Just this past September, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine celebrated innovation and excellence among its faculty with its ninth annual Med Ed Day. Hosted by the Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators (ADME), this group recognizes and supports educational scholarship, and strives to advance education through professional development of faculty.
And Pitt Pediatrics is proud to announce that of the 24 newest members of the ADME across the entirety of the faculty in the School of Medicine, six come from our very own Department.
The six newest ADME faculty are Sylvia Choi, MD, FAAP, Amanda Brown, MD, MS, FAAP, Arjumand Ghazi, PhD, Brett McAninch, MD, FAAP, Kate Watson, DO, FAAP, and Louis Rapkin, MD.
Choi is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine and the Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs. She has dedicated herself as a clinician-educator to advancing the care of hospitalized children as well as providing robust learning opportunities for trainees and clinicians at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and the surrounding region. Specifically, Choi’s clinical interests include children with medical complexity and observation medicine. In addition to participating in national workshops on clinical education, Choi focuses her teaching on communications skills among resident, fellow, and faculty education.
Brown is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in both our Division of Hematology-Oncology and Division of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics. She is also the Pediatric Site Co-Director of the University of Pittsburgh Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, and the Program Director of the Supportive Care Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship at Children’s Hospital. Brown is passionate about teaching communication skills to healthcare providers and guiding first-year medical students through the importance of the physician-patient relationship.
Ghazi is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in Cell Biology and Physiology. She began her career studying Drosophila muscle development, and from there has begun focusing on the genetics of aging and longevity.
McAninch is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Emergency Medicine. Her areas of interest include medical training and the use of high fidelity simulation as well as diversity, inclusion and health equity in medicine.
Watson serves as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of General Academic Pediatrics. She also Co-Directs the pediatric residency training program at Children’s Hospital and leads the pediatric primary care education programs for residents. In addition to educational efforts, Watson has focused her academic work on addressing childhood obesity, especially in highest risk populations. In the clinic, she works with families to prevent and manage obesity by promoting breastfeeding, training residents to counsel effectively about health behaviors, and spearheading clinical food insecurity projects.
Rapkin is a Professor of Pediatrics, also in the Division of Hematology-Oncology. His clinical interests are focused on the treatment of rare tumors in pediatric oncology, primarily adult cancers (carcinomas) and soft tissue sarcomas. This nicely overlaps with his interest in Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) care. In addition to this, Rapkin has focused much of his career in medical student education.
Congrats to all of our faculty on this wonderful recognition. Please join us in celebrating this acclaim from the University of Pittsburgh.
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