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Alyssa Ann Vigliotti, MD
- Clinical Instructor
Alyssa A. Vigliotti, MD, is a clinical instructor of pediatrics in the Division of General Academic Pediatrics at the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is also a General Academic Pediatrics fellow and is obtaining her master’s degree in medical education. Vigliotti received her Bachelor of Arts from New York University and her Doctor of Medicine from Penn State University College of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency and her chief residency at the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Vigliotti has previously conducted research regarding racial and class disparities, quality of life in the elderly, and medical education. She has also published several creative writing pieces regarding her experiences in medicine. Vigliotti’s current interests include primary care medical education and curriculum development. She also has a passion for the medical humanities, with a focus on patient-physician communication and narrative medicine.
Professional and Scientific Society Memberships
- American Academy of Pediatrics, 2018-Present
- Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2018-Present
- American Balint Society, 2021-Present
- Penn State Alumni Association, 2022-Present
- Association of Pediatric Program Directors, 2022-Present
Education & Training
- BA, Sociology, magna cum laude, New York University, 2014
- MD, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey PA, 2019
Selected Publications
Vigliotti AA. Lessons From the Delta. J Grad Med Educ; 15 (3): 296–298. 2023 June 1.
Vigliotti AA. I met you on a Monday. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Feb 9.
Vigliotti AA. The Gift of Sudoku. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. December 2021.
Meka, Jennifer, Vigliotti, Alyssa. “Should Crowdsourced Unvetted Content on Wikipedia Be Used in Health Sciences Teaching and Learning?”. AMA Journal of Ethics. Nov 2018; 20(11):E1033-1040.
Vigliotti, AA, Chinchilli, VM, & George, DR. “Evaluating the Benefits of the TimeSlips Creative Storytelling Program for Persons With Varying Degrees of Dementia Severity.” American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias®, Oct. 2018; 34(3), 163-170.
Vigliotti, Alyssa A. “Memories of a Fuzzy Sweater.” Medical Humanities: The Living Hand, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 11 May 2018.
Vigliotti, Alyssa A, Chinchilli, Vernon M, George, Daniel R. “Enhancing Quality of Life and Caregiver Interactions for Persons with Dementia Using TimeSlips Group Storytelling: A 6-Month Longitudinal Study.” The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol. 26, no. 4, Apr. 2018, pp. 507–508.
Shaikh N, Shope TR, Hoberman A, Vigliotti A, Kurs-Lasky M, Martin JM. “Association Between Uropathogen and Pyuria.” Pediatrics, vol 238, no. 1, July 2016, pp. 19.
Vigliotti, Alyssa A. "Racial and Class Disparities in the Health Outcomes of Young Teenage Women." Inquiry: A Journal of Undergraduate Research XVIII. New York University. 2014.
Research Grants
- Medical Education
- Primary care
- Medical Humanities