Five Department Faculty Members Receive UPMC Physician Excellence Awards
Posted on October 8, 2021
Pediatric Surgery News
Thirty-one Department Surgeons Recognized in Pittsburgh Magazine’s 2021 “Top Doctors” List
Posted on April 21, 2021
Dr. George Gittes to Receive NIDDK Award to Advance Diabetes Gene Therapy Work
Posted on June 25, 2020
Thirty-eight Department Surgeons Recognized in Pittsburgh Magazine’s 2020 “Best Doctors” List
Posted on April 27, 2020
Congratulations to Drs. Louis Alarcon, Kelly Austin, Timothy Billiar, Geoff Bond, Sally Carty, Rabih Chaer, Randall Draper, Barbara Gaines, Kevin Garrett, David Geller, George Gittes, Giselle Hamad, Matthew Holtzman, Christopher Hughes, Abhinav Humar, Ronald Johnson, Donald Keenan, Kenneth Lee, Steven Leers, Michel Makaroun, Marcus Malek, George Mazariegos, David Medich, Kevin Mollen, Andrew Peitzman, Joshua Rubin, Harry Sell, Rakesh Sindhi, Michael J.
Dr. Jon Piganelli Awarded Funding from JDRF International
Posted on February 3, 2020
Congratulations to Jon D. Piganelli, PhD, who will receive funding from JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) International for his research project “Examining the Role of CVB in the Generation of Beta Cell Neoantigens and Targeted Approaches at Therapeutic Intervention.”
Dr. Kevin Mollen to Receive NIDDK Award to Study IBD
Posted on December 10, 2019
New Pediatric Surgery Project Funded
Posted on September 23, 2019
Award Winners, 2019 Richard L. Simmons Lecture in Surgical Science/Department of Surgery Research Day
Posted on May 15, 2019
On May 8th, 2019, we held our 17th Annual Research Day and Richard L. Simmons Lecture in Surgical Science. Attendees enjoyed a phenomenal presentation from our guest lecturer, Dr. George Miller from the Department of Surgery at the New York University School of Medicine. His talk was entitled “New Approaches to Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy.”
Congratulations to the award winners selected from over 80 abstracts submitted for the scientific program. Each awardee will receive a certificate and a cash prize.
Oral Presentation Award Winners
Forty Department Surgeons Recognized in Pittsburgh Magazine’s 2019 “Best Doctors” List
Posted on April 26, 2019
Congratulations to Drs. Louis Alarcon, Kelly Austin, David Bartlett, Timothy Billiar, Geoff Bond, Sally Carty, Rabih Chaer, Luis De la Torre, Randall Draper, Barbara Gaines, Kevin Garrett, David Geller, George Gittes, Giselle Hamad, Matthew Holtzman, Christopher Hughes, Abhinav Humar, Ronald Johnson, Donald Keenan, Kenneth Lee, Steven Leers, Michel Makaroun, Marcus Malek, George Mazariegos, David Medich, Kevin Mollen, Andrew Peitzman, Douglas Potoka, Joshua Rubin, Harry Sell, Rakesh Sindhi, Michael J.
Groundbreaking Gittes Team Research Featured in the News
Posted on November 16, 2018
Team research led by George K. Gittes, MD has pioneered a novel procedure to possibly cure diabetes that is being described as “groundbreaking” and “history in the making.” The work was featured on KDKA Pittsburgh and TheDiabetesSite.com: