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/Claire Werner	les222@pitt.edu cmw254@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	Smita Iyer	siyer.3@pitt.edu
Microbiology/Infectious Disease	Jim Bina/Peter Volpe	jbina@pitt.edu volpepj@upmc.edu
Health Equity, Advocacy, and Leadership (HEAL)	Andrew McCormick/Khirsten Scott	mccormickaa@upmc.edu kle37@pitt.edu
Population and Community Health	Alfred Shoukry	alfred.shoukry@pitt.edu
Statistics for Clinicians and Biomedical Researchers	Aaron Brown	brownam3@upmc.edu
Research Design	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
Welcome to PittMed: Practice and Purpose of Being a Physician	Amanda Brown/Jason Chang/Katie Maietta/Allison Serra	awb25@pitt.edu changjs2@upmc.edu krm58@pitt.edu allison.serra@pitt.edu
Medical Anatomy Immersion	Lydia Strattan	les222@pitt.edu
Keystone Fundamentals	Martin Schmidt	mcs2@pitt.edu
Cardiology	Robin Maier/David Liddle	maierrm@upmc.edu dwl26@pitt.edu
Nephrology	Mohan Ramkumar/Blaise Abramovitz	mohan.ramkumar@va.gov abramovitzbw2@upmc.edu
Pulmonology	Rachel Wojcik	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
Musculoskeletal	Deniz Olgun	olgunzd@upmc.edu
Reproduction, Sexual Health, Gynecology	Alexandra Buffie/Sara Sakamoto	awb64@pitt.edu sakamotos@upmc.edu
Neuroscience	Bill Yates	byates@pitt.edu
Psychiatry	Melanie Grubisha	grubisham@upmc.edu
Hematology-Oncology	Louis Rapkin Emily Geramita	lbr17@pitt.edu emg247@pitt.edu
Medical Interviewing	Beth Bollinger/Brianna Rossiter	bollingerba@upmc.edu bcr12@pitt.edu
Physical Examination	Andrew Klein	ajk165@pitt.edu
Intro to Clinical Medicine	Ben Sprague/Danielle Heffner/Erin Cummings	spragueb@upmc.edu heffnerdl2@upmc.edu eec70@pitt.edu
Patient, Physician, & Society (PPS)	Julie Childers/Alfred Shoukry	childersjw2@upmc.edu shoukrya@upmc.edu
Evidence, Discovery, & Reasoning (EDR)	Aaron Brown/John Maier/Peter Drain	brownam3@upmc.edu jsmaier@pitt.edu drain@pitt.edu
Professional Development Course	Lisa Borghesi	borghesi@pitt.edu
Longitudinal Research Project (LRP)	Peter Veldkamp/Janel Hamner	VeldkampPeter@pitt.edu hanmerjz@upmc.edu

Thread Leads

Thread	Faculty	Email
Social Medicine	Thuy Bui/Jenn Baldwin	buithuy@pitt.edu jlb440@pitt.edu
Interprofessional Education	Greg Castelli/Joe Suyama	grc48@pitt.edu
Leadership	Sarah Merriam/Mindy Hamilton	sbm26@pitt.edu fiedml@ccm.upmc.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	TBA	TBA

Block Directors

Block	Faculty	Email
Keystone Funadmentals	Martin Schmidt	mcs2@pitt.edu
Organ Systems	Lama Farhat	farhatlf@upmc.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
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
Charles Mupamombe	Medicine	mupamombec@upmc.edu
Claire Yanta	Neurology	casperca2@upmc.edu
Colleen Ebbert	Family Medicine	ebbertck@pitt.edu
Craig Dobson	Pediatrics	dobsoncp@upmc.edu
Diane Carlisle	Neurosurgery	DLC4@pitt.edu
Gitouf Elnema*	Medicine	elnemag@upmc.edu
Jason Moore*	CCM	moorje@upmc.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
Matthew Metzinger*	Medicine	metzingermn@upmc.edu
Mike Decker	Pediatrics	mjd41@pitt.edu
Nicole Dobson	Pediatrics	nrd39@pitt.edu
Noedahn Copley-Woods	OB/GYN	copleywoodsn@upmc.edu
Ossama Kashlan	Medicine	ossamakashlan@pitt.edu
Peter Drain	Cell Biology	drain@pitt.edu
Pranav Jain*	Medicine	jainp2@pitt.edu
RaeLynn Forsyth	Pediatrics	forsythr@chp.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
Stephanie Gambino	Medicine	gambinosl2@upmc.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
Zachary Bennett	Otolaryngology	zab174@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
Alison Fowler	Pediatrics	molsam4@pitt.edu
Allison Cipriani*	Medicine	ciprianial3@upmc.edu
Almut McDermott*	Medicine	mcdermotta3@upmc.edu
Amanda Casagrande	Family Medicine	casagrandeaj@upmc.edu
Aimee Pickering	Medicine	anp219@pitt.edu
Angela Garcia	PM&R	garciaam@upmc.edu
Ankur Doshi	Emergency Medicine	doshiaa@upmc.edu
Anna-Binney McCague	Pediatrics & Medicine	mccaguea2@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
Cara McAnany	Family Medicine	mcananeycr@upmc.edu
Chelsea Dahl*	Medicine	dahlcf@upmc.edu
Christin Deal	Pediatrics	dealcl@upmc.edu
Christopher Wynkoop*	Medicine	wynkoopcl@upmc.edu
Clare Cene-Kush*	Medicine	cenekushc3@upmc.edu
Daniel Atwood	Pediatrics	dta24@pitt.edu
Desiree Neville	Pediatrics	desiree.neville@chp.edu
Emily Geramita*	Medicine	emg247@pitt.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
Graciela Bauza	Surgery	bauzagm@upmc.edu
Heather Mikes	Family Medicine	mikesh@upmc.edu
Humza Ahmed*	Neurology	hua64@pitt.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
Jay Wang*	Neurology	jia-yi.wang@pitt.edu
Jen Chen*	Medicine	jecchen@ucdavis.edu
Jillian Kyle	Medicine	roperj@upmc.edu
Jim Bayley*	Neurological Surgery	jcb252@pitt.edu
Joseph Shivers*	PM&R	JPS200@pitt.edu
Joshua Shulman	Emergency Medicine	jas135@pitt.edu
Julie McCausland*	Emergency Medicine	mccauslandjb@upmc.edu
Katie Ratay	Emergency Medicine	rataymk@upmc.edu
Kory Gebhardt	Emergency Medicine	Gebhardtkm2@upmc.edu
Krupa Patel*	Medicine	patelks4@upmc.edu
Laura West	Pediatrics	laura.west@chp.edu
Lauren Navitsky	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
Maritza Harper*	Pediatrics	harpermt2@upmc.edu
Matan Arnon*	Medicine	arnonm2@upmc.edu
Matt Yin	Anesthesiology	YINW@pitt.edu
Matthew Dougherty	Emergency Medicine	doughertymj3@upmc.edu
Melissa Rodriguez*	Pediatrics	MNR56@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
Noopur Doshi*	Family Medicine	doshin@pitt.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
Sara Spinella	Medicine	sas1136@pitt.edu
Sarah Jones	Medicine	jonessa3@upmc.edu
Shana Zucker	Medicine	smz51@pitt.edu
Stacy Bartlett	Family Medicine	stb125@pitt.edu
Stasa Tadic	Medicine	std45@pitt.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