I have been asked to publish this letter that I think speaks for itself. I will be publishing Q&A’s with some of the employees leading this effort to protect trans youth. I asked them the same questions. The differences in their answers may offer some insight into the tactics UPMC is using to sacrifice trans youth to curry political favor. Check out this WESA story for context.
Look for those Q&A’s over the next few days to read what UPMC leadership is telling their employees and – most importantly – what those employees and staff members are saying to the trans community. I will update the signature names as I can. ~ Sue
Full disclosure: I, personally, have filed a federal lawsuit against UPMC (and Allegheny County) for violations of my civil rights under the Mental Health Procedures Act of Pennsylvania. That case is currently in the District Court of Appeals.
Dear Leslie C. Davis, Donald Yealy, Mark Tamburri, Diane Hupp, and the Board of Directors of UPMC Children’s Hospital,
We, UPMC providers and staff members, are urgently writing in response to your decision to end gender-affirming healthcare (puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery) for youth and adults under 19 years of age. This devastating action will irreversibly alter the lives of hundreds of UPMC patients and their families. Without immediate action to reverse this policy UPMC will put many trans youth and young adults at significantly heightened risk of suicide, depression, gender dysphoria, psychosis, harassment, and violence.
This medically necessary healthcare is supported by decades of scientific, peer-reviewed, evidence-based research, and every major medical and behavioral health organization in the United States. Taking away medication that has been safely used for decades will force our patients who are on puberty blockers and who have never experienced gender dysphoria to be transitioned to a gender that is not their own. Teenagers who are denied hormone therapy will be forced to endure incongruent puberty. Knowing these potential harms, many families of trans youth and adults will seek non-medically guided treatment to avoid forced detransition.
As we understand it, prescribing providers have started tapering trans youth and adults under 19 years of age off of their puberty blockers and/or hormone therapy with a plan to stop care within 3-6 months. There will be no new prescriptions following June 30, 2025. Despite how this action violates our codes of ethics and could be grounds for malpractice, UPMC has mandated that those of us who choose to stand with our trans clients and continue to provide them with medically necessary healthcare will no longer be legally protected by UPMC for these actions. Providers have also been directed by UPMC to not provide referrals to gender-affirming care to our trans clients under 19 years of age, leaving our clients without both critical healthcare and guidance from their providers.
We understand that the Executive Order 14187, dated January 28, 2025, and the Attorney General’s April 22, 2025 internal memorandum made threats to impact UPMC’s federal funding and threaten staff with litigation and loss of license if UPMC does not comply with the demand to end this critical healthcare for trans people under 19 years of age. These directives are aimed at terrorizing medical institutions and providers, but they do not change any existing laws. Gender affirming care is legal in Pennsylvania! Our political structure is built with checks and balances. The Executive branch does not have the power to remove funding without Congress’ approval nor the power to overwrite our laws. A federal district court successfully issued a temporary restraining order blocking full enforcement of this Executive Order. The Pennsylvania Human Relations Act prohibits discrimination, including in healthcare, based on someone’s sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and transgender identity. Pittsburgh Ordinance No. 1843 protects gender-affirming care in Pittsburgh by decriminalizing it if banned nationwide, and Ordinance No. 1842 protects providers, patients, and guardians involved in gender-affirming healthcare from criminal or civil investigation or prosecution.
We also know that UPMC has an internal and external legal team, a recent history of spending $38 million in a False Claims Act Settlement (the same act that the Attorney General threatens to utilize to “pursue investigations” against providers and institutions) and an operating revenue
of $28 billion, plus $23 billion in assets as of 2023. UPMC has the power to fight back against unfounded and unconstitutional rhetoric. UPMC must resist the urge to pre-emptively give in to the Trump administration’s fear mongering and scapegoating of our most vulnerable peoples. Now is the time to stand firm in science, medicine, ethics, and values of care and justice.
As we stand with our patients, we are enraged. We will not violate our ethics or our oaths to do no harm. We will not stand by or be complicit in this atrocious attempt to eliminate transgender people from society. We are not powerless, and neither are you!
We ask UPMC to use its immense resources to fully protect us as providers and our clients instead of preemptively complying with threats from the White House that are decidedly not laws. The lives, health, and wellbeing of our clients and the safety of our providers depend on your choice.
