UPMC released their list of Top Doctors for 2025
- We're proud to celebrate the faculty who made the list!
Amy Houtrow, Chloe Shearer and Gina McKernan
- Featured in JAMA and Washinton Post articles for the study “Health Care Cost Concerns and Hardships for Families of Children with Disabilities”
Amery Treble
- Promoted to Associate Professor
The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting 2025 took place:
- 2 Podium Presentations (1 case & 1 research)
- 2 Research Posters
- 3 Case Report Posters
- Residents Raj Banerjee and Andrew Nowak won scholarships
- Faculty taught 4 Ultrasound Education Sessions
- 7 Trainees Attended
Corina Bondi
- Featured in PittMed article "Model of Mentorship"
Jordyn Ting
- Postdoctoral fellow in PMR/RNEL (working with Elvira Pirondini) was awarded the Hunter Family Foundation TBI Translational Research Award
Elvira Pirondini along with Jordyn Ting and Dr. Gonzalez-Martinez
- Awarded a grant from The Beckwith Institute and one from the Pitt SPARK to continue testing DBS technology for speech and swallowing
News Media Highlights
- Dr. Gaunt's and Dr. Verbaarschot
- Brain-computer interface study showing that direct stimulation can improve artificial sense of touch was covered in top-tier national media
- This research was also covered locally and in industry publications:
- Dr. Collinger & Dr. Gaunt were on the Kidsburgh podcast:
- Dr. Houtrow's JAMA paper was covered in HealthDay:
- Dr. Rory Cooper was featured in WTAE's Marathon Special