
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 Cholestasis. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 140 peer reviewed articles and participating in 4 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Cholestasis.
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Locations
3459 5th Avenue, Montefiore, 7 South, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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
West Virginia University Medical Corporation
James Marsh is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Marsh has been practicing medicine for over 46 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholestasis. His top areas of expertise are Cholestasis, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Liver Embolization, and Hepatectomy. Dr. Marsh is currently accepting new patients.
Mercy Health Physicians Youngstown Specialty Care LLC
Thomas Chirichella is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Columbiana, Ohio. Dr. Chirichella is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholestasis. His top areas of expertise are Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Pancreatectomy, and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery. Dr. Chirichella is currently accepting new patients.
UPMC Center For Liver Care
Alison Faust, MD, specializes in hepatology and transplant hepatology and is board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She practices at UPMC Center for Liver Care and is affiliated with UPMC St. Margaret, UPMC Horizon, UPMC Mercy, UPMC Shadyside, UPMC Presbyterian, and UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. Dr. Faust received her medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College and completed her residency and fellowship at Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Faust is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cholestasis. Her top areas of expertise are Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Visceromegaly, Primary Biliary Cholangitis, Liver Transplant, and Endoscopy.
Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- Liver TransplantDr. Humar isElite. Learn about Liver Transplant.
- Distinguished
- Fibrolamellar CarcinomaDr. Humar isDistinguished. Learn about Fibrolamellar Carcinoma.
- Kidney TransplantDr. Humar isDistinguished. Learn about Kidney Transplant.
- Liver FailureDr. Humar isDistinguished. Learn about Liver Failure.
- Advanced
- Childhood PancreatitisDr. Humar isAdvanced. Learn about Childhood Pancreatitis.
- Chronic PancreatitisDr. Humar isAdvanced. Learn about Chronic Pancreatitis.
- HepatectomyDr. Humar isAdvanced. Learn about Hepatectomy.
- Hereditary PancreatitisDr. Humar isAdvanced. Learn about Hereditary Pancreatitis.
- Hernia SurgeryDr. Humar isAdvanced. Learn about Hernia Surgery.
- Islet Cell TransplantationDr. Humar isAdvanced. Learn about Islet Cell Transplantation.
- Experienced
- Bile Duct StrictureDr. Humar isExperienced. Learn about Bile Duct Stricture.
- Bone Marrow TransplantDr. Humar isExperienced. Learn about Bone Marrow Transplant.
- Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer)Dr. Humar isExperienced. Learn about Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer).
- CholangitisDr. Humar isExperienced. Learn about Cholangitis.
- CholestasisDr. Humar isExperienced. Learn about Cholestasis.
- GastroparesisDr. Humar isExperienced. Learn about Gastroparesis.