Sincerely,
427 UPMC staff and counting as of publication.
- Katherine Anderson, LSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Services for Teens at Risk
- Jess Cox, LSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Bellefield Adult Intensive Outpatient Program, UPMC Bellefield Outpatient Clinic
- Kailey Andrew, LSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Services for Teens at Risk
- Ashlinn Sweeney, Medical Assistant, UPMC Shadyside Family Health Center
- Hannah Davy, LPC, Behavioral Health Therapist II, UPMC Services for Teens at Risk
- Salena Binnig, LCSW, Behavioral Health Therapist III, UPMC Services for Teens at Risk
- Emma Win, LSW, Research Associate Senior, UPMC Bellefield Towers
- Morgan Rose, BS, Research Associate, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Kelly McCall, LPC, Behavioral Health Therapist II, UPMC Bellefield Outpatient Clinic
- Anastasia Rodia, LSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Bellefield Adult Intensive Outpatient Program
- Jamie Harris, LCSW, Behavioral Health Therapist III, UPMC Bellefield Adult Intensive Outpatient Program
- Olivia Mincone, RN BSN, Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Services for Teens at Risk, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Mackenzie Osborn, LPC, Behavioral Health Therapist II, UPMC Services for Teens at Risk Laura Nolen, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Chris Ward, LCSW, Senior Social Worker, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Emily Kennedy, LSW, Family Based Clinician II, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Anna McKenna, MSW, Family Based Clinician II, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital’s Family Based Program
- Layne Filio, LPC, Behavioral Health Therapist III, UPMC Bellefield Towers Hannah Gauntner, SAP Liaison, UPMC Mon Yough
- Chloe Patz, BA, Milieu Therapist I, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Madison Riley, BS, Family Based Clinician I, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Sloan Baker, Imaging Support Specialist, UPMC Passavant
- Stevie Gorsuch, LCSW, Behavioral Health Therapist II, UPMC Bellefield Outpatient Clinic
- Chantelle Friend, MSW, LCSW, Behavioral Health Therapist II, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Stacey Edick, DMSc, PA-C, Physician Assistant, UPMC Presbyterian
- Leah Siebold, MD, Physician, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Conrad Nilsen, MPH, Research Coordinator, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Gabriel Cisneros, MD, Physician, UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics
- Macaiah Thaxton, MSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Child & Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program & Intensive Outpatient Program Southside
- Rylan Goldberg, MSW, LSW, Mental Health Worker Associate, UPMC Southside Partial Hospitalization Program & Intensive Outpatient Program
- Amanda Bell, Child Activity Coordinator II, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Madison Krivda, MS, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Bellefield Towers Bianca Coulter, Care Attendant, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Jessica Merlin, MD, PhD, Physician, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Montefiore, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Steven Allen, MD, Physician, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Cait Carpico, LPC, Behavioral Health Therapist II, UPMC Bellefield Adult Outpatient Clinic
- Gina DiLuzio, MS, Graduate Student Therapist, UPMC Kaufmann Building, Bellefield Towers
- Jessica Weber, BS, Research Assistant, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Jacky Thomas, BS, Research Specialist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Amitha Halthore, Medical Student, UPMC
- Priyanka Amin, MD, Psychiatrist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Jordan Bream, MSCP, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Bellefield Adult Intensive Outpatient Program
- Tylar Schmitt, BA, Research Coordinator, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Josh McGee, LSW, Family Based Clinician II, UPMC Western Behavioral Health Family Based Services
- Valerie Gobao, MD, Physician, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Montefiore
- Jillian Kyle, MD, Physician, UPMC Shadyside
- Alda Maria Gonzaga, MD, Physician, UPMC Montefiore
- Karlyn Edwards, PhD, Assistant Professor, UPMC Western Wellness Program
- Ghady Haidar, MD, Physician, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Shadyside
- Kristen Ehrenberger, MD, PhD, Physician, UPMC Montefiore
- Sarah Atwood, LCSW, Senior Social Worker, UPMC Community Medicine Incorporated Marissa Vestal, LSW, Social Worker, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Makayla Moyer, LSW, Research Associate, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Bellefield Towers
- Michelle Kent, RN, Expert Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Mercy
- Jennifer Trout, RN, Expert Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Mercy
- Traci Kennedy, PhD, Faculty Research Psychologist, UPMC Western Behavioral Health
- Katherine Melson, RN, Nurse Clinical Case Manager, UPMC Health Plan
- Shana Zucker, MD, Fee-Basis Physician, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Montefiore
- Ava Quinn, MS, Mental Health Worker Associate, UPMC Southside Partial Hospitalization Program & Intensive Outpatient Program
- Alyssa Quiray, LCSW, Social worker, UPMC St. Margaret Family Health Center
