Abhinav Humar
Experienced in Cholangitis

Dr. Abhinav Humar

Transplant Surgery
UPMC
Starzl Transplantation Institute - UPMC Transplant Services
3459 5th Avenue, Montefiore, 7 South, 
Pittsburgh, PA 
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Experienced in Cholangitis
UPMC
Starzl Transplantation Institute - UPMC Transplant Services
3459 5th Avenue, Montefiore, 7 South, 
Pittsburgh, PA 
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Overview

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 an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholangitis. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Hepatitis, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 138 peer reviewed articles and participating in 4 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Specialties
Transplant Surgery
Licenses
Surgery in MN
Board Certifications
Royal College Of Physicians And Surgeons Of Canada
Fellowships
University of Ottawa
Hospital Affiliations
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside
Upmc Altoona
Upmc Carlisle
Upmc Passavant
Languages Spoken
English
Hindi
Gender
Male

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Locations

Starzl Transplantation Institute - UPMC Transplant Services
3459 5th Avenue, Montefiore, 7 South, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Call: 412-647-5800

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.


4 Clinical Trials

TAKE-IT TOO: Teen Adherence in KidnEy Transplant Improving Tracking To Optimize Outcomes
TAKE-IT TOO: Teen Adherence in KidnEy Transplant Improving Tracking To Optimize Outcomes
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: March 15, 2024
Intervention Type: Other, Behavioral
Study Phase: Not Applicable
A Phase II Randomized Multicenter Placebo-Controlled Blinded Study of Sorafenib Adjuvant Therapy in High Risk Orthotopic Liver Transplant (OLT) Recipients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
A Phase II Randomized Multicenter Placebo-Controlled Blinded Study of Sorafenib Adjuvant Therapy in High Risk Orthotopic Liver Transplant (OLT) Recipients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: December 14, 2023
Intervention Type: Other, Drug
Study Drug: Sorafenib Tosylate
Study Phase: Phase 2
Evaluation of Donor Specific Immune Senescence and Exhaustion as Biomarkers of Operational Tolerance Following Liver Transplantation in Adults (ITN056ST)
Evaluation of Donor Specific Immune Senescence and Exhaustion as Biomarkers of Operational Tolerance Following Liver Transplantation in Adults (ITN056ST)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: September 14, 2023
Intervention Type: Biological
Study Phase: Phase 2
A2ALL: Adult-to-Adult Living Transplant Cohort Study
A2ALL: Adult-to-Adult Living Transplant Cohort Study
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: February 08, 2019
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138 Total Publications

Long-Term Survival in Liver Transplant Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Multi-Institutional Study.
Long-Term Survival in Liver Transplant Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Multi-Institutional Study.
Journal: JACC. Advances
Published: March 04, 2025
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