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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Shelly Kucherer, MD, Honored by Pittsburgh Psychiatric Society

Congratulations to Shelly Kucherer, MD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry), who has received the Pittsburgh Psychiatric Society 2021 Early Career Psychiatrist Award!

Dr. Kucherer joined the Pitt Psychiatry faculty in 2019, having completed her psychiatry residency training and a consultation-liaison psychiatry fellowship at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. She is currently Associate Medical Director, Center for Autism and Developmental Disorders (CADD) Adult Outpatient Clinic. She additionally cares for patients as a consultation-liaison psychiatry provider, primarily at UPMC Presbyterian and UPMC Montefiore, as well as at UPMC Magee-Women's Hospital, UPMC St. Margaret, UPMC Passavant, UPMC East, and UPMC Shadyside. Dr. Kucherer also provides telepsychiatry visits to inpatients at community hospitals.

“Dr. Kucherer is an excellent clinician who provides outstanding behavioral health care at CADD and through our consultation-liaison psychiatry services,” said David Lewis, MD (Chair, Department of Psychiatry). “She is certainly a rising star in our Department.”

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Kucherer!