A Multidisciplinary Precision Medicine Service in Primary Care

Faculty from UPMC, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy recently published an article in Annals of Family Medicine describing how a multidisciplinary primary care team focused on precision medicine can expand patient access to genetic services.

Mylynda Massart, MD, PhD, from UPMC, Christine Munro, MS, MPH, CGC, and Natasha Robin Berman, MS, MPH, CGC, both of UPMC Children’s, and Philip E. Empey, PharmD, PhD, and Lucas A. Berenbrok, PharmD, MS, from Pitt Pharmacy were all authors on the article, with Dr. Massart serving as the corresponding author.

The team details the breakdown of the multidisciplinary clinic model, which includes a primary care physician with training in genetics, a pharmacist specializing in pharmacogenomics, and two genetic counselors. The service is housed in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and is among a network of academic family medicine health centers.¹

They also discuss how the utilization of their services by other primary care clinicians suggests that access to UPMC and Pitt’s services has heightened clinician awareness and collaboration to address individual patient’s genetic needs.

Dr. Massart and team believe that other health systems may benefit from replicating the innovative model to expand precision medicine services in their own local communities.

View the full article here.

Reference

1. Massart M, Berenbrok LA, Munro C, Berman NR, Empey PE. A Multidisciplinary Precision Medicine Service in Primary Care. Ann Fam Med. 2022 Jan-Feb;20(1):88. doi: 10.1370/afm.2764. PMID: 35074774; PMCID: PMC8786423.