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
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
Qingde Wang, MD, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Surgery
412-864-0978
Interests
the function of ADAR1 in surgical pathology
Gregory A. Watson, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery & Critical Care Medicine
412-647-3065
Interests
medical education; combat surgery; prolonged field care
Andrew R. Watson, MD, M Litt, FACS
Professor of Surgery
877-684-7189
Interests
telemedicine and telehealth
Sean P. Whelan, MD, FASCRS
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
412-782-2400
Interests
general surgery outcomes; global surgery
Martin N. Wijkstrom, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-647-5738
Interests
clinical translation of xenotransplantation
Norman Wolmark, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Professor of Surgery
Interests
surgical and adjuvant early breast cancer and colon cancer treatment; immunotherapy in cancer treatment; genetic approaches to breast and colon cancer treatment
Xiangwei Xiao, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-692-9210
Interests
molecular therapy for diabetes, PDAC, and autoimmune disease
Hamza Yazdani, MD
Research Assistant Professor
412-624-4861
Interests
liver transplant; surgical stress; exercise training in surgical stress and metastasis; exercise in training innate and adaptive immunity
Theodore H. Yuo, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-623-8438
Interests
outcomes in end-stage renal disease
Ruben Zamora, PhD
Research Professor of Surgery
412-383-6998
Interests
role of BNIP3 to hepatic cell death/apoptosis/necrosis; inflammatory response to normoxia and hypoxia
Mazen S. Zenati, MD, MPH, PhD
Department Biostatistician
412-624-9137
Interests
trauma recidivism and rehabilitation; injury prevention; surgical oncology; pancreatic cancer; organ transplant surgery; nutrition; public health; transfusion; abdominal mesothelioma; quality assurance
Xianghong Zhang, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
412-692-2408
Interests
role of CaMKIV on the degradation of mTOR and regulation of autophagy and inflammation; function of CaMKI in phagocytosis
Jenny A. Ziembicki, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-232-8794
Interests
burn therapy; burn injury prevention
