MDS Student Success Team
To email the MDS Student Success Team, use online-mds-support@pitt.edu. Please see details below on additional means of engaging with MDS advising!
Maria DePastino, MDS Student Success Specialist
Lead advisor for the MDS program
Jackie Speake Dwyer, MDS Student Success Specialist
Advisor for the MDS program
Wes Lipschultz, Senior Director of Student and Academic Affairs in SCI
Administrator responsible for supporting MDS advising
MDS Student Success Team and Advising
- Review and plan for the program's staggered course offering schedule
- Navigate Pitt resources (the Counseling Center, Disability Resources and Services, the Career Center, etc.)
- Advocate and build strategies to address challenges
MDS students have several options to seek advising assistance:
- Consult directly with our resources above to learn information about prerequisites, what courses are offered when, and program policies.
- Email online-mds-support@pitt.edu with an advising question or request, and this email will be routed to Maria.
- Schedule an advising appointment by logging in to my.pitt.edu, searching for “Pathways,” and selecting the advising link to browse available advising appointments and set up an online appointment from the dates and times available.
- Call the main SCI number – 412-383-4396 – and use the phone menu options to navigate to “advising” and then “MDS.”