- Mary Carroll, RN, BSN, IBCLC, Lactation Consultant, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Heather Spicuzza, Patient Care Technician Specialist, UPMC Mercy
- Adrienne Andrews, RN, BSN, Expert Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Margaret Mass, MD, Family Medicine Resident Physician III, UPMC Shadyside
- Mary Reinsburrow, MSW, Family Based Clinician II, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Julie Seidman, LSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Bellefield Outpatient Clinic
- Kim Nettke, B.S., Research Project Assistant, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Casey Monteverde, MSCP, Research Clinician, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Jenna Murray, CRNP, Nurse Practitioner, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Ashlie Gariepy, MSCP, LAPC, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Bellefield Adult Intensive Outpatient Program
- Dana Taylor, CCMA, Senior Medical Assistant, UPMC Montefiore
- JoAnn Pantages, RN, Registered Nurse, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital Francesca Tadeo, PsychCare+ Clinician, UPMC PsychCare+
- Dev Hayostek, MSW, LSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Noah Lessner, LAPC, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Bellefield Adult Intensive Outpatient Program, UPMC Bellefield Outpatient Clinic
- Elyse Watson, MD, Psychiatrist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Erin Capets, RN, Registered Nurse, UPMC Mercy
- Lindsay Keebler, MSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Bellefield Adult Intensive Outpatient Program
- Emily Manno, RN, Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Kim Corey, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Maddie Hanley, RN, Registered Nurse, UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics Andrew J Klein, MD, Physician, UPMC Montefiore
- Hannah Doty, MS, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Lindsay Nakaishi, MD, MPH, DipABLM, FAAFP, Medical Director, Residency Faculty, Physician, UPMC St. Margaret
- Joanna Gould, LCSW, Behavioral Health Therapist III, UPMC Bellefield Adult Intensive Outpatient Program & Partial Hospitalization Program
- Scott Maniglia, PA-C, Physician Assistant, UPMC Mercy
- Amanda Heukeshoven BSN, RN, Registered Nurse, UPMC Mercy
- Rachel Schreiber, RN, Psychiatric Staff Nurse, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Julia Ruggieri, RN, Psychiatric Staff Nurse, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Morgan Faeder, MD, PhD, Physician, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Mary Herbert, MPH, Clinical Director, UPMC Mercy
- Nikki Orkoskey, MA, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Margaret Shang, MD, MS, Physician, UPMC Turtle Creek Primary Care Center
- Allysa DeMarco RN, BSN, Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Christine Kalinik, LCSW, Behavioral Health Therapist III, UPMC Magee Behavioral Health
- Yvonne Mowery, MD, PhD, Physician/Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
- Parul Barry, MD, Physician, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Em Ketterer, MD, Physician, UPMC St. Margaret
- Katie O’Connor, MA, LPC, ATR-BC, CCLS, Creative and Expressive Arts Therapist III, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Gabriella Humphrey, ATR-P, Creative and Expressive Arts Therapist I, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Kelsey Bero, LPC, NCC, Behavioral Health Therapist III, UPMC Services for Teens at Risk
- Chloe Glumac, Clinical Research Assistant, UPMC Presbyterian
- Lynnea Mayorga, B.S., Research Project Assistant, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Susan Wassick, RN, Nurse Coordinator II, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Anna Buttgereit, LCSW, Behavioral Health Therapist II, UPMC Bellefield Adult Intensive Outpatient Program
- Stephanie Corey, RN, Senior Professional Staff Nurse II, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Robert Tessier, MD, MPH, Psychiatrist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Christa McClusky, MSW, LCSW, Senior Social Worker, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Alex Feldman, LSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Bellefield Adult Intensive Outpatient Program, UPMC Bellefield Outpatient Clinic
- Rachel Borup, LCSW, Behavioral Health Therapist III, UPMC Bellefield Adult Outpatient Clinic
- Alex Israel, MD, Psychiatrist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Cristina McCarthy, RN, BSN, Senior Professional Staff Nurse II, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Nate Kralik, DO, MPH, Physician, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Daniel Weiner MD, Physician, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Piper Carroll, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Sarah Pedersen, PhD, LP, Associate Professor, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Andrea Weinstein, PhD, Clinical Neuropsychologist, Faculty Research Assistant Professor, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Mary Woody, PhD, Psychologist, IACP UPMC Western Behavioral Health
- Kylie Fischer, RN, BSN, PMH-BC, Registered Nurse, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Claire Kelly, BSN, RN, CPN, Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics
- Stephanie Fletcher, BS, Milieu Therapist III, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Anna-Binney McCague, MD, Physician, UPMC Primary Care Turtle Creek, UPMC Montefiore
