Dr. Ruy J. Cruz
Overview
Ruy Cruz is a Transplant Surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Cruz is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Thrombophlebitis. His top areas of expertise are Short Bowel Syndrome, Malnutrition, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Small Bowel Resection, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Cruz is currently accepting new patients.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 51 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
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Locations
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.
University Of Pittsburgh Physicians
Armando Ganoza-Salas is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Ganoza-Salas is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Thrombophlebitis. His top areas of expertise are Short Bowel Syndrome, Malnutrition, Thrombophlebitis, Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.
Starzl Transplantation Institute - UPMC Transplant Services
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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Thrombophlebitis. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.
Starzl Transplantation Institute - UPMC Transplant Services
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 the treatment of Thrombophlebitis. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Kidney Transplant, and Liver Transplant.
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
- Distinguished
- MalnutritionDr. Cruz isDistinguished. Learn about Malnutrition.
- Short Bowel SyndromeDr. Cruz isDistinguished. Learn about Short Bowel Syndrome.
- Small Bowel ResectionDr. Cruz isDistinguished. Learn about Small Bowel Resection.
- Advanced
- Gastrointestinal FistulaDr. Cruz isAdvanced. Learn about Gastrointestinal Fistula.
- Intestinal Pseudo-ObstructionDr. Cruz isAdvanced. Learn about Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction.
- Liver TransplantDr. Cruz isAdvanced. Learn about Liver Transplant.
- Experienced
- Bile Duct StrictureDr. Cruz isExperienced. Learn about Bile Duct Stricture.
- Colonic MalakoplakiaDr. Cruz isExperienced. Learn about Colonic Malakoplakia.
- EndoscopyDr. Cruz isExperienced. Learn about Endoscopy.
- Femoral HerniaDr. Cruz isExperienced. Learn about Femoral Hernia.
- GastroparesisDr. Cruz isExperienced. Learn about Gastroparesis.
- GastrostomyDr. Cruz isExperienced. Learn about Gastrostomy.