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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast

Sep 22, 2020

Dr. Antoinette Wozniak, Associate Director of Clinical Research at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center discusses the importance of clinical trials in cancer care and the development of a new app to make physicians and patients aware of trials in which they may take part.


Sep 10, 2020

Dr. Terrence Dermody, Physician-in-Chief and Scientific Director, UPMC Children’s Hospital discusses the efforts underway in the Pittsburgh region in the development and testing of potential COVID-19 vaccines.


Sep 3, 2020

Jeff Magill, Emergency Management Coordinator at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital discusses the extensive efforts underway to keep patients and staff safe during COVID-19. And discusses why patients shouldn’t delay seeking care.


Sep 3, 2020

Dr. Amit Tevar, Surgical Director of the UPMC Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program discusses the benefits of living donor kidney transplants and a program underway to help patients find a living donor.


Sep 2, 2020

Dr. Melanie Ongchin, surgical oncologist at the UPMC Hillman Cancer discusses the use of an innovative surgery known as HIPEC to treat peritoneal carcinomatosis, a rare type of cancer that can develop when gastrointestinal or gynecologic cancers spread.