People
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
Farzad Esni, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-692-8038
Interests
pancreatic development and regeneration; Smad regulation of pancreatic islet formation
Christopher J. Esper, DO, FACOS
Clinical Associate Professor
724-983-8882
Interests
management of aortic aneurysm & carotid and peripheral artery disease; dialysis access; minimally invasive surgery; resident education
Steven Evans, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery
412-681-4989
Interests
breast cancer: current treatments and protocols
Mohamed B. Ezzelarab, MD
Research Professor of Surgery
412-383-5933
Interests
tolerogenic cell therapy in allo- and xeno-transplantation
Jie Fan, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery and Immunology
412-360-6204
Interests
acute lung injury; inflammatory signaling; innate immune cell interaction; cell death; cell priming; hemorrhagic shock; trauma
Raquel M. Forsythe, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine
412-647-3065
Ira J. Fox, MD
Professor of Surgery
412-692-6693
Interests
cell transplantation; clinical research; liver research; xenotransplantation
Barbara A. Gaines, MD
Professor of Surgery
412-692-8288
Interests
pediatric and adolescent trauma; pancreatitis and traumatic brain injury; pediatric abdominal sonogram
Andrea Gambotto, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-383-6151
Interests
vaccines and vaccine development; cancer immunotherapy; ChTCR genetic engineering of T-Cells
Armando Ganoza, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-647-5800
Interests
intestinal failure; pediatric liver transplantation; kidney, pancreas, and intestinal transplantation in adults and children; autologous islet-cell transplantation for children with acute recurrent or chronic pancreatitis
Kevin O. Garrett, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery
412-367-5010
Interests
resident and student education in general surgery and robotic techniques
Jörg C. Gerlach, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering
412-383-7150
Interests
regenerative medicine
Alyssa Gregory, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Surgery
Eric S. Hager, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-623-8438
Interests
limb salvage; distal bypass; surgical education; dialysis access; varicose vein treatment; carotid disease; endovascular interventions
Daniel E. Hall, MD, MDiv, MHSc, FACS
Professor of Surgery and Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
412-647-0421
Interests
optimizing perioperative care by measuring and mitigating the impact of frailty on patient-centered outcomes
Robert Handzel, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Interests
clinical informatics; machine learning; interoperability
Matthew P. Holtzman, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-692-2852
Interests
melanoma; sarcoma; regional therapies; single incision and robotic treatments for GI malignancies
Gina Howell, MD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-647-0635
Interests
trauma and surgical critical care
Christopher B. Hughes, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-864-2601
Interests
transplantation in the HIV-positive population; clinical outcomes and infectious diseases in liver transplantation; organ donation and allocation policy; organ preservation
Ronald R. Johnson, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-641-4274
Interests
management of benign and malignant conditions of the breast
Marina V. Kameneva, PhD
Research Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering
412-624-5281
Interests
hemorheology; microhemodynamics; blood trauma in artificial organs; blood-soluble drag-reducing polymers/clinical applications
Udai S. Kammula, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
412-623-7712
Interests
cancer immunotherapy; adoptive T cell transfer; tumor infiltrating lymphocytes; gene therapy
Upendra K. Kar, PhD, MBA
Research Assistant Professor
412-647-0421
Interests
trauma immunology; cancer vaccines; molecular diagnostics & biomarkers; regenerative medicine; drug discovery; inflammation; education; leadership
Ajai Khanna, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, FRCS
Professor
412-692-7133
Interests
multivisceral, live donor liver, and pediatric transplantation; intestinal rehabilitation surgery; domino liver transplantation
Fadi G. Lakkis, MD
Scientific Director, Starzl Transplantation Institute, UPMC
412-383-5774
Interests
allorecognition in the innate immune system; biology of memory T cells in organ transplantation; characterization of monocyte and T cell subsets in healthy human subjects and renal transplant recipients
Christine M. Leeper, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine
412-647-0421
Steven A. Leers, MD, RVT, RPVI, FSVU
Professor of Surgery
412-623-1108
Interests
limb salvage surgery; dialysis access surgery