Division of
General Internal Medicine
Research
The Division’s major research foci include studies of comparative effectiveness and quality, women’s health, prevention, health care disparities, mental health services, cost-effectiveness, decision making, and substance abuse.
Education and Training
The Division’s main goal in education and training is to create a future generation of investigators and physician scientists who are well disciplined in their fields and who have a solid foundation on which to build their careers.
Clinical
Full-time faculty members of the Division of General Internal Medicine are the single largest group to admit patients to the general medicine service at UPMC Presbyterian/Montefiore Hospitals, and they are one of the largest groups to admit patients to UPMC Shadyside Hospital.
Harnessing the power of AI to identify people at risk of opioid misuse and overdose
Walid Gellad, MD, MPH, is teaming up with Allegheny County officials and national health care databanks to better identify at-risk individuals for opioid overdose using machine learning.
CHERP’s Michael Fine: 2018 HSR&D Outstanding Mentor
Michael Fine, MD, MSc, has been awarded the 2018 VA HSR&D Daniel Deykin Award for Outstanding Mentor. Fine is a Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, as well as a cofounder and director of the VA’s Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion...
A Mobile App to Help Patients Better Describe Their Pain
Team Led by Internal Medicine’s Charles Jonassaint, PhD, MHSc, Creates “Painimation”
Jane Schell, MD, wins Hasting Center/Cuniff-Dixon Foundation Early Career Award
Jane Schell, MD, was awarded the Hasting Center/Cunniff-Dixon Foundation Early Career Award for her dedication to improving the care of seriously ill patients with kidney disease.
Contact Us
Division of General Internal Medicine Academic Offices
UPMC Montefiore Hospital
Suite W933
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-692-4821
Patient/clinical inquires
412-692-4888
Administrative office
412-692-4889