- Avery Baxter, BS, Crisis Clinician, UPMC Resolve Crisis Network
- Ethan Silverman, MD, Physician, UPMC Shadyside, UPMC Presbyterian
- Barbara Spell, RN, Discharge Plan Manager, UPMC Mercy
- Christiane Hadi, MD, MPH, MSc, Physician, UPMC Presbyterian
- Jason Park, MD, Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Medicine Fellow, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Montefiore
- Phuong Mai, MD, MS, Medical Director, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Elizabeth Schwartz, RN, Senior Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Birmingham Clinic
- Sydney Phillips, BSN, RN, Registered Nurse, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Madison Stellfox, MD, PhD, Physician Scientist, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Montefiore, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Kim Ziegler, MS.Ed, SAP Liaison II, UPMC Western Behavioral Health at Mon Yough
- Ken Ho, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Montefiore
- Claire Steiner, DNP, CRNP, FNP-BC, Senior Nurse Practitioner, UMPC Greater Pittsburgh OB/GYN
- Amanda Grove, LCSW, Behavioral Health Therapist II, UPMC Bellefield Adult Intensive Outpatient Program
- Alyssa Lisle, LCSW, ACM, Senior Discharge Plan Manager, UPMC Mercy
- Eloho Ufomata, MD, Physician, UPMC Montefiore
- Megan Matthews, MSCP, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Wexford Adult Intensive Outpatient Program
- Chloe Santa Maria, Physician, UPMC Mercy
- Thuy Bui, MD, Physician, UPMC Presbyterian
- Brianna Williams MS, LPC, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC WBH Center for Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Services
- Michele Hop, LSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Western Behavioral Health
- Halee Victoria Stroup, LPC, Behavioral Health Therapist II, UPMC WBH Center for Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Services
- Alexis Winter, MS, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC WBH Center for Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Services
- Sarah Glenn, Graduate Medical Education Coordinator, UPMC Presbyterian
- Quincy Schlosser, Patient Care Technician Specialist, UPMC Montefiore
- Genna Barr, HS-BCP, Behavioral Health Navigator II, UPMC Wellsboro
- Karin Byers, MD, MS, Physician, UPMC Presbyterian
- Rebecca Haddad, PA, Physician Assistant Endovascular ID, UPMC Presbyterian
- Mary Ann Brown, MSL, Data Clerk II, UPMC Division of Infectious Diseases
- Mary Herbert, MPH, MS, Clinical Director, UPMC Mercy
- Peter Veldkamp, MD, MSc, Physician, UPMC Presbyterian
- Dana Duncombe, LCSW, Senior Social Worker, UPMC St. Margaret Family Health Centers
- Anika Binner, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Flann Waugh, CPT, Certified Pharmacy Technician, UPMC Presbyterian
- Andrea Smith, LPC, Behavioral Health Therapist II, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Tresa Rollison, LCSW, Director of Outpatient Behavioral Science, UPMC St Margaret Family Medicine Residency Program
- Gwen Harcar, LCSW, Senior Clinical Social Worker, UPMC Children’s Hospital Alicia Rizzo, MD, PhD, Physician, UPMC Presbyterian
- Nicole Steele, MS, MT-BC, Creative and Expressive Arts Therapist III, Music Therapist, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Gretchen Shelesky, MD, MS, FAAFP, Physician, UPMC St. Margaret Bloomfield-Garfield Family Health Center
- Victoria Jewell-Mahler, MD, FAAP, Pediatrician, UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics
- Lauryn Rozum, MS, CCLS, Child Life Specialist II, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Ruth Silverman, MD, Pediatrician, UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics
- Cara McAnaney, MD, Physician, UPMC Presbyterian
- Michelle Bingert, LCSW, Behavioral Health Therapist II, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Maria C Garcia, LSW, Palliative Care Social Worker, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Passavant
- Mack Dunavant, Pharmacy Technician, UPMC Passavant
- Diana Novak, Manager, Product Administration, UPMC Health Plan
- Andrea Carlo Anglero, MD, Physician, UPMC Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Geneviève Donahey, MD, Pediatric Fellow Physician, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Brittany Bennington, LPC, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Megan Holland, LPC, Behavioral Health Therapist II, UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics
- Alex Bieger, LPC, Behavioral Health Therapist II, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Sarah Noll, MSN, RN, Outpatient Nurse Coordinator, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Orit Greenberg, MS, CCC-SLP, Speech Language Pathologist, UPMC Mercy
- Shay Chapman, LSW, Discharge Plan Manager, Inpatient Social Worker, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Stephanie Maximous, MD, MS, Physician, UPMC Presbyterian
- Tanya Nikiforova, MD, MS, Physician, UPMC Montefiore, UPMC Presbyterian Jordan Pearson, BSN, RN, Registered Nurse, UPMC Shadyside
- Gianna Leonard, CpHt, Certified Pharmacy Intern, UPMC Passavant
- Lucas Perez, BSN, RN, Staff Nurse, UPMC Mckeesport
- Alexandra Beschorner, OTR/L, CNS, Occupational Therapist, UPMC Rehabilitation Institute: Hand Therapy Clinic
- Julie Welles, RN, Expert Professional Staff Nurse, Withdrawal Management, UPMC Mercy Nicole Grimes, BSN, RN, Expert Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Mercy
- Christina Gipperich, RN, Expert Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Mercy
- Michelle Chen, Medical Assistant, UPMC Mercy
