Faculty
Timothy R. Billiar, MD
George Vance Foster Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
412-647-1749
Interests
mechanisms involved in acute cellular and organ injury in inflammatory states such as shock, trauma, and sepsis
Faculty
Nathan L. Liang, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-802-3333
Interests
surgical and endovascular treatment of aortic pathology; peripheral, visceral, and carotid arterial disease; clinical outcomes research; statistical methods and machine learning
Eliza Beth Littleton, PhD
Research Associate Professor
412-647-0315
Interests
reporting what learners actually do to learn so that teachers may design education that efficiently supports it
Jason Lohmueller, PhD
Assistant Professor
603-819-9492
Interests
synthetic biology; cancer immunotherapy, adoptive T cell therapy; CAR T cells; gene therapy
Michael T. Lotze, MD
Professor of Surgery, Immunology, and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
412-623-6790
Interests
DAMPs and their receptors, specifically focusing on HMGB1 and RAGE
Patricia A. Loughran, PhD
Research Associate Professor
412-958-1326
Interests
protein subcellular localization and protein binding partners in models of inflammation, infection, and hypoxia
Kristin M. Lupinacci, MS, DO, FACOS, FACS
Assistant Professor
Interests
Evaluation, management, and surgical treatment of benign and malignant breast disease
Michael Madigan, MD
Assistant Professor
412-802-3333
Interests
endovascular aortic repair; wound healing; carotid artery disease
Marcus M. Malek, MD, FACS, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Interests
pediatric oncology; surgery for pediatric solid tumors; advanced minimally invasive surgery; pediatric colorectal disease; gastroesophageal reflux disease; chest wall deformities
George V. Mazariegos, MD
Jamie Lee Curtis Chair in Transplantation Surgery
412-692-6110
Interests
pediatric intestinal failure; hepatocyte transplantation; pediatric liver transplantation; immunosuppression; bio-artificial liver device; sorbent suspension dialysis in advanced hepatic encephalopathy
Priscilla F. McAuliffe, MD, PhD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-641-4274
Interests
Ryan M. McEnaney, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-864-0985
Interests
purinergic signaling in arterial function and disease; arteriogenesis and vascular biology; arterial hemodynamics; vascular calcification
Diana M. Metes, MD
Professor of Surgery and Immunology
412-648-3291
Interests
immune responses to EBV; memory T cell response and DC immunobiology in solid organ transplantation
Deepika Mohan, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine
412-647-2986
Interests
physician decision making in time-sensitive conditions; heuristics and biases; trauma triage; emergency general surgery
Michele Molinari, MD, MSc, FACS
Professor of Surgery
412-647-5800
Interests
decision analysis in transplant, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery; impact of obesity in transplant surgery
Adrian E. Morelli, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery and Immunology
412-624-2193
Interests
function of professional Ag-presenting cells during transplant rejection and transplant tolerance/immune-suppression
Michael J. Morowitz, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
412-692-7282
Interests
pathogenicity of intestinal microbes in milk-fed and formula-fed premature infants
Dominick A. Motto, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-367-5010
Interests
general surgery and robotic-assisted techniques; surgical resident education
Christopher J. Myers, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Clinical Assistant Professor
724-546-2502
Interests
Rami A. Namas, MD
Research Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-648-7866
Interests
inflammatory processes and diseases
Matthew L. Nicotra, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Immunology
412-648-0177
Interests
allorecognition; genomics; molecular genetics; invertebrate zoology; molecular evolution; comparative immunology; innate immunity; transplantation
Martin Oberbarnscheidt, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-648-1491
Interests
innate allorecognition in transplantation; renal dendritic cell network
Melanie C. Ongchin, MD, FACS
Clinical Assistant Professor
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Interests
treatment of advanced GI malignancies; peritoneal carcinomatosis; skin and soft tissue cancers
Alessandro Paniccia, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Interests
minimally invasive HPB surgery; pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Julie Phillippi, PhD
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Bioengineering
Interests
James F. Pingpank Jr., MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-692-2852
Interests
treatment of primary and metastatic gastrointestinal cancers and advanced malignancies of the liver and peritoneal cavity
Krishna Prasadan, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-692-9211
Interests
role of notch-signaling pathway during pancreatic beta cell differentiation; intra-endocrine regulation of beta cell differentiation during pancreas development
Juan C. Puyana, MD
Professor of Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, and Clinical Translational Science
412-647-0421
Interests
promoting research, educational opportunities, and clinical collaboration internationally
Ramesh Chandran Ramanathan, MD, FRCS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-641-3668
Interests
bariatric surgery; surgical oncology
Balathiripurasundari Ramaswami, PhD
Research Instructor
412-648-1427
Interests
transplant immunology; immunological tolerance; viral transplant immunology
Kimberly M. Ramonell, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-647-0647
Interests
benign and malignant parathyroid, thyroid, and adrenal disorders
Ward M. Richardson, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-692-7280
Interests
congenital and acquired, benign and malignant, and open and minimally invasive pediatric surgery and trauma