{"id":2227422,"date":"2026-01-08T19:32:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2227422"},"modified":"2026-01-08T19:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:32:27","slug":"exclusive-what-the-pitt-gets-right-and-wrong-according-to-real-life-medical-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/exclusive-what-the-pitt-gets-right-and-wrong-according-to-real-life-medical-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | What &#8216;The Pitt&#8217; gets right \u2014 and wrong \u2014 according to real-life medical professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F01%2F118505520.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe Pitt\u201d has won over everyone \u2014 including real-life medical professionals.<\/p>\n<p>As the Emmy Award-winning series <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/06\/entertainment\/noah-wyle-compares-er-and-the-pitt-casts-with-a-subtle-dig-clowns\/\">starring Noah Wyle <\/a>returns for Season 2 on Jan. 8, doctors are weighing in on what \u201cThe Pitt\u201d gets right and wrong \u2014\u00a0and how the show is impacting the healthcare system. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve really taken on the responsibility of sort of owning the reality of the medicine, and more importantly, of the moments,\u201d Dr. Matthew Harris, who specializes in pediatric emergency medicine at Northwell Health in New York, told The Post. \u201cLike the pause after someone dies. Those difficult conversations with the parents and the family members and the patients and your team members. That for me is the most realistic part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Noah Wyle (left) in a scene from \u201cThe Pitt.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gerran Howell, Amielynn Abellera, Noah Wyle, Sepideh Moafi and Supriya Ganesh in \u201cThe Pitt.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Warrick Page\/MAX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe can talk about the medicine, which I think is also very good, but it\u2019s really these interpersonal moments. Like the quiet after a child dies in [the] emergency room. They\u2019ve really nailed that,\u201d Dr. Harris added.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Dr. Rahul\u00a0Sharma, emergency physician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine, agreed that the HBO series correctly depicts how intense the ER can be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started watching\u00a0because so many people were talking about how accurately it portrays the pressures in emergency medicine, and I was curious to see it for myself,\u201d he told The Post. \u201cSince I began watching, I was struck by how well it highlights the very real stresses currently facing emergency departments across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Dr. Rahul\u00a0Sharma, emergency physician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine. <span class=\"credit\">Provided to celebrity.land<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Benjamin Abella, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine for Mount Sinai Health System, similarly told The Post that he tuned into \u201cThe Pitt\u201d after hearing about the show\u2019s medical accuracy \u2014 and didn\u2019t hesitate to watch all 15 episodes. <\/p>\n<p>But watching \u201cThe Pitt\u201d isn\u2019t always joyful for those same doctors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes, it\u2019s actually too stressful to watch coming home from a difficult shift,\u201d Dr. Harris admitted. \u201cAnd I\u2019m like, I can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Abella added, \u201cI have a hard time watching the show, at times. It can feel all too real and remind me of the hard part of my days.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Dr. Matthew Harris, MD, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health. <span class=\"credit\">Provided to celebrity.land<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The medical professionals also acknowledge that the show doesn\u2019t get <em>everything<\/em> right.<\/p>\n<p>Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center\u2019s (UPMC) Children\u2019s Hospital who also served as a medical consultant on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/10\/entertainment\/the-pitt-star-patrick-ball-on-season-1-finale-er-lawsuit\/\">\u201cThe Pitt\u201d Season 1,<\/a> took issue with one term that the series used.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said the word \u2018sickler,\u2019 which made me cringe. It\u2019s a word that we don\u2019t use,\u201d she told The Post. \u201cAnd I was almost like, \u2018Oh my God, the sickle cell story is my story.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one thing we\u2019re moving away from in medicine is labeling the patient as their disease,\u201d Dr. Owusu-Ansah explained. \u201cThe asthmatics, the sicklers. This is a 12 year old patient with asthma \u2014 not an asthmatic. It made me cringe a little.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Dr. Benjamin Abella, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine for Mount Sinai Health System. <span class=\"credit\">Provided to celebrity.land<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Sharma had his own piece of criticism for the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery medical drama has to compress time, so things that take hours in real life unfold in minutes on screen. I understand that\u2019s just part of the format,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cand the interpersonal conflict is perhaps exaggerated\u00a0for dramatic effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Dr. Harris called out the constant overexplaining committed by the doctors working at the fictional\u00a0Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn academic, hospital is a lot of open teaching, right? And we do that in front of patients. I think that goes a little too far here,\u201d Dr. Harris said. \u201cBut I think they\u2019re doing that for the benefit of the audience to be like, \u2018Hey, let me take a really complex medical case and explain to a audience what sepsis is.\u2019 So I think that\u2019s probably the only place where they take a little more liberty to say, \u2018I need to explain this in maybe some more academic detail than others shows do.