
Andrew Thurston, MD FAAHPM
@palliativemedmd
Husband. Father. Writer of words. Champion of Narrative Medicine and Medical Director of Palliative Care at UPMC Mercy. All posts and thoughts are my own.
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Grateful to have presented our research on the role of new polymorphic antigen binding domain-based HLA evolutionary divergence score in predicting relapse after haplo-identical transplant at the Tandem 2025 meeting! #Tandem25 ASTCT UPMC Mercy Internal Medicine Residency UPMC Heme-Onc Fellowship Program


Something there is that doesn’t love a wall… Great piece by Graeme Wood


Check out this great new publication from Justin Yu, MD, MS, in our division of palliative care, looking into supporting caregivers of children with complex needs, published in Academic Pediatrics: upmcphysicianresources.com/news/011425-em… UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh UPMC Physician Resources Palliative Research Center


Had a great time this weekend at National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) annual conference in Orlando presenting our research on time toxicity of various frontline regimens for treatment of EGFR mutated NSCLC #NCCN2025 Grateful for the opportunity and mentorship! Rajat Thawani



🎉 Proud to represent Pitt at #SOAPAM2025! 🎤 Panels • 🧪 Research • 📚 Workshops • 🎖️ Leadership 📍Portland, OR | Apr 30–May 4 Pitt Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Sparkle Soap Original HQ @asa_hq Pitt/UPMC Anesthesiology Residency UPMC Resident Fellow Association Committee (RFAC) #ObAnes #Anesthesiology #MedEd


Our PGY-2 residents presenting their work at Pitt DOM Research Day 2025! Congratulations Kavya Parimi and Homam Aneis for winning the best poster award!! #DOMResearchday2025 Pitt Medicine Chiefs PittDeptofMed


Excited to share that I had the opportunity to present at the Annual SHM Conference this year after winning at the PGH Chapter meeting. Gained valuable insights into the latest updates in hospital medicine. Society of Hospital Medicine UPMC Mercy Internal Medicine Residency #shmconverge25 #shm #hospitalmedicine


Honored to join Becker's Hospital Review Hospital Review's Anesthesia Virtual Event on May 29, 2025 Join us in exploring strategies for financially sustainable anesthesia services 📅 May 29, 2025 | 1–4 PM CST 💻 Virtual 🔗 conferences.beckershospitalreview.com/Anesthesia #BeckersHealthcare #anesthesia


🤰🫃🫄 Grace Lim, MD, MSc (Grace Lim, MD MS) a nationally recognized physician-scientist and Chief of the Division of Obstetric and Women's Anesthesiology at UPMC, has been chosen President-Elect of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology SOAP: anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/dr-grace-…


✨New in Anesthesiology: “Opioids, Expectations, & Ethos: A Global Take on Pain Management in Surgery & Pregnancy.” 🌍💉My thoughts on how we understand—& respond to—pain: shaped by culture, policy, history. Read the editorial 👉bit.ly/3S9hIBF #Anesthesia #PainCare

Here's the latest episode of Sweat the Technique in which I discuss with medical educators Lindsay Dow and Bob Arnold ways they are using more intentional pedagogy to improve how they train doctors: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-…


Drs. Rene Claxton and Bob Arnold share their expertise on enhancing communication skills in #MedEd in a new The Curbsiders episode. Listen or watch here: thecurbsiders.com/teach-podcast/…




🎉 Congrats to Dr. Yanni Angelidis for being featured in Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists Interchange! His piece on Takotsubo in pregnancy highlights the power of OB anesthesia + ICU collab. 💪 #MaternalHealth #obanes Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists SOAP Pitt Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine 🔗 bit.ly/3G6ixJ4

