The 20 Best Liver Transplant Doctors near Pittsburgh, PA

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 Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 16 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Humar is board certified in Royal College Of Physicians And Surgeons Of Canada. Dr. Humar is currently accepting new patients.

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 Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Visceromegaly, Liver Transplant, and Liver Embolization. Dr. Hughes is board certified in American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Hughes is currently accepting new patients.

George V. Mazariegos, MD, FACS, specializes in pediatric transplant surgery at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He is certified by the American College of Surgeons and is chief of Pediatric Transplantation at UPMC while holding the title of Jamie Lee Curtis Chair in Transplantation Surgery. He received his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School, completed his residency at Michigan State University, followed by fellowships at UPMC in critical care medicine, and the Thomas E. Starzl fellowship in transplantation, hepatic, and multivisceral transplantation.Dr. Mazariegos’ clinical interests include treatment of pediatric patients who have liver and intestinal disease that require transplantation or hepatobiliary surgery. He is a member of the Society of University Surgeons, the American Surgical Association, and the Pediatric Committee of the International Liver Transplant Society. He and colleagues recently founded the Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplantation, a learning health system focused on accelerating innovation and patient centered care in pediatric transplantation. Dr. Mazariegos lives in Oakland with his wife and three children.View Dr. Mazariegos's full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Mazariegos is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, Biliary Atresia, Short Bowel Syndrome, Liver Transplant, and Small Bowel Resection. Dr. Mazariegos is board certified in American Board Of Surgery and American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Mazariegos is currently accepting new patients.

Dr Stefan is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Stefan is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Liver Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Pancreas Transplant.

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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Kidney Transplant, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Tevar is board certified in American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Tevar is currently accepting new patients.

Michele Molinari is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Molinari is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Liver Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Molinari is board certified in Royal College Of Physicians And Surgeons Of Canada and American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Molinari is currently accepting new patients.

Scott Biggins, MD, specializes in hepatology and transplant hepatology and is board-certified in transplant hepatology and gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He practices at UPMC Center for Liver Care and is affiliated with UPMC Horizon, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, UPMC Mercy, UPMC Shadyside, and UPMC Presbyterian. Dr. Biggins received his medical degree from the University of Southern California and completed his residency at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital, followed by a fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Biggins is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Ascites, Liver Failure, Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis, Hepatorenal Syndrome, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Biggins is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine and American Board Of Internal Medicine. Dr. Biggins is currently accepting new patients.

James E. Squires MD, MS, is a pediatric hepatologist and is certified in pediatric gastroenterology and advanced/transplant hepatology by the American Board of Pediatrics. He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and is the Associate Director of Hepatology and the Director of the Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from University of Texas and completed his residency followed by his fellowships in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Advanced/Transplant Hepatology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Squires is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Alagille Syndrome, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 1, Liver Transplant, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Squires is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics and American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Squires is currently accepting new patients.

Kyle Soltys, MD, is a board-certified pediatric liver transplant surgeon at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and an associate professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.Dr. Soltys earned his medical degree from the Boston University School of Medicine. He then completed a General Surgery Residency at the University Hospital Department of Surgery in Newark, NJ, followed by a Transplant Fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Recanati-Miller Transplant Institute. Finally, he completed a Transplantation Fellowship at UPMC’s Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute.His research and clinical interests include late graft loss in pediatric transplantation, infectious complications of pediatric transplant, ischemia/reperfusion injury in fatty liver models, preservation injury and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders.View Dr. Soltys' full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Soltys is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 1, Liver Transplant, and Small Bowel Resection. Dr. Soltys is board certified in American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Soltys is currently accepting new patients.

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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hepatoblastoma, Biliary Atresia, Liver Failure, Liver Transplant, and Small Bowel Resection. Dr. Sindhi is board certified in American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Sindhi is currently accepting new patients.

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 Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 11 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Short Bowel Syndrome, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 1, Biliary Atresia, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Horslen is currently accepting new patients.

Ruy Cruz is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Cruz is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Short Bowel Syndrome, Malnutrition, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Small Bowel Resection, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Cruz is board certified in American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Cruz is currently accepting new patients.

Swaytha Ganesh, MD, is the medical director of the Living Donor Program at UPMC and is certified in gastroenterology and hepatology by the American Board of Gastroenterology. She received her medical degree from the PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research in Coimbatore, India and completed her residency in categorical internal medicine at UPMC. Dr. Ganesh then completed her fellowships in gastroenterology and transplant hepatology at UPMC. Dr. Ganesh is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. She is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Liver Failure, Visceromegaly, Liver Transplant, and Nephrectomy. Dr. Ganesh is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine.

Vikraman Gunabushanam is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Gunabushanam is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Short Bowel Syndrome, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant. Dr. Gunabushanam is board certified in American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Gunabushanam is currently accepting new patients.

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 an Advanced provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. She is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Sclerosing Cholangitis, Cholangitis, Biliary Atresia, Bile Duct Obstruction, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Venkat is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Venkat is currently accepting new patients.

Tadahiro Uemura is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Uemura is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Low Blood Pressure, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.

Obaid Shaikh, MD, specializes in hepatology and transplant hepatology and is board-certified in transplant hepatology and gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He practices at UPMC Center for Liver Care and is affiliated with UPMC Horizon, UPMC Presbyterian, and UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. Dr. Shaikh received his medical degree from Dow Medical College and completed his residency at Whiston Hospital, followed by a fellowship at California Hospital Medical Center - University of Southern California. Dr. Shaikh is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Cirrhosis, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Shaikh is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine and American Board Of Internal Medicine. Dr. Shaikh is currently accepting new patients.

Stela Celaj, MD, PhD, specializes in hepatology and transplant hepatology and is board-certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She practices at UPMC Center for Liver Care and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. Dr. Celaj received her medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and completed her residency at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, followed by a gastroenterology fellowship and an advanced fellowship in transplant hepatology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Celaj is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. Her clinical expertise encompasses Gallbladder Disease, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Liver Transplant, and Gallbladder Removal. Dr. Celaj is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine and American Board Of Internal Medicine. Dr. Celaj is currently accepting new patients.

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 Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Malnutrition, Short Bowel Syndrome, Gastroschisis, Liver Transplant, and Ureteroscopy. Dr. Khanna is board certified in European Board Of Surgery. Dr. Khanna is currently accepting new patients.

Colin Powers is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Powers is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Cancer, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Liver Transplant, and Liver Embolization. Dr. Powers is board certified in American Board Of Surgery.