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photo Gaetan Sgro, MD

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Email: Gaetan.sgro@va.gov

Phone: 412-360-1706
Contact
Office: VAPHS University Drive C
Room 11W-128
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-360-1706
Fax:
E-mail: Gaetan.sgro@va.gov
Education and Training
Education
BA, English Language & Literature, The College of William and Mary in Virginia, 2004
MD, Jefferson Medical College, 2009
Training
Internal Medicine Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2012
Chief Medical Resident, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2013
Research Interest
Dr. Sgro’s research focuses on the beneficial impacts of storytelling on doctors and patients.
Clinical Interest
Dr. Sgro's clinical interests are in hospital medicine, abdominal paracentesis, and patient-centered life story work.
Educational Interest
Dr. Sgro's educational interests are in the medical humanities, clinical skills development, and professional identity formation for physicians.
Publications
For my complete bibliography, Click Here.
Selected Publications:
Sgro, G. Bring Yourself to Work. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2018; 10(2): 230-231.
Sgro, G. A Physician’s Grammar. Ann Intern Med. 2018; 169(3): 196.
Sgro, G. The Problem With Oxygen. Ann Intern Med. 2019; 170(11): 812.
Sgro, G. Earthed Lightning: A Prescription for Poetry in Practice and Teaching. Academic Medicine. 2021; 96(8): 1105-1107.
Notable Achievements
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Faculty Award, Arnold P. Gold Foundation & University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2017
Outstanding Teaching Attending Award, 2018
John Derrickson Early Career Physician Service Award, 2019
Golden Apple Award for Teaching and Mentorship, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2019
Outstanding Physician of the Year Award, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, 2021
Carl R. Fuhrman Clinical Educator of the Year Award, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2022
Medical Student Research Mentoring Merit Award, 2023

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