Dr. Abhinav Humar
Overview
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 highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 140 peer reviewed articles and participating in 4 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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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.
4 Clinical Trials
UPMC Transplant Services - Cardiothoracic
Joseph Pilewski, MD, specializes in pulmonology and the treatment of patients with cystic fibrosis. He also cares for patients pre- and post-lung transplant. Dr. Pilewski is certified in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He practices at UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC McKeesport, UPMC Northwest, UPMC Mercy, UPMC Horizon, UPMC Shadyside, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and UPMC East. Dr. Pilewski is affiliated with University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department of Medicine. He completed his residency and fellowship at University of Pennsylvania Health System, and his medical degree at University of Rochester. Dr. Pilewski specializes in lung transplantation and treating patients with cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis. Dr. Pilewski is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Bronchiolitis Obliterans, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy.
UPMC Transplant Services - Cardiothoracic
Chadi Hage is a Transplant Surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Hage is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Blastomycosis, Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Pulmonary Fibrosis, and Lung Transplant. Dr. Hage is currently accepting new patients.
UPMC Center For Liver Care
Scott Biggins, MD, specializes in hepatology and transplant hepatology and is board-certified in transplant hepatology and gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He practices at UPMC Center for Liver Care and is affiliated with UPMC Horizon, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, UPMC Mercy, UPMC Shadyside, and UPMC Presbyterian. Dr. Biggins received his medical degree from the University of Southern California and completed his residency at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital, followed by a fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Biggins is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Ascites, Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis, Cirrhosis, and Liver Transplant.
Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- Liver TransplantDr. Humar isElite. Learn about Liver Transplant.
- Distinguished
- Fibrolamellar CarcinomaDr. Humar isDistinguished. Learn about Fibrolamellar Carcinoma.
- Kidney TransplantDr. Humar isDistinguished. Learn about Kidney Transplant.
- Liver FailureDr. Humar isDistinguished. Learn about Liver Failure.
- Advanced
- Childhood PancreatitisDr. Humar isAdvanced. Learn about Childhood Pancreatitis.
- Chronic PancreatitisDr. Humar isAdvanced. Learn about Chronic Pancreatitis.
- HepatectomyDr. Humar isAdvanced. Learn about Hepatectomy.
- Hereditary PancreatitisDr. Humar isAdvanced. Learn about Hereditary Pancreatitis.
- Hernia SurgeryDr. Humar isAdvanced. Learn about Hernia Surgery.
- Islet Cell TransplantationDr. Humar isAdvanced. Learn about Islet Cell Transplantation.
- Experienced
- Bile Duct StrictureDr. Humar isExperienced. Learn about Bile Duct Stricture.
- Bone Marrow TransplantDr. Humar isExperienced. Learn about Bone Marrow Transplant.
- Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer)Dr. Humar isExperienced. Learn about Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer).
- CholangitisDr. Humar isExperienced. Learn about Cholangitis.
- CholestasisDr. Humar isExperienced. Learn about Cholestasis.
- GastroparesisDr. Humar isExperienced. Learn about Gastroparesis.