Department of Surgery

George K. Gittes, MD

  • Mark M. Ravitch MD Endowed Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Professor of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatrics
  • Surgeon-in-Chief Emeritus at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
  • Director, Richard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research
  • Director of Surgical Research, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Education & Training

  • AB, Harvard College
  • MD, Harvard Medical School
  • Surgery Residency, University of California, San Francisco
  • Research Fellowship, Hormone Research Institute and The Gastrointestinal Research Laboratories, University of California, San Francisco
  • Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City

Representative Publications

Dr. Gittes' publications can be reviewed through PubMed.

Research, Clinical, and/or Academic Interests

Pancreatic Disease, Gynecomastia

Faculty by divisions

Pediatric Surgery