The 20 Best Kidney Transplant Doctors near Pittsburgh, PA

Amit Tevar, MD, is the surgical director of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program at UPMC and is certified in multi-organ transplantation and hepatobiliary by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Tevar received his medical degree from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and completed his residency in general surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine where he served as chief resident. He completed his fellowship in multi-organ transplant surgery at the University of Chicago and the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Tevar is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Kidney Transplant, and Liver Transplant.

Chethan Puttarajappa is a Transplant Surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Puttarajappa is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Puttarajappa is currently accepting new patients.

Aravind Cherukuri is a Nephrologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Cherukuri is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Vitamin D Deficiency, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Kidney Transplant, and Nephrectomy.

Kalathil Sureshkumar is a Nephrologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Sureshkumar is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, Milk-Alkali Syndrome, Hypercalcemia, Low Potassium Level, and Kidney Transplant.

Sundaram Hariharan is a Nephrologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Hariharan is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), and Kidney Transplant.

Michele Molinari is a Transplant Surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Molinari is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Liver Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Molinari is currently accepting new patients.

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 Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.

Dr Stefan is a Transplant Surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Stefan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Liver Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Pancreas Transplant.

Vikraman Gunabushanam is a Transplant Surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Gunabushanam is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Short Bowel Syndrome, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant. Dr. Gunabushanam is currently accepting new patients.

Karim Soliman, MD, specializes in nephrology and is board-certified in nephrology and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is affiliated with UPMC Presbyterian. Dr. Soliman completed his fellowships at the Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine and Cairo University and residency and medical degree at Cairo University. Dr. Soliman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Kidney Transplant, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

Armando Ganoza, MD, is a transplant surgeon and is certified in adult and pediatric transplant surgery by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS). He is a surgical director of the Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and is an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from San Marcos University in Lima, Peru, and completed his residency at Guillermo Almenara Hospital in Lima, Peru. He received his fellowship training in kidney, pancreas, and small bowel transplant surgery from the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He also completed the ASTS fellowship in transplant and hepatobiliary surgery at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital.Dr. Ganoza’s clinical interests include kidney, liver, pancreas, and intestinal transplantation in children and adults. He has special interests in liver and kidney living organ donation. He is also experienced in autologous islet-cell transplantation for chronic pancreatitis. He has numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and is a member of several transplant societies including, ASTS, AST, IPTA, IRTA, TTS, and SPLIT.View Dr. Ganoza’s full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Ganoza is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Short Bowel Syndrome, Malnutrition, Thrombophlebitis, Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.

David Rothstein is a Nephrologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Rothstein is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Kidney Transplant and Islet Cell Transplantation. Dr. Rothstein is currently accepting new patients.

Rajil Mehta is a Nephrologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Mehta is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, Chronic Kidney Disease, IgA Nephropathy, and Kidney Transplant.

Nirav Shah, MD, specializes in kidney transplant surgery and pancreas transplant surgery and nephrology and is certified in internal medicine and nephrology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He practices at UPMC Kidney Clinic at University Center and is affiliated with UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Mercy, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital and UPMC Shadyside. He completed his fellowship and residency at University of Pittsburgh and medical degree at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.Are you already a patient of this provider and have a MyUPMC account? Log in to MyUPMC to schedule. Dr. Shah is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Acute Arterial Occlusion of Kidney, Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 2, Liddle Syndrome, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Kidney Transplant.

Ranil DeSilva, MD, is certified in nephrology and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He practices at UPMC Kidney Clinic at University Center and is affiliated with UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, UPMC Presbyterian, and UPMC Mercy. He completed his fellowship at Beth Israel Medical Center, residency at Baylor College of Medicine and medical degree at Temple University School of Medicine.Are you already a patient of this provider and have a MyUPMC account? Log in to MyUPMC to schedule. Dr. Desilva is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Acute Kidney Failure, Kidney Transplant, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).

Mohit Madken, MD, specializes in nephrology, kidney transplant surgery, and pancreas transplant surgery. He practices at Starzl Transplantation Institute - UPMC Transplant Services and is affiliated with UPMC Presbyterian. Dr. Madken completed his medical degree and residency at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University in India, followed by a Transplant Fellowship at The Ottawa Hospital in Ottawa, ON, Canada and a Nephrology Fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. Dr. Madken is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Interstitial Nephritis and Kidney Transplant.

Dr. Kaczorowski’s clinical interests include cardiothoracic transplantation, durable and temporary mechanical circulatory support, and adult cardiac surgery. A specific area of clinical focus is minimally invasive left ventricular assist device (LVAD) insertion. Accordingly, Dr. Kaczorowski has provided training for this approach and has hosted surgeons from around the country interested in learning this technique.Clinical research interests include the application of minimally invasive approaches to LVAD insertion and optimizing outcomes patients undergoing LVAD insertion and cardiac transplantation. Dr. Kaczorowski’s clinical research efforts are also directed at improving clinical outcomes in patients supported on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and other forms of temporary mechanical circulatory support.In addition to clinical research efforts, Dr. Kaczorowski also conducts translational research. His translational work has focused on the development of technology to facilitate endovascular access through extra-corporeal life support circuits and novel technology intended to reduce complications associated LVADs. Dr. Kaczorowski is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Dissection, Cardiogenic Shock, Cystic Medial Necrosis of Aorta, Heart Transplant, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

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 Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Malnutrition, Short Bowel Syndrome, Gastroschisis, Liver Transplant, and Ureteroscopy.

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 an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Visceromegaly, Liver Transplant, and Liver Embolization.

Rakesh Sindhi, MD, FACS, is a pediatric abdominal transplant surgeon, board-certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. He is co-director of Pediatric Transplantation, director of Pediatric Transplant Research, and professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Sindhi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Hepatoblastoma, Biliary Atresia, Liver Failure, Liver Transplant, and Small Bowel Resection.