- Jarrett Kier, Milieu Therapist III, UPMC Mercy
- Meghan Lindsay, BS, Behavioral Health Therapist Associate, UPMC Center for Eating Disorders
- Yijia Li, MD, Physician, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Magee
- Lisa Rectenwald, Provider Specialist, UPMC US Steel Tower
- Tresa Rollison, LCSW, Director of Behavioral Science, UPMC St Margaret Family Medicine Residency Program
- Kelsey May, MSN, RN, Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Mercy
- Sahil Angelo, MD, Physician, UPMC Presbyterian
- Alice Chen, MD, Infectious Diseases Fellow, UPMC Presbyterian
- Kathryn R. Kennedy, Software Engineer, UPMC US Steel Tower
- Julia Bradley, BSW, Discharge Planning Associate, UPMC Mercy
- Meghan DeLuca, Phlebotomist, UPMC St. Margaret
- Cody Leonard, MLS, Medical Laboratory Scientist, UPMC St. Margaret
- Alysa Stephenson, RN, BSN, PMHNP student, Senior Professional Staff Nurse II, UPMC Mercy
- Amanda Bachman, PA-C, Physician Assistant, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Erica Rodi, RN, Clinician Fellow, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Dana Duncombe, LCSW, Senior Social Worker, UPMC St. Margaret Family Health Centers
- Suji Uhm, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Rachel Lyden, RN, Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Shadyside
- Aiden Williard, BS, Research Specialist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Kenneth Connor, BS, Research Data Coordinator, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Kal Husted, BA, Administrative Assistant, Biomedical Science Tower
- Emily Garmirian, LCSW, Behavioral Health Therapist II, UPMC Bellefield Adult Intensive Outpatient Program
- Isabella Jae Boyd, Clinical Research Assistant, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Joseph Shellenbarger, RN, BSN, Clinical Research Coordinator I, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
- Cassidy Leasure, Grants Specialist II, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Ellie Rapp, BA, Research Coordinator, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Sydney Crum, Program Coordinator, UPMC Presbyterian
- Lynn Cratty, Patient Services Representative, UPMC St. Margaret’s Family Health Center
- Jill Majeski, PsyD, Pediatric Psychologist III, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Amber Wanca, RN, Expert Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Clare Duffus, RN, BSN, Senior Professional Staff Nurse II, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Ala McDermott, MD, PhD, Physician, UPMC Presbyterian
- Catherine Chappell, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, Physician, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Eric Lantzman, MD, Physician University Obstetrics and Gynecology, Complex Family Planning, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Courtney Dawson, BA, Senior Clinical Research Assistant, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Caroline Bennett, BSN, RN, CPN, Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Emily Wickline, MSN, RN, Nursing Instructor, UPMC School of Nursing
- Alexa Packard, MPH, Research Coordinator, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Emma Harrison, BS, Research Assistant, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Samantha Stilson, CRA, Grants Specialist III, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Ravella Raker, MS, CGC, Genetic Counselor II, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Kathryn Armbrust, RN, Outpatient Nurse Coordinator II, UPMC Center for Care of Infectious Diseases
- Chad Correll, RN, Outpatient Nurse Coordinator I, UPMC Presbyterian CCID/PACT
- Caterina LoPresti, MSN, RN, Behavioral Health Nurse Specialist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Kate Thurston-Griswold, LSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Bellefield Adult Outpatient Clinic
- Luna Zhang, MD, Graduate Medical Fellow V, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Hailey Truxell, MSW, Service Coordinator I, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Julia Wilkes, RN, Behavioral Health Nurse Specialist, UPMC Montefiore
- Julia Muller, CRNP, Supervisor, Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
- Haleigh Bell, PA-C, Physician Assistant, UPMC GoHealth Monroeville
- Amanda Smith BSN, RN, Registered Nurse, UPMC McKeesport
- Meredith Harf, RN, Senior Professional Nurse, UPMC Shadyside
- Adrianna Lopaczynski, MS, Research Project Coordinator, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Ashley Harbaugh, B.S., Research Project Coordinator, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Sarah Riston, MA, Program Coordinator, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Meilin Jia-Richards, PhD, Staff Scientist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Lori Scott, PhD, Psychologist, IACP UPMC Western Behavioral Health
- Isabel Novacich, BS, Research Project Assistant, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital,
- Abigail Green, LSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Bellefield Adult Intensive Outpatient Program
- Amanda Johnston, BS, Research Coordinator, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Brian Thoma, PhD, Psychologist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Beatrice Chen, MD, MPH, Physician, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
- Andrea Sliva LSW, MSW, Service Coordinator Supervisor, UPMC Western Behavioral Health at Safe Harbor
- Stacy Freeman-Pistella, MA, LPC, CAADC, Program Manager, UPMC Health Plan
