Pitt Pediatrics congratulates the many faculty, residents, and fellows that participated in the 2021 Rita M. Patel UPMC Graduate Medical Education Leadership Conference.
Held virtually February 17 and 18, Pitt Pediatrics-affiliated faculty and trainees comprised 38 percent of the poster abstract presentation session. In addition, Pediatrics faculty and trainees led two key featured workshops on gender equity, diversity, and professionalism in medicine.
We congratulate the following physicians for their workshop, "We Can All Be Allies: How to Promote Gender Equity and Diversity in Medicine:"
- Eleanor A. Sharp, MD, fellow in the Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital of Medicine (pictured right)
- Sylvia Choi, MD, FAAP, associate professor of pediatrics in the Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
- Traci Marie Kazmerski, MD, MS, assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
- Andrew A. McCormick, MD, FAAP, associate professor of pediatrics in the Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Also, we congratulate the following leaders of the "Professionalism: Drawing the Line" workshop, both co-directors of the Pediatric Residency Program at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh:
- Katherine Irene Watson, DO, FAAP, assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of General Academic Pediatrics (pictured second right)
- Andrew John Nowalk, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases
(Photo credits: UPMC Creative Services)