Andrew Thurston, MD FAAHPM (@palliativemedmd) 's Twitter Profile
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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Padma Sri Katikaneni (@katikanenipadma) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

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 
<a href="/ASTCT/">ASTCT</a> <a href="/UPMCMercyIM/">UPMC Mercy Internal Medicine Residency</a> <a href="/UPMCHeme_Onc/">UPMC Heme-Onc Fellowship Program</a>
Grace Lim, MD MS (@limgrapes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Anesthesia = #patientsafety 🧵 1/ Modern maternal mortality isn’t due to anesthesia complications—it’s mental health disorders, substance use, & social determinants of health. Anes have a role in protecting maternal mental health outcomes. Here’s why. 👇 #OBAnes #MaternalHealth

Pitt Department of Pediatrics (@pittpediatrics) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

PittDeptofMed (@pittdeptofmed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🌷The spring edition of Code Blue and Gold, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine's quarterly newsletter, has arrived!🌷 Check out all the recent happenings across the DOM in our latest issue👇 news.dom.pitt.edu

🌷The spring edition of Code Blue and Gold, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine's quarterly newsletter, has arrived!🌷

Check out all the recent happenings across the DOM in our latest issue👇

news.dom.pitt.edu
Padma Sri Katikaneni (@katikanenipadma) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

Had a great time this weekend at <a href="/NCCN/">National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)</a> 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! <a href="/rajatthawani/">Rajat Thawani</a>
Andrew Thurston, MD FAAHPM (@palliativemedmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Spent a great morning yesterday talking about the Power of Narratives with UPMC Health Plan team members. Key takeaways: - stories matter - narrative medicine is about hearing, and honoring, our stories - narrative techniques can significantly improve patient care - the 3 Minute

Spent a great morning yesterday talking about the Power of Narratives with UPMC Health Plan team members. Key takeaways:

- stories matter
- narrative medicine is about hearing, and honoring, our stories
- narrative techniques can significantly improve patient care
- the 3 Minute
Asma Mohammadi, MD (@asma_mohammadi7) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

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.

<a href="/SocietyHospMed/">Society of Hospital Medicine</a> <a href="/UPMCMercyIM/">UPMC Mercy Internal Medicine Residency</a>

#shmconverge25 #shm #hospitalmedicine
Grace Lim, MD MS (@limgrapes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

Honored to join <a href="/BeckersHR/">Becker's Hospital Review</a> 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
Pitt Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine (@pittanes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🤰🫃🫄 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-…

🤰🫃🫄 Grace Lim, MD, MSc (<a href="/LimGrapes/">Grace Lim, MD MS</a>) 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 <a href="/SOAPHQ/">SOAP</a>: anesthesiology.pitt.edu/news/dr-grace-…
Grace Lim, MD MS (@limgrapes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

✨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

Doug Lemov (@doug_lemov) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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-…

Pitt General Internal Medicine (@pittgim) 's Twitter Profile Photo

From clinical rounds to emotional support, PGY2 Cody Kelso goes above and beyond for his team, which is why he was awarded a #PittMed Professionalism Accolade! 👏 His teaching, positivity, and care define what it means to lead by example. #MedEd #GIMExcellence

From clinical rounds to emotional support, PGY2 Cody Kelso goes above and beyond for his team, which is why he was awarded a #PittMed Professionalism Accolade! 👏 His teaching, positivity, and care define what it means to lead by example. #MedEd #GIMExcellence
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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/…

Drs. Rene Claxton and <a href="/rabob/">Bob Arnold</a> share their expertise on enhancing communication skills in #MedEd in a new <a href="/thecurbsiders/">The Curbsiders</a> episode.

Listen or watch here: thecurbsiders.com/teach-podcast/…
Pitt General Internal Medicine (@pittgim) 's Twitter Profile Photo

At the recent #PittMed story slam, our own Dr. Gaetan Sgro reflected on missing his own grandmother’s passing while caring for someone else’s. His story, years in the making, exemplified the power of storytelling. Read more about the story slam: pittmed.pitt.edu/news/med-schoo…

At the recent #PittMed story slam, our own Dr. Gaetan Sgro reflected on missing his own grandmother’s passing while caring for someone else’s. His story, years in the making, exemplified the power of storytelling.

Read more about the story slam: pittmed.pitt.edu/news/med-schoo…
AMA (@amermedicalassn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today is a sad and harmful day for patients and health care across the country, and its impact will reverberate for years. This bill moves us in the wrong direction. It will make it harder to access care and make patients sicker because the lifelines of Medicaid and CHIP are