Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Program Faculty
Faculty in the Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program include nationally known researchers and educators in the field and are from disciplines including General Internal Medicine, Pediatrics/Adolescent Medicine, Palliative Care and Pain Medicine, Psychiatry, and Obstetrics-Gynecology.
Program Leadership & Core Faculty
Julie Childers, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
Program Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship
childersjw2@upmc.edu
Elizabeth Krans, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Perinatal Track Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship
kransee@mail.magee.edu
Margaret Shang, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Adolescent and Young Adult Track Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship
shangm2@upmc.edu
Payel Roy, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine
Research Track Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship
payel.roy@pitt.edu
Ilana Hull, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine
hulli@upmc.edu
Julie A Kmiec, DO
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
kmiecj@upmc.edu
Jane M. Liebschutz, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
liebschutzjm@upmc.edu
For more information, please contact:
Tiffany Thomas
Addiction Medicine Program Coordinator
dixont2@upmc.edu
Additional Addiction Medicine Faculty
Department of Medicine / Division of General Internal Medicine
- Raagini Jawa, MD, MPH, FASAM; Center for Research on Health Care
- Paul Joudrey, MD, MPH; Center for Research on Health Care
- Diana Samberg, MD, MS
- Bryant Shuey, MD, MPH; Center for Research on Health Care
- Brent Thiel, MD; IM-REP Medical Director
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Services
Department of Psychiatry
- Jin Cheng, MD, CTAD, Pittsburgh VA Medical Center
- Tae Woo Park, MD, University of Pittsburgh
Department of Emergency Medicine / Division of Medical Toxicology
- Michael Abesamis, MD
- Michael Lynch, MD; Medical Director of Toxicology Telemedicine Bridge Clinic and Substance Use Disorder at the UPMC Health Plan
- Anthony Pizon, MD, FACMT; Chief of Division of Medical Toxicology
- Matthew Scanlon, MD
- Joshua Shulman, MD
- William Trautman, MD







