The 20 Best Alagille Syndrome Doctors Near Me in Pittsburgh, PA

James E. Squires MD, MS, is a pediatric hepatologist and is certified in pediatric gastroenterology and advanced/transplant hepatology by the American Board of Pediatrics. He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and is the Associate Director of Hepatology and the Director of the Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from University of Texas and completed his residency followed by his fellowships in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Advanced/Transplant Hepatology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Squires is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alagille Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Alagille Syndrome, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 1, Liver Transplant, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Squires is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics and American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Squires is currently accepting new patients.

Simon Horslen, MBChB, FRCPCH, is a pediatric hepatologist and transplant physician and is certified in General Pediatrics and Gastroenterology by the Medical Royal Colleges in the United Kingdom. He is director of Pediatric Hepatology at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Horslen earned his medical degree at the University of Bristol Medical School in England and is a fellow and founding member of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (UK). He is a fellow of the American Society of Transplantation and of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease.Dr. Horslen has worked in the United States for the last 23 years, initially at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE, and subsequently at Seattle Children’s in Seattle, WA as director of Hepatology and medical director of Solid Organ Transplantation. His clinical and research interests include pediatric liver disease, acute liver failure, and liver and intestine transplantation. He has over 150 publications in the areas of pediatric liver disease, intestinal failure, and transplantation and participates in several multicenter studies.Dr. Horslen lives in Edgeworth with his wife, Sarah. He has two adult children who continue to live in the Pacific Northwest. He is an avid soccer fan, likes to play golf when his busy schedule allows, and is a woodturner and particularly enjoys making bowls on his lathe.View the full list of Dr. Horslen’s publications on PubMed.LGBTQIA+ Affirming: This provider has completed training on how to create a safe, comfortable, and welcoming environment for LGBTQIA+ patients. This provider may or may not offer LGBTQIA+ specific medical or surgical care. Please ask when scheduling. Dr. Horslen is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alagille Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 11 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Short Bowel Syndrome, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 1, Biliary Atresia, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Horslen is currently accepting new patients.

Rakesh Sindhi, MD, FACS, is a pediatric abdominal transplant surgeon, board-certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. He is co-director of Pediatric Transplantation, director of Pediatric Transplant Research, and professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Sindhi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alagille Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hepatoblastoma, Biliary Atresia, Liver Failure, Liver Transplant, and Small Bowel Resection. Dr. Sindhi is board certified in American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Sindhi is currently accepting new patients.

Veena Venkat, MD, is a gastroenterologist at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and an associate professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She is board-certified in Pediatric Gastroenterology by the American Board of Pediatrics.Dr. Venkat received her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Pediatrics and her fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.Dr. Venkat's clinical and research interest is in pediatric liver disease and liver transplant. She is a co-investigator in the multicenter Childhood Liver Disease Research Network consortium. She has worked collaboratively to further understand the natural history and outcomes of children with cholestatic liver diseases with a focus on biliary atresia. In addition, she has collaborated on studies of primary sclerosing cholangitis, Alagille syndrome, alpha-one antitrypsin deficiency and PFIC. Her work with the liver transplant program has included involvement in the Immunosuppression Withdrawal for Stable Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients trial, with a focus on long-term graft health, safety outcomes, and reversibility of rejection during immunosuppression withdrawal.She is a member of the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, and the American Society of Transplantation.View Dr. Venkat's full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Venkat is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alagille Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Sclerosing Cholangitis, Cholangitis, Biliary Atresia, Bile Duct Obstruction, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Venkat is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Venkat is currently accepting new patients.

Patrick Mckiernan is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist practicing medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Mckiernan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alagille Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 1, Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, Rotor Syndrome, Liver Transplant, and Gastrostomy.