Faculty

Photo Credit: Meredith Spada, MD Pitt Psychiatry consultation-liaison faculty and trainees made the most of the virtual Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry annual meeting late last month and presented 12 posters and six symposia, workshops, or oral papers. Awards and Honors Patrick Buckley, MD (PGY3), who presented a poster entitled “Integrating Payer and Provider Data to Identify Factors Associated with...

Last week, 300 attendees of the 2020 TransPride Pittsburgh Health and Wellness Conference, co-sponsored by UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH), viewed more than 50 virtual presentations on topics ranging from gender-affirming care, suicidality among transgender adolescents and supporting young people during gender diversity expression. We spoke with three members of the Department of Psychiatry to learn more...

Morgan Faeder, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry) and Sai Folmsbee, MD, PhD (PGY2 psychiatry resident) have been recognized by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPSOM) for outstanding dedication to medical education. The PittMed Professionalism Accolades, featuring medical student testimonials, were prominently posted in Scaife Hall, home to the Pitt School of Medicine: “Dr. Faeder gave...

Earlier this month, the most recent class of early-career clinician-educator faculty graduated from the Clinician-Educator Faculty Development Program (CEFDP), an intensive two-year Department of Psychiatry career development initiative. The CEFDP enhances the careers of clinician-educator faculty at the assistant professor level through facilitating mentor-mentee relationships, expanding academic skill sets...