- Katherine Swords, LCSW, Social Worker, UPMC Shadyside Family Health Center
- Madeleine Lipshie-Williams, MD, Psychiatrist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Montefiore, Shadyside, Mercy
- Bridget Peterson, MD, Physician, UPMC Washington
- Celeste Simpson, MMT, MT-BC, Milieu Therapist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Caitlin McNamara, MD, Physician, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Nicholas Grott, MSN, BSN, RN, Expert Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Abbey Farina, LMSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Mariah Faulkenberry, LSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Center for Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Services
- Gregory Gallik, DO, Physician, UPMC Community Medicine Incorporated
- Joanna White, MSW, LSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Helen Thurtle, LSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC WBH Center for Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Services
- Sarah Brooks, LCSW, Behavioral Health Therapist II, UPMC WBH Center for Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Services
- Stephanie Baverso, LCSW, Behavioral Health Therapist II, UPMC Shadyside Family Health Center Dominique Norfleet, Healthcare Unit Coordinator, UPMC mercy
- Samantha Shields, BSN, RN, Senior Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Benjamin Scott Barrett-Kale, RN, Senior Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Community Osteopathic Hospital
- Shannon Ginder, CMSRN, RN, BSN, Expert Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Community Osteopathic Hospital
- Monica Speicher, MD, Physician, Clinical Faculty, UPMC Washington
- Grayson Peake, Transporter, UPMC Community Osteopathic Hospital
- Amanda Lacue, MD, Graduate Medical Fellow VI, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Claire Bethel, PhD, RN-BC, Experience and Nursing Excellence Specialist, UPMC Community Osteopathic Hospital & Lititz Hospital
- Thomas Gaughan, MD, Fellow Physician, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Hannah Williams, MA, CCLS, Certified Child Life Specialist, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Megan Howard, MD, Fellow Physician, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Isabel Janmey, MD, MPH, Fellow Physician, UPMC Magee Womens Hospital
- Kelly Evans, RN, Senior Professional Staff Nurse II, UPMC Community Osteopathic Hospital
- Nat Jones, MD, OBGYN PGY-4, Physician, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Joanna Chatham MD, Graduate Medical Resident IV, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Aisvarya Panakam, MD, Resident Physician, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Hayley Steele, Senior Patient Care Technician, UPMC Orthopedic Surgery
- Savannah Francis, RN, Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Osteopathic Hospital
- Anna Wise, RN, BSN, Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Home Healthcare
- Rosiris Leon Rivera, MD, PhD, OB-GYN Graduate Medical Resident IV, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Katie Jones, DPT, Physical Therapist, UPMC Presbyterian
- Alexandria Chisholm, MS, LAPC, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Bellefield Outpatient Clinic
- Emilee Jack, MSN, RN, Senior Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Abi Jett, MSN, CRNP, Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Katelyn Ripple, MD, OBGYN Graduate Medical Resident III, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Katia Parker, BSN, RN, MPH, CCM, Telephonic Care Manager, UPMC Health Plan
- Ella Kaplan, LCSW, Social Work Supervisor, UPMC Presbyterian
- Mikaela Koch, MD, Graduate Medical Resident I, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Jess McKelvey, LMSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Bellefield Outpatient Clinic
- Alysha Suley, MM, MT-BC, Creative and Expressive Arts Therapist II, UPMC McKeesport Hospital
- Tammi Butler, LCSW, Social Worker, UPMC Presbyterian
- Sarah McNeilly, MD, Resident Physician, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Ngan Phan, RN, BSN, Registered Nurse, UPMC Osteopathic Hospital
- Catherine Bennett, BA, RN, Supervisor, UPMC Health Plan
- Christopher Gordon, MA, LAPC, Behavioral Health Therapist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Andrea Gracey, RN, Clinical Transplant Coordinator I, UPMC Presbyterian
- Ashleigh Ochs, LCSW, Behavioral Health Therapist III, UPMC Bellefield Adult Intensive Outpatient Program
- Laura Rausch, LCSW, Bereavement Coordinator/Senior Social Worker, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Elizabeth Kerr, RN, Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Community General: OSB UNIT
- Samantha Haubner, BS, Administrative Specialist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Hollis Edvardsson, MPH, CCRC, Research Coordinator, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Katherine Mannion, BS, Research Project Assistant, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Julianne Zajdel, BS, Research Specialist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Faith Shepherd, BA, Research Project Coordinator, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Emma Verdecchia, BSN, RN, Senior Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Maddox Campbell, RN, Senior Professional Staff Nurse I, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Kayla Conaty, BA, Research Coordinator, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Alivia DeSocio, BSN, RN, C-ELBW, Registered Nurse, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Haley Thomas BSN, RN, C-ELBW, Registered nurse, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Jordan Osborne, LAT ATC, Rehab Aide, UPMC Williamsport