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m willing to forgive it,\u201d Dr. Harris added, \u201cbecause I think we do have a lot of open academic discussions in the emergency department, but I think there is a lot of explaining for the audience, whereas I think there\u2019s lot more that\u2019s unsaid in real life. But again, it\u2019s such a minor nuance, it just sometimes is a little annoying.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Noah Wyle in \u201cThe Pitt.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Warrick Page\/MAX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, pediatric emergency medicine physician at UPMC Children\u2019s Hospital and \u201cThe Pitt\u201d Season 1 medical consultant. <span class=\"credit\">Provided to celebrity.land<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still, \u201cThe Pitt\u201d has resonated with doctors by highlighting multiple health crises in its first season alone \u2014 such as Dr. Robby\u2019s (Wyle) intense PTSD from the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOVID isn\u2019t a distant memory for a lot of us. And Robby\u2019s story centers around losing a mentor,\u201d Dr. Harris said. \u201cWe have have lots of conversations in my home \u2014 my wife is a surgeon as well \u2014 and amongst my circle of friends of like, we\u2019re going to have to pay a therapist very well one day. I compartmentalize for a living. I declare a child dead and then I order food. It\u2019s going to catch up. And I think that\u2019s what\u2019s interesting here to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sharma also praised the show for tackling \u201ctough topics,\u201d including the storyline involving a mass shooting at the PittFest musical festival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are not abstract concepts for us, and they have real impact on patients, families, and the healthcare teams caring for them,\u201d he noted. \u201cThe show handled those topics with a level of seriousness and emotional weight that reflects the reality inside many ERs.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Katherine LaNasa as Nurse Dana in \u201cThe Pitt.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Owusu-Ansa has her own special connection to \u201cThe Pitt,\u201d having been asked to offer medical advice and knowledge for a show that nobody expected would become one of the most-talked about programs on television today. <\/p>\n<p>In 2024, she sat down with the masterminds of \u201cThe Pitt,\u201d including Wyle, creator R. Scott Gemmill and executive producer John Wells (who was the showrunner of \u201cER\u201d) and spoke in length about her experience in the emergency room. The next year, she watched her own real-life stories play out on the show, captivating audiences week after week.<\/p>\n<p>But as Dr. Owusu-Ansa noted, there were \u201chundreds and hundreds of other medical advisors\u201d who worked on the show\u2019s debut season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption> Noah Wyle, left, Mackenzie Astin and Rebecca Tilney, right, in a scene from \u201cThe Pitt.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI mean they talked to infectious disease doctors who came up with the measles storyline. They met with people from the organ donation folks. Social workers. They consulted with many other EMS about the mass casualty incident episode, including the folks who had to deal with the Las Vegas shooting,\u201d she told The Post. \u201cSo it\u2019s not just me. Literally hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of medical advisors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd not only that, they do a medical boot camp,\u201d Dr. Owusu-Ansa continued. \u201cSo these actors and<em> <\/em>actresses actually learn how to do procedures as we know how to do it.They learn how to put in an IV the way a doctor would put in an IV. And there are four to five ER doctors on the set at anytime to be like, \u2018Nope. You hold it this way. This is how you say it. You cut this way. You would tilt the head this way. You would put the monitors on this way.\u2019 So they\u2019ve gone above and beyond any other medical drama series to get this right.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Patrick Ball in a scene from \u201cThe Pitt.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And being that she worked on the show, Dr. Owusu-Ansa knows firsthand that the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/11\/entertainment\/the-pitt-star-tracy-ifeachor-exits-ahead-of-season-2\/\">cast and crew<\/a> of \u201cThe Pitt\u201d aren\u2019t just there to snag a paycheck and win Emmys \u2014 they want to fix the \u201cbroken healthcare system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat has been one of their biggest focuses. I know talking to Noah, he wants to change the way that healthcare is seen,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wants this to be transformative into policy, into implementation, into outcome,\u201d Dr. Owusu-Ansa added. \u201cThat\u2019s what they\u2019re looking for \u2018The Pitt\u2019 to be. Not just a show, but a transformative show that changes healthcare for the better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each season of \u201cThe Pitt\u201d takes place across a single 15-hour work shift. The show has been renewed for Season 3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pitt\u201d Season 2 premieres tonight at 9 pm ET on HBO Max.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Pitt\u201d has won over everyone \u2014 including real-life medical professionals. As the Emmy Award-winning series starring Noah Wyle returns for Season 2 on Jan. 8, doctors are weighing in on what \u201cThe Pitt\u201d gets right and wrong \u2014\u00a0and how the show is impacting the healthcare system. \u201cThey\u2019ve really taken on the responsibility of sort [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2227423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[357966,21741,25404,430910,430911,321599,22205,21913],"class_list":["post-2227422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-doctors","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-mount-sinai-hospital","tag-new-york-presbyterian-hospital","tag-noah-wyle","tag-television","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Exclusive-What-The-Pitt-gets-right-\u2014-and-wrong.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2227424,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227422\/revisions\/2227424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2227423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2227422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2227422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}