Dr. Karen Scandrett
Overview
Dr. Karen Scandrett, MD, is a geriatrician and is certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She directs the geriatric medicine fellowship at UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside Hospital and the geriatrics training track for the Internal Medicine residency program. Dr. Scandrett received her medical degree from the University of Chicago in 1996 and completed her primary care internal medicine residency at the Cambridge Hospital, followed by geriatrics fellowship at the Harvard Division on Aging. While at Harvard she also completed her master’s degree in public health. Prior to joining the UPMC Division of Geriatrics in 2012, Dr. Scandrett was on faculty at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine where she coordinated education in post-acute care. At UPMC she piloted the geriatric trauma consultation service at Presbyterian Hospital, attended on the geriatric service at Magee Women’s Hospital, and provided post-acute care at Heritage Place. She was delighted to transition to office-based practice at Shadyside Hospital in 2019. Her clinical interests include patient-centered deprescribing, biopsychosocial approaches to chronic illness management, and geriatric-sensitive quality improvement in acute and post-acute care. When she is not providing patient care, Dr. Scandrett is involved in efforts to expand training opportunities in geriatric medicine. This provider only sees patients 65 years of age or older.
Her top areas of expertise are Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3, Familial Hypertension, and Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 6 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
5200 Centre Avenue, Suite 405, Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
UPMC Heart And Vascular Institute
Daniel Forman, MD, specializes in cardiology and geriatric medicine and is board-certified in geriatric medicine and cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He practices at UPMC Senior Care Institute and is affiliated with UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, and UPMC Shadyside. Dr. Forman received his medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and completed his residency at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, followed by fellowships at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Division of Aging and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Forman is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Familial Neurocardiogenic Syncope, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Heart Transplant.
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- Cerebellar DegenerationDr. Scandrett isExperienced. Learn about Cerebellar Degeneration.
- Familial HypertensionDr. Scandrett isExperienced. Learn about Familial Hypertension.
- Folate DeficiencyDr. Scandrett isExperienced. Learn about Folate Deficiency.
- Glucocorticoid-Remediable AldosteronismDr. Scandrett isExperienced. Learn about Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism.
- HypertensionDr. Scandrett isExperienced. Learn about Hypertension.
- Multiple Carboxylase DeficiencyDr. Scandrett isExperienced. Learn about Multiple Carboxylase Deficiency.