The 20 Best Bile Duct Obstruction Doctors near Pittsburgh, PA

Adam Slivka, MD, PhD, is a Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the Associate Chief of Clinical Affairs for the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Slivka is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Hereditary Pancreatitis, Chronic Pancreatitis, Acute Pancreatitis, Endoscopy, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

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 Bile Duct Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Short Bowel Syndrome, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 1, Cholestasis, Biliary Atresia, and Liver Transplant.

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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Alagille Syndrome, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 1, Liver Transplant, and Gastrostomy.

Harkirat Singh, MD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Medical Director of GI Endoscopy at the UPMC Mercy Hospital.Dr.Singh's clinical and research interests include pancreatitis, pancreatic cysts, bile duct strictures, pancreato-biliary endoscopy, gastroenterological malignancies, general gastroenterology and hepatology.In addition to upper endoscopies and colonoscopies, Dr.Singh specializes in advanced endoscopic procedures like endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), endoscopic mucosal resection, and deep enteroscopy. Dr. Singh is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Bile Duct Stricture, Bile Duct Obstruction, Cholestasis, Gastrectomy, and Endoscopy.

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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. Her top areas of expertise are Sclerosing Cholangitis, Cholangitis, Biliary Atresia, Bile Duct Obstruction, and Liver Transplant.

Rohit Das, MD, specializes in gastroenterology and is certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He practices at University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and is affiliated with UPMC Shadyside, UPMC Mercy, UPMC St Margaret, and UPMC Presbyterian. He completed his residency at Montefiore Medical Center in New York and his medical degree at Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Das is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Childhood Pancreatitis, Acute Pancreatitis, Pancreatectomy, and Endoscopy.

Amy Hosmer, MD, is a gastroenterologist certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She practices at University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and is affiliated with UPMC Shadyside, UPMC Presbyterian, and UPMC Mercy. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency, Gastroenterology Fellowship, and Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy Fellowship at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, MI. Dr. Hosmer is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. Her top areas of expertise are Gallstones, Neuroma Biliary Tract, Choledocholithiasis, Lithotripsy, and Endoscopy.

Manish Dhawan is a Gastroenterologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Dhawan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Bile Duct Stricture, Bile Duct Obstruction, Endoscopy, and Pancreatectomy.

Shyam Thakkar is a Gastroenterologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Thakkar is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Acute Pancreatitis, Childhood Pancreatitis, Bile Duct Obstruction, Pancreatectomy, and Endoscopy.

Paula Novelli, MD, specializes in diagnostic radiology and vascular interventional radiology and is board-certified in interventional radiology and diagnostic radiology by the American Board of Radiology. She practices at UPMC Presbyterian and UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. Dr. Novelli received her medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed residencies at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center - Case Western Reserve University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, followed by a fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Novelli is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. Her top areas of expertise are Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Metastatic Uveal Melanoma, Banti's Syndrome, Liver Embolization, and Gastrostomy.

Philip Orons, MD, is an interventional radiologist and is certified in diagnostic radiology with a certificate of added qualification in angiography and interventional radiology by the American Board of Radiology. He is the chief of interventional radiology at UPMC and a professor of radiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency at Metropolitan Hospital-Central Division, followed by his fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He has been awarded fellowship in both the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and the American Osteopathic College of Radiology (AOCR), and currently is a member of the AOCR Board of Directors and President of the AOCR Education Foundation. Dr. Orons is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Bile Duct Stricture, Cholestasis, Bile Duct Obstruction, Liver Embolization, and Thrombectomy.

Dhiraj Yadav, MD, specializes in gastroenterology and is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He practices at University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and is affiliated with UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital and UPMC Presbyterian. He earned his medical degree at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and completed his residency and fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Yadav is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pancreatitis, Childhood Pancreatitis, Hereditary Pancreatitis, Acute Pancreatitis, and Endoscopy.

William Rothfus, MD, specializes in diagnostic radiology and neuroradiology and is certified by the American Board of Radiology. He practices at University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department of Radiology and is affiliated with UPMC Northwest, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, UPMC Altoona, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Mercy, UPMC Shadyside, UPMC McKeesport, UPMC St Margaret, UPMC Bedford, UPMC East, and UPMC Horizon. He completed his fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Rothfus is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (pLGG), Herniated Disk, Ascites, Liver Cancer, and Rhizotomy.

Kevin McGrath, MD, specializes in esophageal diseases and disorders and is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He practices at UPMC Digestive Health Care at Presbyterian and is affiliated with UPMC McKeesport, UPMC Horizon, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, UPMC Shadyside, UPMC Presbyterian, and UPMC Mercy. Dr. McGrath received his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College and completed his residency and fellowship at Duke University School of Medicine.Are you already a patient of this provider and have a MyUPMC account? Log in to MyUPMC to schedule. Dr. Mcgrath is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Neuroendocrine Tumor, Pancreatic Cancer, Barrett Esophagus, Endoscopy, and Pancreatectomy.

Kenneth Fasanella, MD, specializes in esophageal diseases and disorders and is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He practices at UPMC Digestive Health Care at Presbyterian and is affiliated with UPMC Horizon, UPMC St. Margaret, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, UPMC Shadyside, UPMC Presbyterian, and UPMC Mercy. Dr. Fasanella received his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He completed his residency at Duke University School of Medicine and fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.Are you already a patient of this provider and have a MyUPMC account? Log in to MyUPMC to schedule. Dr. Fasanella is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Jaundice, Barrett Esophagus, Endoscopy, and Pancreatectomy.

Joshua Pinter, MD, specializes in vascular interventional radiology and diagnostic radiology and is board-certified in interventional radiology and diagnostic radiology by the American Board of Radiology. He practices at Interventional Radiology-Shadyside, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, and UPMC Hillman Interventional Oncology (IO) Clinic. Dr. Pinter received his medical degree from State University of New York Upstate Medical University and completed his residency at Western Pennsylvania Hospital, followed by a fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Pinter is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Bile Duct Stricture, Cholestasis, Bile Duct Obstruction, Liver Embolization, and Ureteral Reconstruction.

Randall Brand, MD, specializes in gastroenterology and is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He practices at University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and is affiliated with UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, UPMC Presbyterian, and UPMC Shadyside. He completed his fellowship at University of California at San Francisco and his medical degree at University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. Brand is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Chronic Pancreatitis, Hereditary Pancreatitis, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy.

. Dr. Lee is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Ascites, Bile Duct Stricture, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Gastrostomy, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

Avinash Medsinge, MD, is a radiologist board-certified in interventional radiology and diagnostic radiology by the American Board of Radiology. He is an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree and completed his residency at Government Medical College and Hospital. He completed fellowships at the University of Alabama, Cleveland Clinic, and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Medsinge is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Retroperitoneal Fibrosis, Intussusception in Children, Ascites, Liver Embolization, and Gastrostomy.

Nicholas Bellicini is a Gastroenterologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bellicini is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Erosive Gastritis, Barrett Esophagus, Ulcerative Colitis, Colonoscopy, and Gastrectomy.