Code Blue and Gold

The quarterly newsletter of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine

1 June 2024 - 1 September 2024

Rima Abdel-Massih, MD, was interviewed by Becker’s Physician Leadership on the evolving role of physicians in the healthcare landscape. >> Read the article

Timothy Anderson, PhD, was a guest on the June 4, 2024, episode of Annals on Call where he discussed the management of inpatient hypertension. >> Listen to the episode

Divay Chandra, MD, MSc, was interviewed by CNN to discuss the FDA’s approval of menthol e-cigarettes to adults. >> Watch the interview

Diwakar Davar, MD, and Jason Luke, MD, discussed advances in the neoadjuvant immunotherapy space in the Immunotherapy at ASCO24 Roundup podcast. >> Listen to the podcast

Kathleen Dorritie, MD, discussed treatment selection in chronic lymphocytic leukemia on OncLive. >> Watch the commentary

Former resident Dylan Fortman, MD, was interviewed on The Curbsiders podcast about the future of AI in health professions education. >> Listen to the podcast

The Journal of Experimental Medicine spoke with Sarah Gaffen, PhD, about IL-17 and its receptor in the context of fungal host defense during a recent “People & Ideas” interview. >> Read the interview

Rachel Gordon, MD, PhD, has established the first center at UPMC to comprehensively care for patients with Sjögren’s disease and advance research for innovative therapies. >> Read more

Lee Harrison, MD, and his collaboration with CMU faculty Artur Dubrawski that uses machine learning, AI, and genetic sequencing to rapidly detect infections acquired in hospitals is featured in an upcoming documentary, The Pitch: Patient Safety’s Next Generation. >> Read about the documentary in Time magazine

Raagini Jawa, MD, MPH, and her research were featured in a recent PittWire story about the opioid epidemic. >> Read the article

A screening tool recently developed by Tamar Krishnamurti, PhD, that identifies individuals who are likely to develop depression in pregnancy was featured in a KDKA article. >> Read the article

Jessica Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA, and her research into opioid use disorder were highlighted in the summer 2024 of PittMed Magazine. >> Read the article

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently highlighted a new federally funded program aimed at increasing access to dementia care, led by David Nace, MD, MPH, and the Division of Geriatric Medicine. >> Read the article

Jason Ng, MD, commented in a recent MedicalNewsToday article about how sitting time affects mortality in adults with diabetes. >> Read the article

In a recent article in Undark and republished in The Atlantic, Margaret Ragni, MD, MPH, commented on the frequency of anemia in women. >> Read the article

PittMed Magazine interviewed Shivdev Rao, MD, on how AI can be used to enhance the doctor-patient conversation. >> Read the article

Roy Smith, MD, recently spoke with Physician’s Weekly about the nuances of managing paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria in older patients. >> Read the article

Prem Soman, MD, PhD, contributed to a recent Everyday Health article about atrial fibrillation in transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy. >> Read the article

Holly Thomas, MD, MS, was quoted in “A User’s Guide to Midlife,” a New York Times article about midlife and the menopause transition. >> Read the article