StingHelp Medical Review
MD, MS · General Internal Medicine · Medical Reviewer for selected StingHelp health content
Sarah Jones is an Internal Medicine physician whose current University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine profile lists her as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and an Academic Hospitalist at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. She is also listed as core faculty in the UPMC Internal Medicine Residency and a clinical-skills preceptor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Credentials at a glance
- Medical degree: MD, University of Nebraska College of Medicine
- Additional degree: MS, Medical Education, University of Pittsburgh
- Specialty: General Internal Medicine
- Residency: Internal Medicine Residency, Women’s Health Track, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, completed 2016
- Current academic role: Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
- Current clinical role: Academic Hospitalist, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
- UPMC role: Core faculty, UPMC Internal Medicine Residency
- NPI: 1285976514
- Pennsylvania medical license: Public provider records list license MD456952
Education and professional background
Sarah Jones earned her medical degree from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. Her University of Pittsburgh faculty profile also lists graduate training in toxicology and medical education, as well as completion of the UPMC Internal Medicine Residency Women’s Health Track in 2016.
Her current academic interests include weight management, cardiovascular risk reduction—particularly for women—medical education, physician career satisfaction, and telemedicine skill development. Her faculty profile also notes work in outpatient weight management and cardiovascular-risk consultation for women Veterans.
Role in StingHelp medical review
Sarah Jones serves as a medical reviewer for selected StingHelp health content. Her review role is focused on clinical accuracy, safety language, appropriate escalation of urgent symptoms, clarity around uncertainty, and consistency with reputable medical and public-health guidance.
Important: A reviewer profile does not mean every article on StingHelp has been medically reviewed. An article is described as “medically reviewed” only when that specific article has actually completed the review process and a review date can be documented.
What the reviewer checks
- Emergency warning signs and care-escalation language
- First-aid and treatment claims
- Medication-related cautions and scope
- Tick-borne, vector-borne, allergic, and infectious-disease claims
- Statements that could be mistaken for a diagnosis
- Whether authoritative sources support material medical claims
Professional verification
For transparency, readers can verify Sarah Jones’s professional background through publicly available professional and provider records:
Medical review standards at StingHelp
Medical review is one part of StingHelp’s broader editorial process. Articles are also expected to use appropriate authoritative sources, distinguish established evidence from uncertain identification clues, and avoid presenting photographs or symptom patterns as definitive diagnoses.
Read the Medical Review Policy, Editorial Policy, Sources & Fact-Checking Policy, and Medical Disclaimer.
Medical disclaimer
StingHelp provides general educational information. Medical review does not create a doctor-patient relationship, provide individualized diagnosis, or replace evaluation by a healthcare professional who can examine you. For severe or rapidly worsening symptoms—especially trouble breathing, throat swelling, fainting, or collapse—seek emergency medical care.
Profile last verified: September 23, 2026.