We are pleased to announce University of Pittsburgh medical student, Wesley Ramirez, has been awarded a Longitudinal Research Project Certificate of Merit. Wesley was awarded this certificate for the project titled "Empagliflozin restores cardiac metabolic...

We are pleased to announce that University of Pittsburgh Undergraduate Alay Gandhi has been awarded a Summer 2021 Brackenridge Research Fellowship. The project funded by this fellowship is titled “Let’s Mend the Heart: Identification of a Potential Target for Cardiac...

Please join us in congratulating Linda Siminerio, RN, PhD, DCES for being honored with the American Diabetes Association’s 2021 Lois Jovanovic Transformative Woman in Diabetes Award! The Lois Jovanovic Transformative Woman in Diabetes Award recognizes a woman...

We are pleased to announce that the following endocrine physicians have been named 2021 Castle Connolly Top Doctors: Mary Korytkowski, MD; Mara Horwitz, MD; David Rometo, MD; Helena Levitt, MD; and Susan Greenspan, MD. Congratulations to all!

Please join us in congratulating Sandra Sobel, MD and Karen Selk, DO for passing the American Board of Obesity Medicine Exam. Obesity is the most prevalent chronic disease in our society. Yet, many physicians are not trained in how to manage it. The American Board of...

Please join us in congratulating Ruya Liu, MD, PhD for being promoted to Research Assistant Professor! Dr. Liu joined the Division in 2017 as an Instructor in Medicine. During her time at Pitt she has expanded her research through funding supported by the American...

Please join us in congratulating second year clinical fellow and T32 fellow, Nami Safai Haeri, MD, for being awarded an Endocrine Society Helmsley Charitable Trust Abstract Award in Type 1 Diabetes. This award was presented for the abstract titled “Paraneoplastic...

We are pleased to announce that Michael Jurczak, PhD has been awarded Generian Pharmaceuticals research support. The project supported by this funding is titled “GA200 and NAFLD”.

We are pleased to announce that Erin Kershaw, MD has been awarded a National Institute on Aging R01 grant in collaboration with Becca Levy, PhD and Nicola Hawley, PhD, from Yale University, and Ryan Mister, PhD from the Pitt Public Health. The grant is titled...

Please join us in congratulating James Buckreis, BSN, RN for being a UPMC’s Award for Commitment and Excellence in Service (ACES) awardee! Less than 1% of all UPMC staff are annually chosen for this award. Those chosen for the award exemplify UPMC’s five core values,...