
Overview
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 an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Short Bowel Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, Cholestasis, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 1, Liver Transplant, and Small Bowel Resection.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 80 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Short Bowel Syndrome.
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Locations
4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
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.
1 Clinical Trials
Starzl Transplantation Institute - UPMC Transplant Services
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 the treatment of Short Bowel Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Short Bowel Syndrome, Malnutrition, Thrombophlebitis, Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.
Mercy Health Physicians Youngstown Specialty Care LLC
Robert Woodruff is a General Surgeon in Youngstown, Ohio. Dr. Woodruff is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Short Bowel Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Short Bowel Syndrome, Malnutrition, Hernia, Vagotomy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Woodruff is currently accepting new patients.
University Of Pittsburgh Physicians
Bestoun Ahmed is a General Surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Ahmed is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Short Bowel Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Short Bowel Syndrome, Malnutrition, Obesity, Gastric Bypass, and Sleeve Gastrectomy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Liver TransplantDr. Soltys isDistinguished. Learn about Liver Transplant.
- Advanced
- CholestasisDr. Soltys isAdvanced. Learn about Cholestasis.
- Crigler-Najjar SyndromeDr. Soltys isAdvanced. Learn about Crigler-Najjar Syndrome.
- Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 1
- Small Bowel ResectionDr. Soltys isAdvanced. Learn about Small Bowel Resection.
- Experienced
- Biliary AtresiaDr. Soltys isExperienced. Learn about Biliary Atresia.
- CirrhosisDr. Soltys isExperienced. Learn about Cirrhosis.
- Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase Deficiency
- GastroschisisDr. Soltys isExperienced. Learn about Gastroschisis.
- GastrostomyDr. Soltys isExperienced. Learn about Gastrostomy.
- HepatoblastomaDr. Soltys isExperienced. Learn about Hepatoblastoma.