- Carle Winnie, Office Assistant II, UPMC Williamsport
- Annalise Bobrow, BS, Research Specialist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Alyssa Collins, RN, Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Rachel Stewart, MD, Pediatrician, UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics
- Swati Nayar, Research Coordinator, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Taylor Williams, MD, Graduate Medical Resident, UPMC Washington
- Katrina Buckland, DPT, Physical Therapist, UPMC Susquehanna
- Zachary Kurtz, PT, DPT, Physical Therapist, UPMC Rehabilitation Institute at Little River Plaza
- Katie Krulock, RN, Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Mercy Emergency Department
- Taylor Cicero, RN, BSN, Senior Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Elijah Goodfriend, PhD, Statistician, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Britton Cartee, Milieu Therapist II, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Scott Thayer, Program Coordinator, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Martha Post, PTA, Physical Therapist Assistant, UPMC Williamsport
- Ioanna Chiotis, MS, CPRP, Program Director Homeless Services, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Megan Finnigan, MSW, Social Worker, UPMC McKeesport
- Chanel Leiva, BSN, RN, Senior Professional Staff Nurse II, UPMC Passavant
- Michael Carpathios, MD, Physician Hospitalist and Proud Gay Ambassador, UPMC Center for Community Hospitalist Medicine Telemedicine
- Alex Tita, OCC, Service Coordinator, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Meghan Labiaux, Service Coordination Supervisor, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Lindsey Mozley, BS, Housing Specialist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Anthony Pham, DO, Physician, UPMC Washington
- Nicole Pinzon, DO, Resident Physician, UPMC Washington
- Deanna Walsh, DO, FM Resident, UPMC Washington
- Alexa Johnson, BS, Administrative Assistant, UPMC Presbyterian
- Janet Leung, MD, Endocrinologist, UPMC Endocrinology
- Brianna Karp, Senior Administrative Assistant, UPMC Children’s Hospital Joyce Leifer, MD, Pediatrician, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Maya Fray-Witzer, BA, Research Specialist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Ashton Armbrister, Student Behavioral Associate, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Domenic Filingeri, DO, MS, Pediatric Endocrinologist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Sydney Lamerand, PhD, Regulatory Specialist, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Erin McCarty, Patient Care Technician, UPMC Montefiore
- JoAnn Nickleach MD, Pediatrician, UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics Marisa Millenson, ScM, Medical Student, UPMC School of Medicine
- Lori Stiefel, MD, Physician, UPMC Shadyside Family Health
- Kinjal Thakkar, LSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Eating Disorders Bellefield
- Brian Kane, LAPC, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Pediatric Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Program
- Rebecca Rotman, LSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Bellefield Adult Outpatient Clinic
- Maddie Lepore DNP, PMHNP-BC, FIAAN, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Brent Thiel, MD, Physician, UPMC Montefiore, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC General Medicine South
- Anna Marie White, MD, FAAP, FACP, Physician, UPMC Family Medicine
- Sara Green Williams, Nonprofit Operations Consultant, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Emily Emsurak, PA-C, Endocrinology Physician Assistant, UPMC Endocrinology
- Delia O’Leary, LCSW, Senior Clinical Social Worker, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Cara Fleischman MHS, CRNA, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, UPMC Mercy
- Neeha Thulasiram, MS, Medication Management Coordinator, UPMC Shadyside Family Heath Center
- Amanda Grays, Senior Patient Care Technician, UPMC Community Osteopathic
- Kmaura White, Student Behavioral Assistant, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Emily Kuo, MD, MS, Resident Physician, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Morgan Mitchell, LPC, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Magee Women’s Behavioral Health Services
- Hannah Gozzard LPC, Behavioral Health Therapist II, UPMC Services for Teens at Risk
- Rachel Fortwangler, LSW, Senior Discharge Manager, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Jesse Klug, MS, Clinical Data Analyst Int., UPMC Presbyterian
- Jeanette Boyce MSN, RNC, Clinical Research Manager, UPMC Magee
- Alex Viehman, MD, Infectious Diseases Physician, UPMC Presbyterian
- Brooke Nusbaum, LCSW, Social Worker, UPMC Presbyterian
- Molly Kellam, LCSW, Senior Clinical Social Worker, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Samira Daukoru, Specimen Processor, UPMC Shadyside
- Jasmin Borrmann, RN, Registered Nurse, UPMC Presbyterian
- Quincee Smires, RN BSN, Registered Nurse, UPMC Presbyterian
- Kayla McGarvie, RN, BSN, CEN, Registered Nurse, UPMC Presbyterian
- Jennifer Hoelle, Patient Care Technician, UPMC Presbyterian
- Kacie Belsterling BSN, RN, Senior Professional Staff Nurse II, UPMC Presbyterian
- Jewel Hicks, Patient Care Technician-Specialist, UPMC Presbyterian
