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
Walter E. Rizzoni, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
814-877-5600
Interests
peripheral vascular surgery; carotid artery and aneurysm surgery; adult cardiac surgery; vein laser procedures
David M. Rothstein, MD
Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Immunology
412-648-7154
Interests
immune tolerance and immunoregulation in allograft and autoimmune settings; regulatory T cells; regulatory and effector B cells
Quratulain Sabih, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor
Interests
resident education; women in academic medicine; mentorship
Ulka Sachdev-Ost, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-802-3036
Interests
angiogenesis; innate immunity; lower extremity ischemia; platelet-leukocyte interactions
Faruk Sacirbegovic, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Interests
understanding the complex biological processes behind T cell immune responses to develop novel cell-based disease therapies
Indranil Sau, MBBS, MS, MRCS, FRCS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-692-7292
Interests
necrotizing enterocolitis; intestinal failure in children
Moh'd Akram Sbeih, MD, FACS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
814-678-4810
Interests
minimally invasive surgery
Stefan Scholz, MD, PhD, FACS, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-692-8447
Interests
robotics and sonography in pediatric surgery; minimally invasive pediatric and neonatal surgery; pediatric chest wall deformities; pediatric HPB surgery
Vaishali D. Schuchert, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine
412-692-2850
Interests
education and mentorship in surgery and surgical critical care
Khalid M. Shalaby, MD, PhD, FRCS, FACS
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
412-672-3422
Interests
teaching of nurses, medical students, residents; clinical and educational research
Susan M. Shea, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering
412-624-1416
Interests
coagulopathy in trauma; microfluidic models of hemostasis/thrombosis; blood product hemostatic efficacy
Diana A. Shellmer, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-692-8150
Interests
psychosocial functioning and outcomes in solid organ pediatric transplantation
Richard L. Simmons, MD
Distinguished Service Professor of Surgery
412-889-3210
Interests
cytokine networks in inflammation
Rakesh Sindhi, MD
Raizman Haney Chair and Professor of Surgery
412-692-7849
Interests
disease pathway and biomarker discovery for transplant rejection and end-stage disease; clinical outcome analysis
Michael J. Singh, MD, FACS, RPVI
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-802-3333
Interests
aortic dissection, aneurysms, and trauma; biomechanics of aortic endografting; vessel wall compliance mismatches; acute and chronic venous disease; outcome analysis; quality of life
Kyle A. Soltys, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-692-6110
Interests
I/R injury in fatty liver models; preservation injury; PTLD; hepatocyte transplantation; antibody-mediated rejection
Atilla Soran, MD, MPH, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery
412-641-4274
Interests
metastatic breast cancer surgery; lymphedema; optical biopsy for breast lesions; early breast cancer biomarkers; nomograms; prediction model for neo-adjuvant chemotherapy
Natalie Sridharan, MD
Assistant Professor
Interests
clinical outcomes research; carotid disease; peripheral vascular disease and limb salvage
Jennifer L. Steel, PhD
Professor of Surgery, Psychiatry, and Psychology
Interests
collaborative care interventions to manage cancer-related symptoms and improve quality of life for cancer patients
Jennifer G. Steiman, MD
Assistant Professor
412-641-4274
Interests
radioactive seed localized breast surgery; breast cancer treatment in ages > 70; secondary arm lymphedema; surgical education research
Amit D. Tevar, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
412-647-5734
Interests
role of B cells in the progression of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis liver disease
Angus W. Thomson, PhD, DSc
Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Immunology
412-624-1116
Interests
roles of dendritic cells and T cells in immune regulation and the promotion of transplant tolerance
Jianmin Tian, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
412-692-7456
Interests
transcriptional regulations in liver cancer
Samer T. Tohme, MD
John J. Fung/Astellas Pharma US, Inc. Assistant Professor in Transplant Surgery
412-692-2001
Interests
cancer research; disparities and access to care in HPB surgery; clinical outcomes in surgical oncology and HPB surgery
Neill J. Turner, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-624-5272
Interests
role of decellularized extracellular matrix in limb and muscle regeneration
Hēth Turnquist, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Immunology
412-624-6695
Interests
cytokine and regulatory cell networks in transplantation
Edith Tzeng, MD
UPMC Professor of Surgery
412-802-3025
Interests
angiogenesis; vascular injury; wound healing; aortic aneurysm formation; post-stenting restenosis
Yoram Vodovotz, PhD
Professor of Surgery, Immunology, Bioengineering, Computational Biology, Clinical and Translational Science, and Communication Science and Disorders
412-648-3758
Interests
biology of acute inflammation in shock states; chronic inflammatory diseases; wound healing; malaria; restenosis