
Overview
Dr. Kershaw is an Associate Professor of Medicine, the Endowed Chair of Obesity and Diabetes, and the Chief of the Division of Endocrinology. She is board certified in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism by the American Board of Internal Medicine, in Clinical Lipidology by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, and in Obesity Medicine by the American Board of Obesity Medicine.
Dr. Kershaw is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Obesity. Her top areas of expertise are Obesity, Familial Hypertriglyceridemia, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D).
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 84 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 25 articles in the study of Obesity.
Insurance
Accepted insurance can change. Please verify directly with the provider.
Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE SNP
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- PPO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE SNP
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- HMO
- INDEMNITY
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- POS
- PPO
- OTHER MANAGED MEDICAID
- OTHER MEDICAID
- STATE MEDICAID
- HMO
- PPO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- HMO
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
3601 5th Avenue, Falk Suite 3b, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Kershaw 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.
Minimally Invasive Bariatric And General Surgery, West Mifflin
Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPH, FACS, is a minimally invasive general surgeon certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. She is a professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Courcoulas attended Brown University, where she graduated with honors and completed her medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine, also with honors. She completed her general surgery internship and residency, pediatric surgery post-graduate research fellowship, and minimally invasive surgery post-graduate fellowship training all at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. In addition, she obtained a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health during her surgical training program. Dr. Courcoulas specializes in minimal access general surgery, abdominal surgery during pregnancy, and bariatric and metabolic surgery. Her research focuses on surgical outcomes, clinical trials, and emerging technologies in bariatric surgery. Dr. Courcoulas is active within many national surgical and obesity organizations, serves on the editorial boards of leading scientific journals, and has published more than 230 peer-reviewed manuscripts, abstracts, and book chapters. View Dr. Courcoulas' full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Courcoulas is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Obesity. Her top areas of expertise are Obesity, Short Bowel Syndrome, Malnutrition, Gastric Bypass, and Gastrectomy.
West Virginia University Medical Corporation
Nova Szoka is a Bariatric Medicine specialist and a General Surgeon in Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Szoka is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Obesity. Her top areas of expertise are Obesity, Hernia, Hiatal Hernia, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Gastrectomy. Dr. Szoka is currently accepting new patients.
West Virginia University Medical Corporation
Salim Abunnaja is a Bariatric Medicine specialist and a General Surgeon in Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Abunnaja is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Obesity. His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Peptic Ulcer, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Gastric Bypass, and Sleeve Gastrectomy. Dr. Abunnaja is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- Familial HypertriglyceridemiaDr. Kershaw isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Hypertriglyceridemia.
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseDr. Kershaw isAdvanced. Learn about Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
- ObesityDr. Kershaw isAdvanced. Learn about Obesity.
- Experienced
- Abdominal Obesity Metabolic SyndromeDr. Kershaw isExperienced. Learn about Abdominal Obesity Metabolic Syndrome.
- Addison's DiseaseDr. Kershaw isExperienced. Learn about Addison's Disease.
- Apolipoprotein C2 DeficiencyDr. Kershaw isExperienced. Learn about Apolipoprotein C2 Deficiency.
- Familial Lipoprotein Lipase DeficiencyDr. Kershaw isExperienced. Learn about Familial Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency.
- Gestational DiabetesDr. Kershaw isExperienced. Learn about Gestational Diabetes.
- HypothyroidismDr. Kershaw isExperienced. Learn about Hypothyroidism.

