Overview
Clifford Akateh is a Transplant Surgeon in Danville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Akateh is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Pancreas Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Banti's Syndrome, Bile Duct Cysts, Hepatic Ischemia, Liver Transplant, and Hepatectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 15 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Pancreas Transplant.
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Locations
100 North Academy Avenue, Danville, PA 17822
950 East Mountain Boulevard, Wilkes Barre, PA 18702
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.
UPMC Williamsport Kidney Transplant Clinic
Martin Wijkstrom, MD, is an abdominal transplant surgeon. He is an associate professor of surgery and is the director of Islet Cell Transplantation and the Abdominal Transplant Fellowship Program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Wijkstrom received his medical degree from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden and spent three years at the University of Minnesota doing preclinical research in islet xenotransplantation. After completing a general surgery residency at Emory University, he did a fellowship in abdominal transplantation at Northwestern University. Dr. Wijkstrom’s clinical interests include surgical treatment of diabetes such as pancreas transplants in uremic and nonuremic patients, islet auto-islet transplants in patients with chronic pancreatitis, islet transplantation in preclinical nonhuman primate models, and clinical stem cell-derived islet transplantation in type 1 diabetic patients with hypoglycemia unawareness. Dr. Wijkstrom is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Pancreas Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Polycystic Kidney Disease, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant.
UPMC General Surgery
Manish Gupta, MD, is a transplant surgeon with UPMC Transplant Services and is board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery. He received his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine and completed his general surgery residency and transplant surgery research fellowship at Penn State University’s Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, followed by his clinical fellowship for abdominal multi-organ transplant surgery at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Gupta is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Pancreas Transplant. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Rathke Cleft Cyst, Cordotomy, and Kidney Transplant.
David Reich is a General Surgeon and a Transplant Surgeon in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Dr. Reich is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Pancreas Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Reich is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Experienced
- Banti's SyndromeDr. Akateh isExperienced. Learn about Banti's Syndrome.
- Bile Duct CystsDr. Akateh isExperienced. Learn about Bile Duct Cysts.
- Esophageal CancerDr. Akateh isExperienced. Learn about Esophageal Cancer.
- Gallbladder RemovalDr. Akateh isExperienced. Learn about Gallbladder Removal.
- Gastrointestinal FistulaDr. Akateh isExperienced. Learn about Gastrointestinal Fistula.
- HepatectomyDr. Akateh isExperienced. Learn about Hepatectomy.