Oscar Marroquin was named vice dean for clinical affairs

Oscar C. Marroquin, associate professor in the Division of Cardiology, has been appointed to the role of vice dean for clinical affairs for Pitt’s School of Medicine. Marroquin has also been named senior vice president of UPMC and president of its Physician Services Division, a role in which he will oversee more than 5,000 employed physicians and staff.

A professor in the School of Medicine for two decades, Marroquin also holds secondary appointments in the School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology and Pitt’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute. In his new role as vice dean, Marroquin will work collaboratively with Pitt Med leadership to advance clinical education.

Marroquin earned his medical degree from the Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala. He completed an internal medicine residency at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, followed by fellowships in cardiovascular diseases and interventional cardiology and a certificate in clinical research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

A member of the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians, Marroquin’s academic interests focus on outcomes research in interventional cardiology and heart disease in women. He also specializes in turning real-world data into evidence and is currently chief analytics officer at UPMC, where his team works to apply “big data” approaches to measure and predict clinical outcomes. Marroquin is also a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions.