
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 Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction. 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 Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction.
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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
Starzl Transplantation Institute - UPMC Transplant Services
Ruy Cruz is a Transplant Surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Cruz is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Short Bowel Syndrome, Malnutrition, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Small Bowel Resection, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Cruz is currently accepting new patients.
West Virginia University Medical Corporation
Guilherme Costa is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Costa is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction, Short Bowel Syndrome, Malnutrition, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Hernia Surgery. Dr. Costa is currently accepting new patients.
Starzl Transplantation Institute - UPMC Transplant Services
Ajai Khanna, MD, PhD, is an adult and pediatric multiorgan transplant surgeon and is certified in transplant and general surgery by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and is a fellow of The American College of Surgeons. He is a professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from University of Allahabad in India and completed his residency at University Hospitals in the UK, followed by transplant surgery fellowship at UPMC. Dr. Khanna is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction. His top areas of expertise are Malnutrition, Short Bowel Syndrome, Gastroschisis, Liver Transplant, and Ureteroscopy.
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.


