Carla L. Spagnoletti, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine

(Western Region)

Carla Spagnoletti MD, MS is Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Spagnoletti currently serves as Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Associate Director of the Medical Education Degree Granting Programs at the Institute for Clinical Research Education, and Chair of the Academy of Master Educators in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPSOM).

She also serves as Associate Division Chief for Education in GIM. She provides patient care in the outpatient and inpatient settings at UPMC Montefiore, and works closely with internal medicine fellows, residents and medical students as a clinical preceptor and advisor. She is past director of the Academic Clinician Educator Scholars Fellowship in GIM and past Chair of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Education Committee.

Dr. Spagnoletti has received numerous awards for her scholarship, teaching, mentorship, and leadership, including the Scholarship in Medical Education and Mid-Career Education Mentorship Awards from SGIM, the Leadership Award from the Association of Chiefs and Leaders in GIM, the Sheldon Adler Innovation Award and William I. Cohen Award for Excellence in Clinical Skills Instruction Award from UPSOM, the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Pittsburgh, and, most recently, the Ann Preston Women in Medicine Award from the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Physicians.

Passionate about medical education scholarship, she has mentored numerous faculty and trainees on research projects in several areas including professional development, patient-doctor communication, patient satisfaction, and anti-racism in medical education, and has widely published in the field of medical education.