Anthony Pietropaoli, MD

In 1986, Anthony attended SUNY Upstate Medical School in his desire to become a physician like his father, a general internist in Rochester for over 40 years. He then continued on to University of Pittsburgh for his residency.

He was finishing his training as a chief medical resident in 1994. In April of that year, things abruptly changed.

He developed pneumonia where he went into sepsis, septic shock and ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome). (Sepsis and Pneumonia, Sepsis and ARDS) He spent two stormy weeks in the ICU and several weeks in the hospital.

Lucky for Anthony, he survived, slowly recovered, and by July of that same year he started his internal medicine practice in Rochester, NY.

After about a year in practice he felt a persistent calling to return to the critical care environment. He contacted the leaders in the field at the University of Rochester and started a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in 1996 – he hasn’t left since.

He has gone on to become an expert clinician, teacher, and researcher in sepsis. He earned a master’s degree in public health and clinical investigation in the University of Rochester’s Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute in 2008. His research has included grants from the National Institutes of Health, American Lung Association, American Heart Association, New York State, and industry organizations.

His daily work at the University of Rochester Medical Center focuses on the care of individuals with sepsis and other critical illnesses, and investigation of novel methods to more rapidly and accurately diagnosis and treat sepsis.