Dr Michelle Thompson

03/18/2026

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03/18/2026

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On Tuesday, March 17, and Wednesday, March 18, the UPMC sign on the U.S. Steel Tower will be blue in honor of Corporal Timothy O’Connor Jr. Corporal O'Connor, a Pennsylvania State Trooper, tragically lost his life in the line of duty on March 8. We extend our deepest sympathy to Corporal O'Connor's loved ones.

03/16/2026

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03/15/2026

💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵I’m happy to share I am a Blue Zone Certified Physician 💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵

03/15/2026

Hey everyone UPMC Media team is looking for a person or two who have completed our menopause group medical visit and willing to be on the news to talk about your experience and story. Feel feee to also leave some feedback below even if you don’t want to be on the news your testimony matters. Thanks so much if you have completed another group Medical visit and had a good outcome feel free to share that too they are also looking for success stories in any of our lifestyle medicine programs.

03/14/2026

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03/12/2026

Tonight I had the privilege of speaking at Physician Impairment Grand Rounds for the anesthesia team at UPMC Shadyside.

Every time I share my story with physicians, there is a moment where the room becomes very still. Because the truth is — my story does not begin in medicine.

It begins in a home shaped by trauma, chaos, and addiction.

A childhood where survival came before stability. Where the nervous system learns early how to scan for danger instead of safety. The kind of beginning that statistics say should end very differently.

And yet somehow, that little girl grew up to become a physician… standing in front of a room of anesthesiologists talking about trauma, resilience, and physician impairment.

In medicine we often talk about burnout, addiction, and impairment as if they happen in isolation. But behind every struggling physician is a human being with a nervous system, a history, and a story that likely started long before medical school.

Trauma does not discriminate.

But neither does healing.

My hope in telling the truth about where I came from is that it opens the door for more honesty in medicine. Less stigma. More compassion. More courage to take care of each other.

Because here is the truth I left the room with tonight:

The little girl who grew up in trauma, chaos, and addiction was never supposed to end up here.

But sometimes the very stories that could have broken us… become the reason we are able to help heal others.

And that might be the most powerful form of medicine there is. 🤍 Thank you Kristin Ondecko Ligda for inviting me and for the opportunity to share lifestyle, integrative, and mind-body medicine UPMC Shadyside Medicine Grand Rounds UPMC Shadyside Hospital 🙏 Grateful Thankful Blessed ❤️

03/11/2026

Yesterday's Teaching Kitchen class asked about a salad recipe check out our YouTube channel

Dr. Michelle Thompson shares recommendations for how to make an amazing salad!

03/11/2026

Eating Healthy on a Budget 🥰
Collborative UPMC, LECOM, Pitt Med students and residents Thoughtful Lifestyle, Integrative, Mind-Body Medicine Conversations for a Healthier Future https://youtu.be/deXSvi7QFJs?si=V2AZM-kn8DVEw7yX

Dr. Thompson leads a Q&A on eating on a budget with residents and med students, recorded March 2026.

03/11/2026

Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group