Faculty Educator Directory

The Three Rivers Curriculum features educators hired by UPSOM to perform specific duties—as longitudinal educators (small group facilitators), clinical skills preceptors, and content leads.

Faculty in these roles will play a crucial role in the success of the curriculum, and will connect over time with our learners. We have a diverse group of educators—MDs and PhD’s, junior and senior faculty, and diverse demographics/backgrounds that will be of excellent contribution to our curriculum.

Content Leads

Content	Faculty	Email
Pathology/Histology	Steve Truschel	stt39@pitt.edu
Anatomy	Lydia Strattan	les222@pitt.edu
Radiology	Char Branstetter	branstetterbf@upmc.edu
Pharmacology	Jon Beckel	jmbeckel@pitt.edu
Biochemistry	Martin Schmidt	mcs2@pitt.edu
Genetics	Mylynda Massart/Christine Munro	mbm66@pitt.edu/chm243@pitt.edu
Immunology	Penelope Morel/Smita Iyer	morel@pitt.edu/siyer.3@pitt.edu
Microbiology/Infectious Disease	Jim Bina/Peter Volpe	jbina@pitt.edu/volpepj@upmc.edu
Health Equity, Advocacy, and Leadership (HEAL)	Felicia Savage-Friedman	felicia@yogarootsonlocation.com
Intro to Being a Physician	Amanda Brown/Jason Chang	awb25@pitt.edu/changjs2@upmc.edu
Population and Community Health	Alfred Shoukry	alfred.shoukry@pitt.edu
Statistics for clinicians and biomedical researchers	Aaron Brown	brownam3@upmc.edu
Research design/LRP	Peter Drain/John Maier	drain@pitt.edu/jsmaier@pitt.edu
Ophthalmology	Evan Waxman	waxmane@upmc.edu
Otolaryngology	Rachel Whelan	whelanrl@upmc.edu
Ethics/Law	Julie Childers	jwc45@pitt.edu

Course Directors

Course	Faculty	Email
Cardiology	Jenifer Lee/Natalie Stokes	leeje@upmc.edu/stokesnr@upmc.edu
Nephrology	Mohan Ramkumar/Blaise Abramovitz	mohan.ramkumar@va.gov/abramovitzbw2@upmc.edu
Pulmonology	Stephanie Maximous/Rachel Wojcik	maximoussi@upmc.edu/raw184@pitt.edu
Digestion and Nutrition	Kristen Critelli/Lama Farhat	Kristen.critelli@chp.edu/lff10@pitt.edu
Rheumatology	Siamak Moghadam-Kia	sim31@pitt.edu
Dermatology	Angela Guerrero	guerreroam@upmc.edu
Endocrinology	Alexandra Clark/Ron Codario	Alexandra.Clark4@va.gov/codarior@pitt.edu
Reproduction, Sexual Health, Gynecology	Rob Powers/Sara Sakamoto	rpowers@mwri.magee.edu/sakamotos@upmc.edu
Musculoskeletal	John Fowler/Deniz Olgun	fowlerjr@upmc.edu/olgunzd@upmc.edu
Psychiatry/behavior	Melanie Grubisha Shelly Kucherer	grubisham@upmc.edu kucherersa2@upmc.edu
Oncology	Louis Rapkin Emily Geramita	lbr17@pitt.edu emg247@pitt.edu
Neuroscience	Bill Yates/Alexis Franks	byates@pitt.edu/alf181@pitt.edu
Medical Interviewing	Beth Bollinger/Brianna Rossiter	bollingerba@upmc.edu/bcr12@pitt.edu
Physical Exam Skills	Andrew Klein	ajk165@pitt.edu
Intro to Clinical Medicine	Ben Sprague, Danielle Heffner, Erin Cummings	spragueb@upmc.edu, heffnerdl2@upmc.edu, eec70@pitt.edu

Thread Leads

Thread	Faculty	Email
Social Medicine	Thuy Bui	buithuy@pitt.edu
Interprofessional Education	Greg Castelli/Joe Suyama	grc48@pitt.edu
Leadership	Sarah Merriam	sbm26@pitt.edu
Clinical Reasoning	Deborah Dinardo/Casey McQuade	Deborah.dinardo@va.gov/mcquadec@upmc.edu

