Michael Bertenthal, MD

Michael Bertenthal is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the Division of General Academic Pediatrics. He is a general pediatrician focusing on primary care. In addition, he is an attending physician in the newborn nursery at UPMC Magee-Women’s Hospital and does obesity management at the Everyday Wellness Clinic. 

Bertenthal earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Policy from the University of Michigan. After two years of public service experience as a teacher with Teach For America, Bertenthal earned a post-baccalaureate pre-medical certificate from Johns Hopkins University. He earned his Medical Degree from Loyola University Chicago and completed the Community and Global Health Honors Program. He completed Pediatric Residency at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital in the South Side of Chicago. There, he was selected to be a LUCENT Scholar, completing a leadership program in urban underserved primary care. 

Bertenthal is specifically interested in policies and programming that aim to improve the health and well-being of children and adolescents in urban neighborhoods. He is involved in the development and evaluation of school and community health programs throughout the greater Pittsburgh area. He organizes a clinic-based literacy program called Reach Out and Read. He works with medical students and resident physicians to develop community-based health programming. He also is interested in population and community approaches to obesity management.