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UPMC is announcing leadership changes that will further enhance clinical operations, innovation, research and overall excellence.Mark Sevco 2021 releaseJoon Lee 2021 releaseMark Sevco will assume the role of president, UPMC Hospitals,…

UPMC, a leading academic medical center, has implemented Infectious Disease Connect’s powerful platform for antimicrobial stewardship and infectious diseases (ID) decision support to centralize and improve ID treatment across the health…

Monoclonal antibodies—an outpatient treatment that must be given soon after COVID-19 diagnosis—significantly decrease hospitalization and death from the disease. Real-world data from UPMC patients now show that two antibody combination…

In an effort to bring COVID-19 vaccines to where people are and in locations where community members feel comfortable, UPMC is continuing to co-host multiple vaccine clinics across the region. Following the recent announcements from the…

The 2021-22 influenza season is likely to be more severe than average—and hit young children particularly hard—due to waning population-level immunity from the near-lack of a flu season during last winter’s COVID-19 surge, two new…

A telephone-delivered nursing care strategy that combined heart failure care management with depression treatment improved patients’ clinical outcomes, discovered clinicians from the University of Pittsburgh. The findings of the clinical…

Neuroinflammation is the key driver of the spread of pathologically misfolded proteins in the brain and causes cognitive impairment in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine…

As part of its commitment to investing in translational science that significantly improves the lives of patients, UPMC has launched Novasenta, a drug discovery and development company seeking novel and effective treatments for…

Long-term survival rates of kidney transplant patients in the U.S. have increased over the last three decades, but there are opportunities to further improve these outcomes, according to a review article published today in The New England…

UPMC Passavant will launch a unique, advanced response unit (ARU) to assist local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel throughout the surrounding communities. The ARU is a sport-utility vehicle equipped with emergency medical…