Dr. Stiefel is the Medical Director for UPMC Shadyside Family Health Center and Associate Director for the UPMC Shadyside Family Medicine Residency Program. A board-certified family physician, she joined a private practice in Pittsburgh after completing her Family Medicine Residency in 1993. She provided outpatient, inpatient, and nursing home care for two and one-half years in this setting.
In 1996, her interest in medically underserved populations as well as working with and learning about other cultures led her to the Indian Health Service in Shiprock, New Mexico, where she worked with the Dine (Navajo) people. Dr. Stiefel practiced full-spectrum family medicine including obstetrics, sports medicine, emergency, and intensive care medicine for over five years at the Northern Navajo Medical Center. She was chair of the family medicine department for three of those years.
Dr. Stiefel joined the faculty in 2001 as the maternity care coordinator, where she could continue to practice full-spectrum family medicine and pursue her interest in teaching. In July 2005, she became the residency co-director along with Dr. N. Randall Kolb, and then transitioned to the associate program director in 2007. From November 2004 until January 2019, when she took on the added responsibilities of Medical Director, she actively participated in the Family Medicine Department at Magee-Women's Hospital of UPMC and was integrally involved in the family medicine OB rotation.
Her current curricular focus interest is Human Sexuality especially care of LGTBQIA+ patients.
Dr. Stiefel's personal interests include hiking, spending time with family, reading, cross stitching and watching The Ohio State University and Pittsburgh Steelers football.
2017 - 2020
- CDC 2015-2010 Inpatient Network HAIVEN under Dr. Rick Zimmerman. Started January 2017
2017 - 2018
- Ongoing Research:CDC 2015-2010 Inpatient Network HAIVEN under Dr. Rick Zimmerman. Started January 2017
2016 - 2017
- Ongoing Research: CDC 2015-2010 Inpatient Network HAIVEN under Dr. Rick Zimmerman. Started January 2017
2023
- Stiefel, L., Brown, S, and Kosak, Z. Introducing Precepting Best Practices at the Shadyside Family Health Center - Conference Session. AAFP Residency Leadership Conference, March 4, 2023 Kansas City, KS, United States.
2019
- Evaluation of Resident Training in the Use of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), Skinker, Salter, Ballard, Aurora, Stiefel; AAFP Residency Education Symposium, Kansas City, Kansas April 8, 2019 - Poster
2017 - 2018
- FMEC Improving the Rate of Physician Identification, Diagnosis and Management of Childhood Obesity in the Family Health Center 2017
- Co-presented with Kevin Porciuncula, MD, Madeline Simasek, MD, and Jacqueline Weaver-Agostoni, DO
- Faculty Presenter: ALSO Instructor Guest Lecturer, Lecturer, UPMC Shadyside Hospital, ALSO Course, 1 Day Blended Course, Topic: Case Studies, April 27 , 2018, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 - 2017
- Improving the HPV Vaccination Rate at the UPMC Shadyside Family Health Center. Co-presenter with Mary Hull MD, Madeline Simasek MD, Jacqueline Weaver-Agostoni DO MPH. FMEC 2016. Pittsburgh, PA. October 29, 2016. (Poster)
- Increasing Implementation of Fluoride Varnish at Well Child Visits. Co-presenter with Jacqueline Uy MD, Madeline Simasek MD, Jacqueline Weaver-Agostoni DO MPH. FMEC 2016. Pittsburgh, PA. October 29, 2016. (Poster)
- Ways to Increase Faculty Scholarly Activity, April 1, 2017, AAFP RPS/PDW, Kansas City
- Evaluation of Resident Training in the Use of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), Skinker, Salter, Ballard, Aurora, Stiefel; AAFP Residency Education Symposium, Kansas City, Kansas April 8, 2019 - Poster
2015 - 2016
- Improving the Hearing Screening Process in Children at the UPMC Shadyside Family Health Center; FMEC Conference; Danvers, MA; November 2015 Diana Sidelko MD; Madeline Simasek MD; Lori Stiefel MD; Jacqueline Weaver-Agostoni DO. (Poster)
- “Resident Mentoring/Electronic Health Record”, Residency Program Solutions/Program Director Workshop, Kansas City, 4/2 and 4/4/16, Stiefel, L; Gallik, G
2016 - 2017
- Ways to Increase Faculty Scholarly Activity. Co-presenter with Jacqueline Weaver-Agostoni DO MPH FACOFP. PDW and RPS. March 24, 2017. Kansas City, MO.