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photo Michael Jonah Fine, MD, MSc

General Internal Medicine

Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Director, VA HSR&D Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP)

Email: finemj@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-360-2206
Contact
Office: VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), University Drive (151C), Building 30, Suite 2A140
Pittsburgh, PA 15240
 
Phone: 412-360-2206
Fax: 412-360-2285
E-mail: finemj@upmc.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Antoinette Marie Klein
Address: VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), University Drive (151C), Building 30
Pittsburgh, PA 15240
Email: kleinam@upmc.edu
Phone: 412-360-2206
Fax: 412-360-2285
Education and Training
Education
BA, Anthropology, Dartmouth College, 1979
MD, Hahnemann Medical School, 1983
MSc, Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 1989
Training
Internship in Internal Medicine, UPMC Presbyterian, 1985
Chief Medical Resident in Internal Medicine, UPMC Presbyterian, 1986
Fellowship for Faculty Development in General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1987
Research Interest
Dr. Michael Fine is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Clinical and Translational Research, and Behavioral and Community Health at the University of Pittsburgh, and Director of the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. Dr. Fine’s overarching research program has focused on ways to improve the quality and equity of medical care for patients with common medical problems. His research has employed retrospective and prospective cohort designs, with extensive emphasis on patient-centered outcomes. He has also designed and directed large-scale cluster - randomized trials to test the effectiveness and safety of medical practice guidelines to improve the quality and efficiency of care for patients with common medical illnesses. Dr. Fine has published over 300 original scientific manuscripts and peer-review articles and commentaries.
Educational Interest
Dr. Fine's central educational focus involves research education and mentorship for clinical research. He has taught courses on mentoring, medical writing and peer-review, and grant writing within the Institute for Clinical Education (ICRE).

Dr. Fine has mentored over 70 trainees and junior faculty, and many of these individuals currently hold leadership positions in academic medicine. His skill in training the next generation of clinician-investigators was recognized with a distinguished mentoring award from the Institute for Clinical Research Education at the University of Pittsburgh in 2016 and the Daniel Deykin Award for Outstanding Mentor of the Year from the VA Health Services Research and Development in 2019.
Publications
For my complete bibliography, Click Here.
Selected Publications:
Metlay, J. P., Waterer, G. W., Long, A. C., Anzueto, A., Brozek, J., Crothers, K., Cooley, L. A., Dean, N. C., Fine, M. J., Flanders, S. A., Griffin, M. R., Metersky, M. L., Musher, D. M., Restrepo, M. I., Whitney, C. G. Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019; 200(7): e45-e67.
Essien, U. R., Kim, N., Hausmann, L. R. M., Mor, M. K., Good, C. B., Magnani, J. W., Litam, T. M. A., Gellad, W. F., Fine, M. J. Disparities in Anticoagulant Therapy Initiation for Incident Atrial Fibrillation by Race/Ethnicity Among Patients in the Veterans Health Administration System. JAMA Netw Open. 2021; 4(7): e2114234.
Radomski, T. R., Decker, A., Khodyakov, D., Thorpe, C. T., Hanlon, J. T., Roberts, M. S., Fine, M. J., Gellad, W. F. Development of a Metric to Detect and Decrease Low-Value Prescribing in Older Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2022; 5(2): e2148599.
Barlas, R. S., Clark, A. B., Loke, Y. K., Kwok, C. S., Angus, D. C., Uranga, A., España, P. P., Eurich, D. T., Huang, D. T., Man, S. Y., Rainer, T. H., Yealy, D. M., Myint, P. K., Mor, M. K., Fine, M. J. Comparison of the prognostic performance of the CURB-65 and a modified version of the pneumonia severity index designed to identify high-risk patients using the International Community-Acquired Pneumonia Collaboration Cohort. Respir Med. 2022; 200: 106884.
Sponsored Research/Activities
Title: Leading Emerging and Diverse Scientists to Success (LEADS)
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: National Institute of General Medical Science
Grant Number: R25 GM116740
Start Year: 2015
End Year: 2020
Title: Leading Emerging and Diverse Scientists to Success (LEADS)
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: National Institute of General Medical Science
Grant Number: R25 GM116740
Start Year: 2015
End Year: 2020
Title: UCSF Research in Implementation Sciences for Equity (RISE 2)
Role: Mentor
Funding Agency: University of California - San Francisco / National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute
Grant Number: R25 HL126146
Start Year: 2019
End Year: 2020
Notable Achievements
Elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation, 1999
Elected to the Association of American Physicians, 2009
John M. Eisenberg National Award for Career Achievement in Research Presented by the Society of General Internal Medicine, 2011
Daniel Deykin Award for Outstanding Mentor, US Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development, 2019

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