University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine

Congratulations to David Kristo, MD, on his promotion to Professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine, Department of Medicine. The appointment is outside the tenure stream. @PACCMPITT @PittDeptofMed

The Department of Medicine has appointed Samir Saba, MD, to the position of Division Chief of Cardiology and Co-Director of the Heart and Vascular Institute service line. Congratulations, Dr. Saba!

Congratulations to the Department of Medicine's 10 awardees who were honored April 30 for their research and poster presentations during DOM's Research Day 2019. #ResearchDay2019 #MedEd / Shoumei Bai, PhD (Hematology/Oncology) CD105 is a Mediator of Hematogenous Ovarian Cancer Metastasis... Mentor: Ronald Buckanovich, MD, PHD / Aneta Kowalski, MD (Endocrinology) CREBRF Regulates Cardiomyocyte Bioenergetics and Survival Mentor: Erin Kershaw, MD / Chetan Jawale, MVSc, PhD (Rheumatology) Metabolic Reprograming of Neutrophils Protects Against Bloodstream Fungal Infection in Kidney Dysfunction Mentor: Partha Biswas, BVSc, MVSc, PhD Lara Groetzinger, PharmD (Pulmonary) Using a Protocol to Reduce Sedation is Associated with Decreased Length of Stay, Delirium, and Duration of Mechanical Ventilation in the Medical Intensive Care Unit Mentor: Michael Donahoe, MD Kimberley DeMerle, MD (Pulmonary) Sepsis Phenotyping Using Clinical and Biomarker Data in the ProCESS Randomized Trial Mentor: Christopher Seymour, MD Wei Sun, MD, PhD (Cardiology) SCUBE1: A Novel Pathogenic Effector in Pulmonary Endothelium and Potential Clinical Marker in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Mentor: Stephen Chan, MD, PhD / Jonathan Arnold, MD, MSE (Gen Med) Association of State Laws Mandating Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Use by Prescribers on Discontinuation of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Veterans Mentor: Walid Gellad, MD, MPH / Leslie Scheunemann, MD, MPH (Geriatric Med) Patients’ Priorities for Post-ICU Care Mentor: Natalie Leland, PhD, OTR/L Emmanuelle Yecies, MD (Gen Med) From the #MeToo Frontlines: Incoming Interns Report a Breadth of Experiences Related to Sexual Harassment in Medical School Mentor: Melissa McNeil, MD, MPH Nupur Gupta, DO (Infectious Diseases) Increasing Care Engagement Amongst People Living with HIV Through a Text Messing Intervention Mentor: Sarah McBeth, MD, MPH

A study led by Aravind Cherukuri, MD, PhD, Renal-Electrolyte Division, validated the T1B IL10:TNFa ratio as a strong biomarker for subsequent renal allograft rejection. The data provides rationale for therapeutic intervention based on TNF blockade. #PittResearchDay2019 #MedEd

There was no statistically significant difference in the number of MRSA or VRE infections after a large health system discontinued its contact precautions for patients infected with either antibiotic-resistant pathogen. Elise Martin, MD, MS. #ResearchDay2019