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UPMC Media Relations Department Staff

Media Relations staff are available to assist you 24/7. During non-business hours, we can be reached via pager at 412-392-7963. After dialing that number, listen for three beeps, enter the desired call-back 10-digit number followed by “#.” You will be disconnected after hearing three more beeps.

Meet our Media Relations staff or search by topic:

Paul Wood

Vice President & Chief Communications Officer

Office: 412-647-6647
Cell: 412-352-2058

WoodPC@upmc.edu

Gloria Kreps

Vice President

Crisis Communications
Human Resources
Legal
Real Estate
UPMC Mercy

Office: 412-586-9764
Cell: 412-417-2582

KrepsGA@upmc.edu

Susan Manko

Vice President

Community Benefits
Financial Reporting

Office: 412-551-0743
Cell: 412-370-3614

MankoSM@upmc.edu

Wendy Zellner

Vice President

Information Technology
International
Quality
Supply Chain
Technology
UPMC Enterprises

Office: 412-586-9777
Cell: 412-973-7266

ZellnerWL@upmc.edu

Taylor Andres

Communications Specialist II

Concussion
Nutrition
Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine

Office: 412-578-9193
Cell: 412-592-7406

AndresTA@upmc.edu

Karen Beardsley

Manager

UPMC Chautauqua
UPMC Hamot
UPMC Horizon
UPMC Jameson
UPMC Kane
UPMC Northwest
UPMC Passavant
UPMC St. Margaret

Office: 814-877-3917
Cell: 814-392-3362

BeardsleyPetitKL@upmc.edu

Sheila Davis

Manager

Cardiology
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Ophthalmology
Rehabilitation

Cell: 412-313-6070

DavisSN2@upmc.edu

Sarah Deist

Senior Manager, Public Relations

UPMC Altoona
UPMC Bedford
UPMC East
UPMC McKeesport
UPMC Somerset
UPMC Western Maryland

Office: 814-443-5735
Cell: 814-579-1442

sedeist@SomersetHospital.com

Amber Depew

Director, Public Relations

Central Pa. Locations

UPMC Carlisle
UPMC Community Osteopathic
UPMC Hanover
UPMC Harrisburg
UPMC Lititz
UPMC Memorial
UPMC West Shore

North Central Pa. Locations

UPMC Cole
UPMC Lock Haven
UPMC Muncy
UPMC Wellsboro
UPMC Williamsport
UPMC Williamsport Divine Providence Campus

Office: 570-321-2137
Cell: 717-460-6699

DepewA2@upmc.edu

Ed DeWitt

Manager

UPMC Western Maryland

Office: 240-964-8019
Cell: 240-727-7071

dewittej@upmc.edu

Jackie Flanagan

Communications Specialist II

UPMC Cole
UPMC Lock Haven
UPMC Muncy
UPMC Wellsboro
UPMC Williamsport
UPMC Williamsport Divine Providence Campus

Office: 570-321-2140
Cell: 570-220-9390

FlanaganJf@UPMC.edu

Anastasia (Ana) Gorelova

Manager, Science Writing

Brain Institute
Evolutionary Biology
Neurosciences
Ophthalmology Research
Pitt School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Psychiatric Research
Vaccine Research

Office: 412-647-9966
Cell: 412-491-9411

GorelovaA@upmc.edu

Allison Hydzik

Director, Science and Research

Critical Care Medicine
Environmental Health
Genetics
Health Policy
Infectious Diseases Research
Pitt School of Medicine
Public Health

Office: 412-647-9975
Cell: 412-559-2431

HydzikAM@upmc.edu

Asher Jones

Manager, Science Writing

Cancer Research
Immunotherapy
Magee-Womens Research Institute
Pediatric Research
Pitt Dental School
Pitt School of Nursing
Pitt School of Pharmacy
Plastic Surgery
Regenerative Medicine

Office: 412-639-6222

JonesAG@upmc.edu

Sarah Katz

Manager

Family Medicine
Internal Medicine
UPMC Enterprises
UPMC International

Office: 412-864-4370
Cell: 412-312-1042

KatzSB@upmc.edu

Andrea Kunicky

Manager

Infertility
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Maternity Health
Menopause
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Pediatrics
Transplant
Women’s Health
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital

Office: 412-692-6254
Cell: 412-552-7448

KunickyA@upmc.edu

Sierra Lomax

Communications Specialist I

General assignment

Office: 412-647-6984

lomaxst@upmc.edu

Lisa Lombardo

Director, Public Relations

UPMC Altoona
UPMC Bedford
UPMC Chautauqua
UPMC East
UPMC Hamot
UPMC Horizon
UPMC Jameson
UPMC Kane
UPMC McKeesport
UPMC Northwest
UPMC Passavant
UPMC Somerset
UPMC St. Margaret
UPMC Western Maryland

Cell: 412-398-2646

LombardoLA@upmc.edu

Malini Mattler

Manager

UPMC Carlisle
UPMC Community Osteopathic
UPMC Hanover
UPMC Harrisburg
UPMC Lititz
UPMC Memorial
UPMC West Shore

Office: 717-231-8104
Cell: 717-418-4833

mattlerm@upmc.edu

Beth Mausteller

Manager

Infectious Diseases
Pulmonology
UPMC Mercy Burn Center

Office: 412-605-3171
Cell: 412-297-2298

MaustellerE@upmc.edu

Harry "Quincy" Nolan

Communications Specialist II

Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Ear, Nose, and Throat

Cell: 412-389-9875

nolanhh@upmc.edu

Cyndy Patton

Senior Manager

Cancer
Dermatology
Palliative Care
Radiology
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Urology

Office: 412-586-9773
Cell: 412-415-6085

PattonC4@upmc.edu

Rick Pietzak

Project Director, Crisis Communications

Emergency Medicine
Pittsburgh Poison Center at UPMC
Toxicology
Trauma

Office: 412-864-4151
Cell: 412-523-6922

PietzakR@upmc.edu

Christine Rapp

Manager

UPMC Carlisle
UPMC Community Osteopathic
UPMC Hanover
UPMC Harrisburg
UPMC Lititz
UPMC Memorial
UPMC West Shore

Office: 717-316-7172
Cell: 717-965-9119

rappce@upmc.edu

Bailey Schandelmeier

Communication Specialist I

UPMC Altoona
UPMC Bedford
UPMC Somerset
UPMC Western Maryland

Cell: 814-312-5924

schandelmeierbr@upmc.edu

Ashley Trentrock

Senior Manager

Addiction
Aging
Anesthesiology
Behavioral Health
Geriatrics
Integrative Medicine
Mental Health
Pain Medicine
Psychiatry
Sleep Medicine
UPMC Senior Communities
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital

Office: 412-586-9776
Cell: 412-529-9092

TrentrockAR@upmc.edu

Tyler Wagner

Senior Manager

UPMC Cole
UPMC Lock Haven
UPMC Muncy
UPMC Wellsboro
UPMC Williamsport
UPMC Williamsport Divine Providence Campus

Office: 570-321-2858
Cell: 570-494-8330

WagnerT4@upmc.edu