Dr. George K. Gittes

George V. Mazariegos, MD, FACS, specializes in pediatric transplant surgery at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He is certified by the American College of Surgeons and is chief of Pediatric Transplantation at UPMC while holding the title of Jamie Lee Curtis Chair in Transplantation Surgery. He received his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School, completed his residency at Michigan State University, followed by fellowships at UPMC in critical care medicine, and the Thomas E. Starzl fellowship in transplantation, hepatic, and multivisceral transplantation. Dr. Mazariegos’ clinical interests include treatment of pediatric patients who have liver and intestinal disease that require transplantation or hepatobiliary surgery. He is a member of the Society of University Surgeons, the American Surgical Association, and the Pediatric Committee of the International Liver Transplant Society. He and colleagues recently founded the Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplantation, a learning health system focused on accelerating innovation and patient centered care in pediatric transplantation. Dr. Mazariegos lives in Oakland with his wife and three children. View Dr. Mazariegos's full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Mazariegos is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Biliary Atresia. His top areas of expertise are Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, Biliary Atresia, Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase Deficiency, Liver Transplant, and Small Bowel Resection.

Kyle Soltys, MD, is a board-certified pediatric liver transplant surgeon at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and an associate professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Soltys earned his medical degree from the Boston University School of Medicine. He then completed a General Surgery Residency at the University Hospital Department of Surgery in Newark, NJ, followed by a Transplant Fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Recanati-Miller Transplant Institute. Finally, he completed a Transplantation Fellowship at UPMC’s Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute. His research and clinical interests include late graft loss in pediatric transplantation, infectious complications of pediatric transplant, ischemia/reperfusion injury in fatty liver models, preservation injury and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders. View Dr. Soltys' full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Soltys is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Biliary Atresia. His top areas of expertise are Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 1, Liver Transplant, and Small Bowel Resection.

Research Interests. Dr. Bond is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Biliary Atresia. His top areas of expertise are Short Bowel Syndrome, Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction, Berdon Syndrome, Small Bowel Resection, and Liver Transplant.