Department

It’s time to register for the Department of Psychiatry Annual Research Day, which will take place on Thursday, June 9, 2022 on the Pitt Oakland campus. This full-day event provides an excellent opportunity for attendees to meet investigators, learn more about their work, and share their expertise and interests with other members of the research community. The morning poster session will take place at Soldiers &...

The Department of Psychiatry is thrilled to congratulate Jim Jedlicka (Lead PC Consultant), who has received a 2021 UPMC ACES award for his outstanding work in the Office of Academic Computing (OAC) at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. The prestigious ACES award, received by fewer than 1% of UPMC staff annually, honors individuals who regularly go above and beyond. Jim has been working for PC Support in the OAC...

We are delighted to honor Lori Zippay (Department of Psychiatry Academic Administrator), as she celebrates her thirty-year career anniversary at UPMC. So thoroughly entrenched in the Department, many longtime faculty members still refer to Lori using her maiden name, although she has been married for more than 20 years. By the same token, Lori can sometimes be heard to remark about a senior member of the faculty,...

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce that nine University of Pittsburgh medical students have matched into highly ranked psychiatry programs nationwide: Ololade Adebiyi (University of California San Francisco) Dominique Bertolini (Emory University School of Medicine) Gregory Gorraiz (University of Southern California) Tinsley Grimes Webster (Case Western/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center)...

On March 24, 2022, Pitt Psychiatry clinician-educator faculty and UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital residents and fellows gathered virtually for the Department’s 10th Annual Clinician-Educator Showcase. Department Chair David Lewis, MD, joked that given the hope for a return to in-person events, “ next year we will hold a second 10th Showcase!” The Clinician-Educator Showcase is an annual opportunity for clinician...

The Department of Psychiatry is delighted to announce results of the 2022 Residency Match for the General Psychiatry, Child, Triple Board, and Family Medicine/Psychiatry tracks. “Every year we are excited and proud to welcome a new group of doctors into our work family and the training programs at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. We really want to thank everyone who has helped us to create and maintain this...