Tony R. Tarchichi, MD

Tony Tarchichi is a hospitalist in the Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. He is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh. He created and hosts the PHM from Pittsburgh podcast which started in October 2016 and covers relevant educational topics in PHM. He helped start and served as the inaugural Director of the PHM Fellowship at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Tarchichi attended Rutgers New Jersey Medical School where he also completed a combined Medicine-Pediatrics residency. He was chief resident in the Med-Peds program during his 4th year and was the Pediatric Chief Resident the following year. Afterward, he worked in a small community hospital in New Jersey as a Med-Peds hospitalist before moving to Pittsburgh in 2013. His research interests include how newer media, such as podcasts, affect learning patterns of physicians.

He is board certified in Pediatric Hospital Medicine and has had national leadership positions with the American Academy of Pediatrics. 

Professional and Scientific Society Memberships

• Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2006-Present
• American Academy of Pediatrics, 2007-Present
• International Society for Study of Vascular Anomalies, 2017-Present
• Pediatric Health Information Systems Plus Collaborative, 2017-Present
• Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings Network, 2017-Present