Biography

Marc Itskowitz, MD, FACP is the Director of Didactic Education at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the Director of the Center for Perioperative Medicine in the West Penn Allegheny Health System. He is an associate professor of medicine at the Temple University School of Medicine. Dr Itskowitz earned his bachelor of arts degree from Cornell University and received his medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society. He completed his residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Allegheny General Hospital. He currently practices internal medicine with Pittsburgh General Medicine Associates. His clinical interests include cardiovascular risk assessment, travel medicine, and perioperative medicine, and he has lectured frequently on these topics. Dr Itskowitz is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr Itskowitz is the author of numerous journal articles and serves on the editorial board of Emergency Medicine: Acute Medicine for the Primary Care Physician. He also is a team physician for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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