Gregory Castelli

Gregory Castelli

PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, BC-ADM, CDCES

Associate Professor. Clinical Pharmacist. Evidence-Based Medicine Educator.

I'm a clinical pharmacist and faculty member who has been embedded in primary care and family medicine residency training since 2012. For years, I ran a weekly Medical Decision Making education series, structured sessions designed to help residents think more rigorously about the evidence behind clinical choices. I've sat through more journal clubs than I can count. Most of them were a chore. A resident spent hours building slides, the group half-listened, an attending asked a few pointed questions, and everyone walked out having caught up on their charting. Engagement was the problem and I think I figured out a way to change that.

Dispense As Written is my attempt to fix it. This is an independent project, no institution, no sponsor, no agenda beyond the evidence. Every episode is a rigorous, clinical trial breakdown built around one question: does this change what you do for your patient? Not surrogate endpoints. Not disease-oriented data dressed up as outcomes. Patient-oriented evidence, the kind that actually matters at the bedside. Beyond individual trials, I also tackle the fundamentals of evidence-based medicine, trial designs, levels of evidence, and searching strategies, not as abstract concepts, but grounded in real studies so the methodology always connects back to a clinical question you're actually facing.

I hold no pharmaceutical sponsorships. I never will.

Maybe you're here because one of these sounds familiar:

  • Are you a residency program looking to run a journal club but lacking a dedicated faculty lead?
  • Are you an attending trying to stay current so you can teach and supervise with confidence?
  • Are you a resident or student preparing to present a recent trial and want to see how it gets done?

Whoever brought you here, DAW is for you.

Credentials

  • Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
  • Fellow, Critical Care Pharmacists (FCCP)
  • Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS)
  • Board Certified - Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM)
  • Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES)

Current Appointments

  • Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Thread Co-Lead, Interprofessional Education
  • Associate Director, HS Center for Interprofessional Education

Former Appointments

  • Editor in Chief, Family Physicians Inquiry Network
  • Residency Program Director, UPMC St. Margaret Family Medicine Residency
  • Associate Director, Faculty Development Fellowship, UPMC St. Margaret
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, WVU School of Pharmacy

Selected Publications

  • Over 50 peer-reviewed publications in evidence-based medicine, primary care pharmacotherapy, and medical education.
  • Editor-in-Chief, Priority Updates from the Research Literature (PURLs) Series.
  • Google Scholar profile
  • Castelli G, et al. Using Social Media to Teach About and Engage Residents in Evidence-Based Medicine. Family Medicine, 2024.
  • Epling JW, Heidelbaugh JJ, Woolever D, Castelli G, et al. Examining an Evidence-Based Medicine Culture in Residency Education. Family Medicine, 2018.
  • Castelli G. Priority Updates to the Research Literature (PURLs) Series Now Featured in the JABFM. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 2024.
  • Smith P, Castelli G. The Priority Updates from the Research Literature (PURLs) Methodology. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 2024.

Recognition

  • Faculty of the Year - WVU Family Medicine Residency, 2015
  • Academy of Excellence in Teaching and Learning - WVU Health Sciences Center, 2015
  • Teacher of the Year - WVU Pharmacy Residency Programs, 2016
  • Preceptor of the Year - UPMC Pharmacy Residency Programs, 2020
  • Mid-Career Faculty Award - Family Medicine Education Consortium, 2022
  • Principal Investigator, ABFM National Journal Club Initiative, 2021-2022