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University of Pittsburgh, Department of Family Medicine
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Robert W. Smith, M.D., MBA
Assistant Professor
Vice Chair for Education

Dr. Robert W. Smith is an Assistant Professor and Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Family Medicine. He practices in the University of Pittsburgh Physicians (UPP) medical group and is on the staffs of UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Shadyside, UPMC Braddock, and UPMC McKeesport. Dr. Smith has been the Associate Director of Undergraduate Education and assumed the role of Vice Chair of Education in September, 2005. He is responsible for overseeing several Undergraduate Medical Education programs for the Department, including the required Family Medicine Third-Year Clerkship.

Dr. Smith is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a B.A. in Psychology (cum laude) and a M.D. from the University of California, Irvine College of Medicine. He completed his residency training while on active duty in the U.S. Navy, at the Naval Regional Medical Center, Camp Pendleton, California. Dr. Smith completed a Graduate Extension Certificate in Executive Medical Management through the extension program at the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Irvine. He also holds a Masters in Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University (with distinction). Dr. Smith’s interests include health care economics, service to the developmentally challenged, and health disparities in underserved populations.


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Robert W. Smith, M.D., MBA
3518 Fifth Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15261-0001
412-383-2322
412-383-2245 (fax)
412-958-6704 (pager)
814-282-9838 (cellular)
smithrw@upmc.edu