Dr. Herrle serves as the Chief of the Division of Whole Health and Clinical Director of the Whole Health Program at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. His clinical interests are in health promotion and disease prevention in addition to addressing musculoskeletal complaints. His research interests clinical reasoning and physical diagnosis.
Dr. Herrle's academic interests include the teaching of physical examination and history taking skills, in addition to clinical reasoning, to residents and medical students. Dr. Herrle is a member of the UPSOM's Curriculum Committee. he has served on the writing committees for the general medicine component of the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th editions of the Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP), which is published by the American College of Physicians, and has also served as a member of the In-Training Exam Committee of the American College of Physicians. He currently is section editor for ACP MKSAP and also serves as a contributing Deputy Editor for ACP MKSAP.
- BS, Molecular Biology, Westminster College, 1999
- MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2003
- Internal Medicine Internship and Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2006
- Chief Medical Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2007
- Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2009
- MS, Medical Education, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2009
Education & Training
Tulsky AA, Herrle SR, McNeil MA, Buranosky RA. Residency selection using a different tool: The behavioral-based interview. Academic Internal Medicine Insight. 2010; 8(1).
Herrle S, Corbett EC Jr, Fagan MJ, Moore CG, Elnicki DM. Bayes' theorem and the physical examination: Probability assessment and diagnostic decision making. Academic Medicine. 2011; 85:618-627.
Herrle SR. A patient with joint pain. Annals Virtual Patients. 2014.
- Outstanding Physician of the Year, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, 2012
- Fellow, American College of Physicians, 2013-present
- Member, Academy of Master Educators, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2015-present
- William I. Cohen Excellence in Clinical Skills Instruction Award, 2016
- Kenneth E. Schuit Award, Recognizing the Dean's Master Educators, 2018
- Clinical Excellence Award, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, 2019
- Clinical Practice Award (Western Region), American College of Physicians - PA Chapter, 2025