- Sarah Jones, RN, Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Presbyterian
- Mara Hierro, MS, Patient Care Technician, UPMC Presbyterian
- Cullen Elton BS, Milieu Therapist II, UPMC McKeesport
- Elizabeth Smith, LCSW, Social Worker, UPMC Presbyterian
- Izzy Kessler, BSW, Social Worker, UPMC Presbyterian/Montefiore
- Cassandra Bartoch, PT, DPT, Physical Therapist, UPMC Shadyside
- Kim Platek, ED Patient Service Representative, UPMC St. Margaret
- Michael Chang, MD, Physician, UPMC Presbyterian/Mercy
- Crystal Lee, MD, MPH, Resident Physician, UPMC Mercy
- Ann Wilder, PhD, LCSW, Behavioral Health Therapist III, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Ives Letzo, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Matilda Theiss Child Development Center
- Courtney Yobbi, Behavioral Health Therapist, UPMC Matilda Theiss Child Development Center
- Raychel Wertz, BSN, MSN, Senior Professional Staff Nurse II, UPMC Passavant
- Tracey Pauls, Program Supervisor, UPMC Matilda Theiss Child Development Center
- Tressa MacPherson, APCT, UPMC Passavant/McCandless
- Colleen Picinotti, CST Lead Surgical Technician, UPMC Mercy
- Susan Rusyn, Surgical Technician Intermediate, UPMC Mercy
- Thomas Le, MD, MPH, Resident Physician, UPMC Presbyterian
- Jocelyn Inlay, Software Engineer, UPMC Steel Tower
- Morgan Egnot, PhD, MSTP Student, UPMC School of Medicine
- Jonathan Weinhold, MD, Family Medicine Physician, UPMC Montefiore Hayley Esterline, BS, Data Coordinator and Analyst, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Colleen Fisher, MS, LPC, Supervisor, Behavioral Health Therapist, UPMC Western Behavioral Health
- Madison Pilato, MD, Neurologist, UPMC Presbyterian
- Cori Polonski, MD, Neurohospitalist, UPMC Presbyterian
- Ashley Richardson, RN, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Joyce Eveleth, LSW, Social Worker, UPMC Adolescent Medicine
- Gabriela Hutter, BS, Crisis Clinician, UPMC Resolve Crisis Network
- Andrew Levin, Physician, Neurologist, UPMC Shadyside
- Helen Hunt, LSW, MSW, Social Worker, University of Pittsburgh Physicians Department of Gastroenterology
- Madison Eveland, LSW, Social Worker, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Ashley Green, BA, Crisis Clinician I, UPMC Resolve Crisis Network
- Shamia Cain, MSW, Crisis Clinician II, UPMC Resolve Crisis Network
- Bennett Norris, BS, Crisis Clinician, UPMC Resolve Crisis Network
- Gabrielle Russell, Assistant Service Coordinator, UPMC Community Health Choices
- Chardae Williams, NCC, LAPC, Crisis Clinician, UPMC Resolve Crisis Network
- Joud Hijazi, LSW, Behavioral Health Therapist I, UPMC Services for Teens at Risk
- Leonardo Osaba, Neurodiagnostic Tech, UPMC Presbyterian
- Rebecca Santangelo, BS, Crisis Clinician, Resolve Crisis Network
- Sarvesh Acharya, Patient Care Technician, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Isobel Carley, Patient Care Technician, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Hannah Jahn, Patient Care Technician, UPMC Presbyterian
- Joann Kim, MD, Physician, UPMC Passavant
- Kiera James, PhD, Psychologist, UPMC Western Behavioral Health
- Emily Crow, Research Technician, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Breanna Smith, BS, Milieu Therapist II, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Juliana Bergmann, BS, Patient Care Technician Specialist, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Lydia Wells, RN BSN, Registered Nurse , UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Jonathan Scott, MPH, Cytogenetic Histotechnologist , UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- William Coffing, NCC, Behavioral Health Therapist, UPMC Matilda Theiss Child Development Center
- Taylor Burgess, BSN, Registered Nurse, UPMC Mercy
- Alyssa Caddy, BS, Milieu Therapist I, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Megan Maurer, D.O., DipABOM, DipACLM, Physician, UPMC Altoona
- Emily Negrinelli , Care Attendant , UPMC Presbyterian
- Haley Rohlf, LSW, Social Worker, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
- Paige Engkvist , Patient Care Technician , UPMC Presbyterian
- Ashley Goodell, BA, Behavioral Health Therapist Associate , UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Angela Newcomer, RN, Registered Nurse, UPMC US Steel Tower
- Laura Siems, MD, Physician, UPMC Altoona
- Emilee Matz, MA, Crisis Clinician , UPMC Resolve Crisis Network
- Michael Geishauser, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacist, UPMC Altoona Family Physicians
- Maria Mangino DO, Physician, UPMC Altoona
- Erin Hollen RN, CBC, Registered nurse, UPMC Altoona
- Zoe Powers BSN, RN, Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Mercy
- Ananda Allen, BSW, MSW Student, Blended Services Coordinator, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Jesse Blank, MD, Associate Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, UPMC Altoona
- Kayden Yant, BS, Blended Services Coordinator II , UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Celia Smith MS, NCC, LAPC, Crisis Clinician , UPMC Resolve Crisis Network
- Michael Williams Lead APCT, Lead APCT, UPMC Presbyterian
- Tyonna Turner, Milieu Therapist, UPMC McKeesport
- Terra Betters Lpc, Therapist, UPMC Children’s Hospital
- Wesley Sowers, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Hospital, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Amy Silberschmidt, MD, Associate Director, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Elizabeth Kirschbaum, Transport, UPMC Presbyterian
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