A commonly ordered test to diagnose a specific type of kidney disease has very little evidence showing diagnostic value, according to a recent review of… Read more
Category: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
National Kidney Foundation Honors Pitt’s Paul Palevsky with Lazarus Distinguished Award
Dr. Paul Palevsky has been selected to receive the Dr. J. Michael Lazarus Distinguished Award from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) during the organization’s upcoming Spring… Read more
Students Partner with MedLife to Provide Care in Peru
The University of Pittsburgh’s Global Health Student Association recently traveled to Lima, Peru, on a week-long service trip. Pitt’s Global Health Student Association is composed… Read more
Match Day Delivers Exciting News to Pitt’s Future Doctors
Over 150 University of Pittsburgh medical students recently gathered in the lobby of the Petersen Event Center anxiously awaiting envelopes with letters inside stating where they would… Read more
Study: Benefits of Clot Removal in Acute Stroke Patients Sustained
A study co-led by neurologists at the UPMC Stroke Institute and Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, a teaching hospital of the Universitat Autònoma de… Read more