Fred H Rubin MD

Summary

• Fred Rubin, MD, is a geriatric specialist located in Pittsburgh, PA and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Following his graduation from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 1975, he completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Royal Victoria Hospital of McGill University in Canada in 1978, and his fellowship in General Internal Medicine at Mass General Brigham in Boston in 1979. He founded the Geriatrics program at UPMC Shadyside in Pittsburgh in 1987. He was appointed Chair of the Department of Medicine in 1991 and served in that role until 2020. His research has been published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society and elsewhere, with works focusing on hospital mobility and elder care programs being cited multiple times. Dr. Rubin has been recognized by Pittsburgh Magazine from Castle Connolly annually since 1996 and holds several CMS Meaningful Use certifications from Epic Systems Corporation. Additionally, he received the Physician Practice Connections Recognition Program award from the National Committee for Quality Assurance from 2011 to 2013. He is a past President of the Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society-Western Division.