Program Leads

Program	Faculty	Email
Primary Care Accelerated Track (PCAT)	Amanda Casagrande	casagrandeaj@upmc.edu
Longitudinal Alliance Program (LAP)	Lisa Podgurski/Beth Oczypok	podgurskil@upmc.edu/eoczypok@pitt.edu
Community Alliance Program (CAP)	Andrew McCormick/Maya Ragavan	aam94@pitt.edu/ragavanm@chp.edu
Clinical Skills Preceptors (CSP)	Drew Klein/Eloho Ufomata	kleinaj@upmc.edu/elohoufomata@pitt.edu
Longitudinal Educators (LE)	Melinda Hamilton/Julie Childers	mlf13@pitt.edu/childersjw2@upmc.edu
Professional Enrichment Courses (PEC)	Stephanie Gonzalez	gonzsm@upmc.edu
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)	Emily Lovallo	lovalloem2@upmc.edu
Streams	Emily Geramita	geramitae@upmc.edu

Block Directors

Block	Faculty	Email
Keystone Funadmentals	Martin Schmidt	mcs2@pitt.edu
Organ Systems	Rob Powers	rpowers@mwri.magee.edu
Patient Centered Care	Reed Van Deusen	rwv3@pitt.edu

Longitudinal Educators (LEs)

Faculty	Department	Email
Adolph (Chick) Yates	Orthopaedic Surgery	yatesaj@upmc.edu
Amber Hoffman*	Pediatrics	hoffmana13@upmc.edu
Amitava Mukherjee	Radiation Oncology	amm223@pitt.edu
Andrew McCormick	Pediatrics	aam94@pitt.edu
Angela Garcia	PM&R	garciaam@upmc.edu
Arjun Pennathur	CT Surgery	arjunp@pitt.edu
Brett McAninch	Pediatrics	blm62@pitt.edu
Carmen Coombs	Pediatrics	carmen.coombs2@chp.edu
Cesar Escobar-Viera	Psychiatry	casperca2@upmc.edu
Claire Yanta	Neurology	casperca2@upmc.edu
Colleen Ebbert	Family Medicine	ebbertck@pitt.edu
Jennifer Baldwin	Pediatrics	jlb440@pitt.edu
John Maier	Family Medicine	jsmaier@pitt.edu
Kishore Vellody*	Pediatrics	kishore.vellody@chp.edu
Louis Rapkin	Pediatrics	lbr17@pitt.edu
Mohammad Al-Bataineh	Medicine	mma57@pitt.edu
Oscar Escobar*	Pediatrics	escobaro@pitt.edu
Ossama Kashlan	Medicine	ossamakashlan@pitt.edu
Peter Drain	Cell Biology	drain@pitt.edu
Robert Powers	OB/GYN	rpowers@mwri.magee.edu
Robin Maier	Family Medicine	maierrm@upmc.edu
Sima Weaver	Family Medicine	weaversi@pitt.edu
Smita Iyer	Pathology	siyer.3@pitt.edu
Sylvia Choi*	Pediatrics	ssc3@pitt.edu
Tatiana Villatoro	Pathology	tvlltr@pitt.edu
Tony Tarchichi*	Pediatrics	trt25@pitt.edu
Wassim Chemaitilly*	Pediatrics	wac42@pitt.edu
William McIvor	Anesthesiology	mcivor@pitt.edu

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Clinical Skills Preceptors (CSPs)

