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Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Program
Information for Applicants
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Why Our Fellows Chose UPMC
Stephen Broughton, MD
Sae Jang, MD
Agnes Koczo, MD
Becky Lolley, MD
Jon Pollock, MD
Anum Saeed, MBBS
Daniel Shpilsky, MD
Daniel Wann, MD
Adil Yunis, MD
What Our Faculty Have to Say
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Diversity and Inclusion in Our Fellowship
List of D&I Initiatives in DOM (Aug 2020)
| INITIATIVE | IMPLEMENTED |
|---|---|
| DoM Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion Office established, Naudia Jonassaint, MD appointed Vice Chair, staff provided, financial resources appropriated ($200k) | January 2019 |
| BRIM (Bias Reduction in Internal Medicine) training resources appropriated ($400k) under the Vice Chair for Education (Dr. McNeil) in the DoMBRIM (Bias Reduction in Internal Medicine) training resources appropriated ($400k) under the Vice Chair for Education (Dr. McNeil) in the DoM | Spring 2019; training program scheduled to launch 2020 |
| Established SHAEC UP Committee in the DoM led by the VC of Faculty Affairs (Dr. Weisz) to address conscious and unconscious bias and harassment in the workplace | Summer 2017 |
| Recruited the first 3 female division chiefs in Endocrinology (Dr. Kershaw), General Internal Medicine (Dr. Liebschutz), and Pulmonary/Allergy/Critical Care (Dr. Morris) | Appointed chiefs in 2016, 2017, 2019 respectively |
| Established URM Leadership council. Composed of URM faculty across the department who advise the Chairman on how to improve diversity and inclusion across the department | Established 2015 |
| Administer Career Education and Enhancement for Health Care Research Diversity (CEED) program led by Dr. Esa Davis: icre.pitt.edu/ceed | Ongoing |
| Launched Diversity and Inclusion Website: diversity.dom.pitt.edu | April 2020 |
| Invested $1 million in Benign Heme focused on building sickle cell research programs (on top of earlier $3 million investment from VMI) | Fall 2018 |
| Established Conrad Smith, MD Endowment for Diversity and Inclusion Faculty Development | Summer 2020 |
| The DoM currently employs 26 URM assistant professors and has personalized mentorship programs The DoM currently employs 26 URM assistant professors and has personalized mentorship programs | Ongoing |
| Promotion and retention efforts underway to empower and foster promotion to Associate and full Professor | 2020 |
| Deliberate efforts to recruit new URM faculty. VC for D&I visited 4 Historically Black Colleges and Universities to do in-person recruitment | 2019-2020 |
| Appointed 5/9 Female Vice Chairs | 2015-2020 |
| Developed Comprehensive Compensation Analysis Tool that measures URM and gender inequities across faculty ranks | 2016-2020 |
| Established Staff Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee to develop and implement strategies to improve diversity and inclusion in the department’s staff environment | June 2020 |
UPMC GME Hospital Tour and Program Overview
Fellowship Program:
B-571.3 Scaife Hall
412-647-3429
Division of Cardiology Academic Offices
Scaife Hall, 5th Floor
3550 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-647-3429 | email
Heart and Vascular Institute (HVI)
For Patients: 1-855-UPMC-HVI (876-2484)
HeartAndVascular@upmc.edu | HVI website
UPMC Find A Doctor
For Physicians: 1-866-884-8579 | 412-692-2400
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