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Gina Piscitello

Gina Piscitello, MD, MS

Core Faculty

Professional Statement

Gina M. Piscitello, MD, MS, is board-certified in internal medicine and hospice and palliative medicine. She works clinically and is medical director of the inpatient palliative consult service at UPMC Presbyterian. She also is a clinical ethics consultant. Her research interests focus on identifying and addressing disparities in care for patients with serious illness. She received her medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed her internal medicine residency and hospice and palliative medicine and clinical medical ethics fellowships at the University of Chicago.

Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics School of Medicine
  • Core Faculty Institute for Bioethics

Education and Training

  • Palliative Medicine TL1 Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2023
  • Clinical Medical Ethics Senior Fellowship, University of Chicago, 2022
  • MS, Rush University, 2021
  • Public Voices Fellowship, The OpEd Project, 2021
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, University of Chicago, 201
  • Clinical Medical Ethics Fellowship, University of Chicago, 2018
  • Internal Medicine Residency, University of Chicago, 2018
  • MD, University of Minnesota, 2015

Professional Interests in Bioethics

Representative Publications

  1. Piscitello GM, DeMartino ES, Parker WF. Addressing Inadequate Documentation of Unilateral Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders. JAMA. 2025 Mar 4;333(9):755-756. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.26282. PMID: 39804637. 

  2. Piscitello GM, Huber MT, Meyer L, Lyons PG, Parker WF, DeMartino ES. US State Statutes Addressing Unilateral Clinician Decisions About Life-Sustaining Treatment. JAMA Health Forum. 2025 Aug 1;6(8):e253508. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.3508. PMID: 40880106. 

  3. Piscitello GM, Wolwowicz, EL, Huber MT, Vranas KC, Sullivan DR, Hauschildt KE, Lyons PG. The Influence of Hospital Policies on Clinicians’ Decisions to Withhold or Withdraw Life-sustaining Treatment. Chest. 2025 Dec;168(6):1446-1458. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.06.036. Epub 2025 Jul 3. PMID: 40617397. 

  4. Piscitello GM, Rogal S, Schell J, Schenker Y, Arnold RM. Equity in Using Artificial Intelligence Mortality Predictions to Target Goals of Care Documentation. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Nov;39(15):3001-3008. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08849-w. Epub 2024 Jun 10. PMID: 38858343; PMCID: PMC11576666. 

  5. Piscitello GM, Tyker A, Schenker Y, Arnold RM, Siegler M, Parker WF. Disparities in Unilateral Do No Resuscitate Order Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Crit Care Med. 2023 Aug 1;51(8):1012-1022. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005863. Epub 2023 Mar 30. PMID: 36995088. 

  6. Piscitello GM, Kapania E, Kanelidis A, Siegler M, Parker W. The Use of Slow Codes and Medically Futile Codes in Practice. J Pain Symptom Mange. 2021 Aug;62(2):326-335.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.12.001. Epub 2020 Dec 17. PMID: 33346066   

Awards and Honors

  • Recipient of Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Early-Career Physician Award (1 of 3 nationally) , 2026
  • Selected as Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2025
  • Selected as Butler-Williams Scholar, National Institute on Aging , 2025
  • Selected as OSCAR Scholar, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, University of Pittsburgh , 2024
  • Selected as Beckwith Center for Shared Decision Making Fellow, 2023
  • Selected as American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Research Scholar (1 of 6 nationally), 2023

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