Christopher B. Hughes
Experienced in Primary Biliary Cholangitis
Experienced in Primary Biliary Cholangitis
3459 5th Avenue, Montefiore, 7 South, 
Pittsburgh, PA 

Overview

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 the treatment of Primary Biliary Cholangitis. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Liver Transplant, and Liver Embolization.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 17 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
University Of Tennessee College Of Medicine
Residency
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Specialties
Transplant Surgery
Licenses
Transplant Surgery in PA
Board Certifications
American Board Of Surgery
Fellowships
Mayo Clinic
Hospital Affiliations
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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  • HMO
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  • HMO
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Humana
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Independent Health
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  • PPO
Managed Medicaid
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Medicaid
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  • STATE MEDICAID
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  • MEDICARE PDP
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  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
PA Health and Wellness
  • HMO
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
The Health Plan
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  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
UnitedHealthcare
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  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
UPMC
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Walgreens
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Wellcare
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  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
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Locations

Starzl Transplantation Institute - UPMC Transplant Services
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.


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