Twenty-eight Department Surgeons Recognized in Pittsburgh Magazine’s 2018 “Best Doctors” List
The University of Pittsburgh paid tribute to the outstanding achievements of its faculty and students during their 42nd annual Honors Convocation on Friday, February 23, 2018 at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Music Hall in Oakland.
Congratulations to our following doctors and advanced practice providers who made UPMC’s Fiscal Year 2017 Excellence in Patient Experience, Physician and Medical Staff Honor Roll. This annual award is given to providers with at least 10 survey responses who consistently achieve a 9-10 rating in the “Rate provider” domain on Press Ganey’s Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CGCAHPS) survey. This survey measures patients’ perceptions of care delivered by providers in an office setting.
Congratulations to our following faculty members who recently received research funding:
Congratulations to Richard L. Simmons, MD, who received the 2017 American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) Pioneer Award, the most distinguished award bestowed upon an individual by the ASTS for a significant contribution to the field of transplantation.
The University of Pittsburgh paid tribute to the outstanding achievements of its faculty and students during their 41st annual Honors Convocation on Saturday, February 24, 2017 at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Music Hall.
Congratulations to Drs. Abhinav Humar, Stefan Scholtz, and Atilla Soran, whose publications were included in the annual University Times “Books, Journals, and More” feature section (Volume 49, Issue 15, March 30, 2017). The following works published in 2016 were highlighted: