Michael Rytel, MD (GPOA)

Dr. Giugale graduated from the University of Virginia as part of the prestigious Echols Scholar program. He remained at the University of Virginia for medical school and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. He continued his training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he completed his orthopedic surgery residency and subspecialty fellowship in Hand & Upper Extremity. As an upper extremity specialist, Dr. Giugale utilizes minimally-invasive arthroscopic techniques, and employs the latest, proven, cutting-edge technology for the shoulder, elbow, and hand. He believes in a team approach between physician and patient, cultivating an atmosphere of trust that is pivotal to a successful outcome. Born to Argentinian parents, Dr. Giugale is fluent in both English and Spanish. Throughout his youth, he lived on four different continents and has a passion for global outreach, performing international medical mission work in Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Peru. Dr. Giugale is an avid sportsman and a fitness enthusiast. He plays soccer multiple times a week in indoor and outdoor leagues in western Pennsylvania. He is fond of the culinary arts, and of the booming Pittsburgh food scene. He enjoys cooking, and is a member of several community supported agriculture crop shares. True to his Argentinian roots, he pursues a life-long quest to perfect the art of grilling steak. He lives in the city with his wife, a urogynecologist, and their baby daughter.

Dr. March was born in Washington, DC and grew up in Bethesda, MD. He completed his undergraduate studies at Tufts University where he majored in psychology. He attended medical school at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine where he graduated in the top of his class and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. He completed his residency training in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He then undertook fellowship in Hip and Knee Reconstruction at the Norton Orthopaedic Institute in Louisville, Kentucky. There, he trained with internationally recognized experts in the direct anterior approach for total hip replacement.

After earning a degree in Economics from the prestigious Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Dr. Levy returned to his hometown of Pittsburgh to earn his Doctor of Medicine Degree at the University of Pittsburgh, and continue with his surgical internship and Orthopaedic Surgery Residency there as well. He then completed a Spine Surgery Fellowship at the renowned Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in California, and then joined Greater Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Associates in 1994. Dr. Levy treats a broad range of spinal disorders, “ranging from the adolescent gymnast with low back pain to the elderly patient with progressive difficulty in walking,” he says. The co-author of several Orthopaedic research articles, Dr. Levy has made presentations at educational conferences in Pittsburgh and California, and is a Clinical Instructor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. When he’s not practicing medicine, Dr. Levy enjoys skiing, skating and golf. He and his wife, Dr. Tracy Prizant, currently reside in the city of Pittsburgh with their three children.