The average American spends one hour every year face-to-face with a health care provider. That same American spends 104 hours every year face-to-screen watching a… Read more
Category: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Sally Wenzel Honored with Philanthropy Award From American Thoracic Society
Sally Wenzel, M.D., professor, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Pitt School of Medicine, and director of the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute… Read more
Experts Agree ‘Concussion is Treatable’ After Important Pittsburgh Meeting
A group of 37 concussion experts from around the United States gathered in Pittsburgh this week and agreed unanimously on an important message: Concussions are… Read more
Maroon on Crucible hike: Tougher than climbing Kilimanjaro
The same as his long walk up 19,000-foot Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa barely 15 months earlier, UPMC neurosurgeon Joseph Maroon, M.D., knew a 70-mile hike… Read more
UPMC Radiation Oncologists: Changing Standards of Care, Improving Costs for Cancer Patients
It is unusual for one academic institution to have more than a single article published simultaneously in a high-impact research journal, so even the authors… Read more