornelius Clancy, MD, Yohei Doi, MD, PhD, John Kirkwood, MD, Minh-Hong Nguyen, MD, Ryan Shields, PharmD, and Sally Wenzel, MD, were among the 15 University of Pittsburgh faculty members named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list, an annual compilation of researchers whose work has made a significant impact across a broad range of disciplines. >> Read more
René Claxton, MD, and Rebecca Mancoll, MD, were both awarded the UPMC Physician Excellence Award – Senior Physician Excellence in Clinical Care.
Anna Coronata, MD, won the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Mid-Atlantic Regional Bite-Sized Teaching Competition with her talk, “Circle of Control: Managing Moral Distress in Medicine.”
Deborah DiNardo, MD, MS, received the Anne Preston Advancement of Women in Medicine Award from the Western PA Chapter of the American College of Physicians.
Donna Durant, CRNP, received the Advanced Practice RN Nightingale Award, one of only 17 awarded statewide. >> Read more
Pouneh Fazeli, MD, MPH, was an invited speaker at the XXXVI Chilean Congress of Endocrinology and Diabetes hosted by the Sociedad Chilena de Endocrinología y Diabetes in La Serena, Chile in October.
Sarah L. Gaffen, PhD, received the 2025 Carnegie Mellon University Alumni Achievement Award for her trailblazing research on IL-17 and immune defense! >> Read more
Paulomi Gohel, MD, Sarah Merriam, MD, Ibrahim Halil Sahin, MD, Khako Shaverdashvili, MD, PhD, Swetha Tummala, MD, and Jesse Wang, MD were recently named Pitt Med Professionalism Accolade Awardees.
Scott Herrle, MD, received the 2025 Clinical Practice Award from the Western PA Chapter of the American College of Physicians.
George Jabbour, MD, and a team of cardiologists and electrophysiologists at UPMC Altoona recently performed their 2,000th WATCHMAN™ implant procedure. >> Read more
Sarah Jones, MD, MS, is one of nine recipients of the UPMC Excellence in Patient Experience Award.
Anna Kirillova (Mentor: Stephen Chan, MD, PhD) won the Early Career Investigator Award from the American Heart Association’s Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine >> Read more
Jillian Kyle, MD, was elected the Secretary/Treasury of the SGIM-Mid-Atlantic Region.
Anita Leon-Jhong, MD, is the recipient of this year’s Richard E. Deitrick Humanity in Medicine Award from the Allegheny County Medical Society.
Jane Liebschutz, MD, MPH, is president elect of the Association of Chiefs and Leaders of General Internal Medicine (ACLGIM).
Jason Ng, MD, Margaret Zupa, MD, MS, and Joseph Roy are the recipients of the 2025 T1D Exchange Outstanding Adult Team Award in honor of their knowledge of QI methodologies in a clinical setting.
Beth Oczypok, MD, PhD, received the John Derrickson Early Career Physician Service Excellence Award from the Western PA Chapter of the American College of Physicians.
John Pacella, MS, MD, led the first ultrasound renal denervation procedure in Southwest Pennsylvania on September 30. >> Read more
Deirdre Quinn, PhD, MSc, was named as one of the 2026 Senior Vice Chancellor’s Research Seminar Speakers. She will present her talk on reproductive health and health care for women veterans September 18. >> Read more
Priya Rastogi, MD, was recently named Chair of the NRG Oncology Breast Cancer Committee.
The Nature Communications article, “Neutrophils and galectin-3 defend mice from lethal bacterial infection and humans from acute respiratory failure,” by lead author Prabir Ray, PhD, is one of twelve high-impact publications of 2024 that will be highlighted in a lightning talk on January 14. >> Read more
Jane Schell, MD, was selected as an Institute on Healthcare Improvement Fellow through a scholarship from the John A. Hartford Foundation.
Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, was appointed deputy director of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. >> Read more
Iain Scott, PhD, was named Associate Director of the Vascular Medicine Institute. >> Read more
Yinan Shi, PhD, (Mentor: Stephen Chan, MD, PhD) won the Early Career Investigator Award from the American Heart Association’s Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation.
Sruti Shiva, PhD, was named Scientific Director of the Hemophilia Center of Western Pennsylvania. >> Read more
Bryant Shuey, MD, MPH, was named as one of five fellows for the National Academy of Medicine’s State Health Policy Fellowship program. >> Read more
Brielle Spataro, MD, MS, was awarded the UPMC Physician Excellence Award.
Yusheng Yeh, PhD, RD, (Mentor: Babak Razani, MD, PhD) was a finalist for the Early Career Investigator Award from the American Heart Association’s Council on Basic and Cardiovascular Sciences.
Yvette Yien, PhD, was awarded the 2025 International Human Heme Biosynthesis and Porphyrias Research Prize for her outstanding contributions to heme biology research. >> Read more
Several staff members from DOM Research Administration received School of Medicine Research Administrator Awards at this year’s event including Erica Carson (Rising Star), Heather Dandar (Stand Out Performer), Samantha DiSalvio (Mentoring), Missy Evanko (Innovator), Georgette Lamanti (Stand Out Performer), Lynne Lewis (Career Achievement), Dan Parker (Innovator), Crystal Regan (Rising Star), and Perrie Williams (Stand Out Performer). >> Read more