A History of Hospital Medicine in Pittsburgh with Dr. Basil Zitelli

In the latest episode of “That’s Pediatrics” – UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s podcast about all things pediatric health and wellness – our hosts talk with Basil Zitelli, MD, former (retired) division chief of Pediatric Hospital Medicine and former (retired) director of the Diagnostic Referral Service at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, about the the history of the unique, multi-practitioner Pediatric Hospitalist Program (PHP) at UPMC Children’s.

Specifically, our experts touch on the unique role of the hospitalist as part of a child’s care team, the growth of the PHP in the ‘70s to include multiple practitioners, the need for Children’s Hospital to expand to improve access to services – including hospitalist services – to all children, especially medically complex children, and more.

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