Dr. Alison J. Faust
Overview
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 an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. Her top areas of expertise are Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Visceromegaly, Primary Biliary Cholangitis, Liver Transplant, and Endoscopy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 11 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
3459 5th Avenue, Montefiore, 7 South, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
200 Lothrop Street, Suite D380, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Faust 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
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.
Starzl Transplantation Institute - UPMC Transplant Services
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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.
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 Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Cholestasis, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Liver Embolization, and Hepatectomy. Dr. Marsh is currently accepting new patients.
Starzl Transplantation Institute - UPMC Transplant Services
Christopher Hughes, MD, FACS is the surgical director of the UPMC Liver Transplant Program and is certified in liver transplantation and hepatobiliary by the American Board of Surgery. He is an associate professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Hughes received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine where he also completed his residency in general surgery. He completed his fellowship in transplantation surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Dr. Hughes’s clinical interests include liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery with a focus on infectious disease in solid organ transplantation. View Dr. Hughes’s full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Hughes is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fibrolamellar Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Liver Transplant, and Liver Embolization.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)Dr. Faust isDistinguished. Learn about Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH).
- Advanced
- Alcoholic CirrhosisDr. Faust isAdvanced. Learn about Alcoholic Cirrhosis.
- AscitesDr. Faust isAdvanced. Learn about Ascites.
- Autoimmune HepatitisDr. Faust isAdvanced. Learn about Autoimmune Hepatitis.
- CirrhosisDr. Faust isAdvanced. Learn about Cirrhosis.
- Enlarged LiverDr. Faust isAdvanced. Learn about Enlarged Liver.
- Esophageal VaricesDr. Faust isAdvanced. Learn about Esophageal Varices.
- Experienced
- Angiodysplasia of the ColonDr. Faust isExperienced. Learn about Angiodysplasia of the Colon.
- Banti's SyndromeDr. Faust isExperienced. Learn about Banti's Syndrome.
- CholangitisDr. Faust isExperienced. Learn about Cholangitis.
- CholestasisDr. Faust isExperienced. Learn about Cholestasis.
- Chronic Erosive GastritisDr. Faust isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Erosive Gastritis.
- Congenital Hepatic FibrosisDr. Faust isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis.