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

Construction
Human Resources
Legal
Nursing
Real Estate
Supply Chain
UPMC Mercy

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

KrepsGA@upmc.edu

Susan Manko

Vice President

Community Benefits
Financial Reporting
Health Services Division - Hospital Network

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

MankoSM@upmc.edu

Karen Beardsley

Senior Manager, Media Relations

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

Autumn Bellan

Communication Specialist I

UPMC East
UPMC McKeesport
UPMC Passavant
UPMC St. Margaret
UPMC Horizon
UPMC Jameson

Office: 412-660-1651

bellanar@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

Cell: 717-460-6699

DepewA2@upmc.edu

Ed DeWitt

Manager, Public Relations

UPMC Western Maryland
Center for Sustainability

Cell: 240-727-7071

dewittej@upmc.edu

Jackie Flanagan

Communications Specialist II, Public Relations
North Central Pa. Region

UPMC Cole
UPMC Outpatient Emergency Department in 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

Senior 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

Claire Gysegem

Communications Specialist II

General assignment

Cell: (412) 518-5477

Gysegemcv@upmc.edu

Allison Hydzik

Director, Science and Research

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

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

HydzikAM@upmc.edu

Asher Jones

Manager, Science Writing

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

Cell: 412-639-6222

JonesAG@upmc.edu

Sierra Lomax

Communications Specialist I

General assignment

Office: 412-647-6984
Cell: 412-295-2610

lomaxst@upmc.edu

Lisa Lombardo

Director, Public Relations

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

Cell: 412-398-2646

LombardoLA@upmc.edu

Malini Mattler

Manager, Media Relations
Central Pa. Region

• UPMC in Central Pa. Hospitals
• UPMC Children’s in Harrisburg
• UPMC Heart & Vascular Institute in Central Pa.
• UPMC Hillman Cancer Centers in Central Pa.
• UPMC Magee-Womens in Central Pa.
• Neurosciences
• Telehealth
• Transplant
• Behavioral Health