Research
The Division’s major research foci include studies of comparative effectiveness and quality, women’s health, prevention, health care disparities, mental health services, cost-effectiveness, decision making, and substance abuse.
Education and Training
The Division’s main goal in education and training is to create a future generation of investigators and physician scientists who are well disciplined in their fields and who have a solid foundation on which to build their careers.
Clinical
Full-time faculty members of the Division of General Internal Medicine are the single largest group to admit patients to the general medicine service at UPMC Presbyterian/Montefiore Hospitals, and they are one of the largest groups to admit patients to UPMC Shadyside Hospital.
Department of Medicine faculty honored with Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards
Drs. Mehret Birru Talabi, Marie Norman, and Thuy Bui
were honored for their commitment to research, training,
and public service.
Dr. Jessica Merlin pens NEJM article focused on methadone and cancer treatment
The director of CHAMPP, Dr. Merlin and colleagues argue for health equity for people with opioid use disorder in a recent New England Journal of Medicine perspective.
DGIM’s Dr. Thuy Bui receives 2022 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award
The award honors a woman who exemplifies humanism and has advanced the well-being of underserved or vulnerable populations in healthcare through scholarship, advocacy, leadership, or work.
New research finds depressed patients were less likely to follow medical therapies following PCI
Drs. Jared Magnani, Bruce Rollman, Matthew Muldoon found that 10%-20% of individuals with depression were less likely to take their medicine after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Contact Us
Division of General Internal Medicine Academic Offices
UPMC Montefiore Hospital
Suite W933
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-692-4821
Patient/Clinical Inquiries
412-692-4888
Administrative Office
412-692-4889