Community Engagement

The UPMC ENABLED employee resource group partnered with other UPMC groups to participate in Disability Mentoring Day at UPMC Mercy on October 18th.

Our Shadyside CRNAs Jessica E. Kridler, MSN, CRNA, and Rachel Hicks, MSN, CRNA, gave presentations and led demonstrations for students to practice intubation and bag mask ventilation techniques on training mannequins.

The ASA Mentoring Grant program provides funding to mentor/mentee pairs who submit a project that addresses the goals of the ASA Committee on Professional Diversity.

Andrea Ibarra, MD, MS, was selected as one of 25 faculty members from departments and schools across the University of Pittsburgh as a Race and Social Determinants of Equity, Health and Well-Being Scholar.

Andrea J. Ibarra, MD, MS, was selected to join the inaugural cohort of the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Program with a two-year award in recognition of her outstanding professional achievements and promise as a community-oriented clinical researcher.

The University’s recognition is a reflection of our department and our T32 program’s commitment and contribution to the university’s diversity efforts.

Pittsburgh has a rich history of physicians, nurses, researchers, and other medical professionals who broke through racial barriers to become the first Black clinicians and scientists to work in medicine in the city and pave the way for social change.

One of Dr. Safar’s lesser-known accomplishments is his role in establishing Pittsburgh’s Freedom House Enterprise Ambulance Service.

For Nashaat Rizk, MD, who was born in Port Said, Egypt, the journey towards becoming an anesthesiologist specializing in pain medicine has been filled with many surprises.

Karen Boretsky, MD, has served on dozens of medical missions to some of the poorest countries in the world.