Dr. Veena Venkat
Overview
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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholangitis. Her top areas of expertise are Sclerosing Cholangitis, Cholangitis, Biliary Atresia, Bile Duct Obstruction, and Liver Transplant.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 25 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 8 articles in the study of Cholangitis.
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Locations
4401 Penn Avenue, Floor 3, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
2599 Wexford Bayne Road, Upper Level, Sewickley, PA 15143
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Venkat has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
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3 Clinical Trials
Liver And Intestine Transplant At Pediatric Gastroenterology In Lawrenceville
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 Cholangitis. His top areas of expertise are Short Bowel Syndrome, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 1, Alagille Syndrome, and Liver Transplant.
Benjamin Shneider is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist and a Pediatrics provider in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Shneider is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholangitis. His top areas of expertise are Biliary Atresia, Alagille Syndrome, Cholestasis, Bile Duct Obstruction, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Shneider is currently accepting new patients.
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
Chad Shaffer is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine in Leechburg, Pennsylvania. Dr. Shaffer is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholangitis. His top areas of expertise are Diabetic Nephropathy, Sitosterolemia, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Hypertension.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Biliary AtresiaDr. Venkat isDistinguished. Learn about Biliary Atresia.
- CholangitisDr. Venkat isDistinguished. Learn about Cholangitis.
- Sclerosing CholangitisDr. Venkat isDistinguished. Learn about Sclerosing Cholangitis.
- Advanced
- Bile Duct ObstructionDr. Venkat isAdvanced. Learn about Bile Duct Obstruction.
- Liver TransplantDr. Venkat isAdvanced. Learn about Liver Transplant.
- Experienced
- Alagille SyndromeDr. Venkat isExperienced. Learn about Alagille Syndrome.
- Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD)Dr. Venkat isExperienced. Learn about Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD).
- AscitesDr. Venkat isExperienced. Learn about Ascites.
- Autoimmune HepatitisDr. Venkat isExperienced. Learn about Autoimmune Hepatitis.
- CholestasisDr. Venkat isExperienced. Learn about Cholestasis.
- Eosinophilic ColitisDr. Venkat isExperienced. Learn about Eosinophilic Colitis.