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
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
Carolina Pinzon-Guzman, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery
412-692-7280
Interests
Krishna Prasadan, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Surgery
412-692-7280
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 FACS
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
Walter E. Rizzoni, MD, FACS
Clinical 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
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
Alaa Sada, MD, MS, FACS
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
412-647-0467
Interests
Indranil Sau, MBBS, MS, MRCS, FRCS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-692-7280
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
412-692-7280
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