Dr. Christopher B. Hughes
Overview
Christopher Hughes, MD, FACS is the surgical director of the UPMC Liver Transplant Program and is certified in liver transplantation and hepatobiliary by the American Board of Surgery. He is an associate professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Hughes received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine where he also completed his residency in general surgery. He completed his fellowship in transplantation surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Dr. Hughes’s clinical interests include liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery with a focus on infectious disease in solid organ transplantation. View Dr. Hughes’s full list of publications from PubMed.
Dr. Hughes is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Visceromegaly, Liver Transplant, and Liver Embolization.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 52 peer reviewed articles and participating in 2 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Cirrhosis.
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Locations
3459 5th Avenue, Montefiore, 7 South, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
2 Clinical Trials
Starzl Transplantation Institute - UPMC Transplant Services
Abhinav Humar, MD, is the clinical director of the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute and chief of UPMC Transplant Services. He received his medical degree from the University of Ottawa where he also completed his general surgical residency. He completed his surgical fellowship in transplantation at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Humar is a member of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and the International Liver Transplantation Society with more than 600 abstracts accepted at national and international transplant meetings and has co-authored more than 200 manuscripts, 30 book chapters and two books. Dr. Humar’s clinical interests include living donor and split liver transplants and studies of hepatic regeneration. View Dr. Humar’s full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Humar is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Hepatitis, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.
Starzl Transplantation Institute - UPMC Transplant Services
Amit Tevar, MD, is the surgical director of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program at UPMC and is certified in multi-organ transplantation and hepatobiliary by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Tevar received his medical degree from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and completed his residency in general surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine where he served as chief resident. He completed his fellowship in multi-organ transplant surgery at the University of Chicago and the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Tevar is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Kidney Transplant, and Liver Transplant.
Allegheny Clinic
Tadahiro Uemura is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Uemura is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Low Blood Pressure, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- Liver TransplantDr. Hughes isElite. Learn about Liver Transplant.
- Distinguished
- HepatitisDr. Hughes isDistinguished. Learn about Hepatitis.
- Liver FailureDr. Hughes isDistinguished. Learn about Liver Failure.
- Advanced
- Alcoholic CirrhosisDr. Hughes isAdvanced. Learn about Alcoholic Cirrhosis.
- Enlarged LiverDr. Hughes isAdvanced. Learn about Enlarged Liver.
- Fibrolamellar CarcinomaDr. Hughes isAdvanced. Learn about Fibrolamellar Carcinoma.
- HepatectomyDr. Hughes isAdvanced. Learn about Hepatectomy.
- Hernia SurgeryDr. Hughes isAdvanced. Learn about Hernia Surgery.
- Liver EmbolizationDr. Hughes isAdvanced. Learn about Liver Embolization.
- Experienced
- CholangitisDr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Cholangitis.
- CirrhosisDr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Cirrhosis.
- GastrostomyDr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Gastrostomy.
- Hepatic IschemiaDr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Hepatic Ischemia.
- Hepatitis CDr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Hepatitis C.
- Kidney TransplantDr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Kidney Transplant.