Faculty	Department	Email
Adam Yates	Emergency Medicine	amy35@pitt.edu
Agnieszka Bialy	Emergency Medicine	bialya@upmc.edu
Allison Cipriani*	Medicine	ciprianial3@upmc.edu
Amanda Casagrande	Family Medicine	casagrandeaj@upmc.edu
Amanda McCoy	Orthopedic Surgery	ajm390@pitt.edu
Aimee Pickering	Internal Mediciner	anp219@pitt.edu
Angela Garcia	PM&R	garciaam@upmc.edu
Ankur Doshi	Emergency Medicine	doshiaa@upmc.edu
Anna-Binney McCague	Pediatrics	mccaguea2@upmc.edu
Anthony Cyr	Surgery	cyrar@upmc.edu
Arjun Pennathur	CT Surgery	arjunp@pitt.edu
Ashten Ebersbacher*	Medicine	ebersbacheram@upmc.edu
Benjamin Sprague	Medicine	spragueb@upmc.edu
Brian Heist	Medicine	heistb@upmc.edu
Bryce Bredell	Emergency Medicine	bredellb@pitt.edu
Chelsea Dahl*	Medicine	dahlcf@upmc.edu
Christopher Wynkoop*	Medicine	wynkoopcl@upmc.edu
Daniel Atwood	Pediatrics	dta24@pitt.edu
Deborah Brooks	Emergency Medicine	brooksdm@upmc.edu
Desiree Neville*	Pediatrics	desiree.neville@chp.edu
Emily Geramita*	Medicine	emg247@pitt.edu
Eric Anish	Medicine	anishea@upmc.edu
Erika Hoffman*	Medicine	erika.hoffman@med.va.gov
Erin Cummings	Pediatrics	eec70@pitt.edu
Evette Yassa	Family Medicine	yassaes@upmc.edu
Gaetan Sgro	Medicine	gaetan.sgro@pitt.edu
Gary Pollock	Emergency Medicine	gfp7@pitt.edu
Heather Mikes	Family Medicine	mikesh@upmc.edu
Jacqueline Weaver-Agostoni*	Family Medicine	agostonijs@upmc.edu
James Van Meerbeke	Emergency Medicine	jpv23@pitt.edu
Jason Chang	Emergency Medicine	changjs2@upmc.edu
Jason Edinger	PM&R	jme58@pitt.edu
Jen Chen*	Medicine	jecchen@ucdavis.edu
Jessica Oh*	Medicine	ohjh@upmc.edu
Jillian Kyle	Medicine	roperj@upmc.edu
Joshua Shulman	Emergency Medicine	jas135@pitt.edu
Julie McCausland*	Emergency Medicine	mccauslandjb@upmc.edu
Kathryn Levens*	Medicine	leyensk@upmc.edu
Kory Gebhardt	Emergency Medicine	Gebhardtkm2@upmc.edu
Krupa Patel*	Medicine	patelks4@upmc.edu
Laura West	Pediatrics	laura.west@chp.edu
Lauren Navitasky	Medicine	navitskylg@upmc.edu
Leah Koenig	Medicine	koeniglj3@upmc.edu
Linda King	Medicine	lik6@pitt.edu
Lisa Podgurski*	Medicine	podgurskil@upmc.edu
Louis Rapkin	Pediatrics	lbr17@pitt.edu
Margaret Shang	Pediatrics	shangm2@upmc.edu
Mary Ratay	Emergency Medicine	rataymk@upmc.edu
Matan Arnon*	Medicine	arnonm2@upmc.edu
Matthew Dougherty	Emergency Medicine	doughertymj3@upmc.edu
Matthew Pihlblad	Ophthalmology	matthew.pihlblad@pitt.edu
Melissa Tavarez	Pediatrics	mmt49@pitt.edu
Michael Simonson*	Medicine	mgs107@pitt.edu
Michael Turturro	Emergency Medicine	turturro@pitt.edu
Mioara Manole	Pediatrics	mioara.manole@chp.edu
Mohamed Hagahmed	Emergency Medicine	hagahmedmb2@upmc.edu
Natan Cramer*	Pediatrics	nmc67@pitt.edu
Noopur Doshi	Family Medicine	doshin@pitt.edu
Nursen Gurtunca	Pediatrics	nursen.gurtunca@chp.edu
Palash Samanta*	Medicine	samantap@upmc.edu
Peter Volpe*	Medicine	volpepj@upmc.edu
Pooja Bhatt*	Medicine	mahadeshwarps@upmc.edu
Raquel Zemtsov	Family Medicine	zemtsovrk@upmc.edu
Rebecca Green	Medicine	reg62@pitt.edu
Rickquel Tripp	Emergency Medicine	tripprp@upmc.edu
Robin Maier	Family Medicine	maierrm@upmc.edu
Rowena Pingul-Ravano*	Family Medicine	pingulravanord@upmc.edu
Sandy Tadros	Anesthesiology	sat377@pitt.edu
Sara Spinella	Medicine	sas1136@pitt.edu
Sarah Jones	Medicine	jonessa3@upmc.edu
Shea Ford*	Medicine	fordsa2@upmc.edu
Stacy Bartlett	Family Medicine	stb125@pitt.edu
Stasa Tadic	Medicine	std45@pitt.edu
Steven Leers	Surgery	leerssa@upmc.edu
Tabinda Saleem*	Internal Medicine	tas540@pitt.edu
Tahniat Syed	Pediatrics	tahniat.syed@chp.edu
Tara Sunder*	Medicine	sundert@upmc.edu
TJ Walk	Medicine	walktj@upmc.edu
William Trautman	Family Medicine	trautmanwj@upmc.edu
Yolandee Bell-Cheddar	Critical Care Medicine	yrb2@pitt.edu