
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 highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. 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.
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Locations
3459 5th Avenue, Montefiore, 7 South, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Clinical Research
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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 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.
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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.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- Liver TransplantDr. Hughes isElite. Learn about Liver Transplant.
- Distinguished
- HepatitisDr. Hughes isDistinguished. Learn about Hepatitis.
- Liver FailureDr. Hughes isDistinguished. Learn about Liver Failure.
- Advanced
- CirrhosisDr. Hughes isAdvanced. Learn about Cirrhosis.
- Enlarged LiverDr. Hughes isAdvanced. Learn about Enlarged Liver.
- Fibrolamellar CarcinomaDr. Hughes isAdvanced. Learn about Fibrolamellar Carcinoma.
- HepatectomyDr. Hughes isAdvanced. Learn about Hepatectomy.
- Hernia SurgeryDr. Hughes isAdvanced. Learn about Hernia Surgery.
- Liver EmbolizationDr. Hughes isAdvanced. Learn about Liver Embolization.
- Experienced
- Alcoholic CirrhosisDr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Alcoholic Cirrhosis.
- Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer)Dr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer).
- CholangitisDr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Cholangitis.
- GastrostomyDr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Gastrostomy.
- Hepatic IschemiaDr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Hepatic Ischemia.
- Hepatitis CDr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Hepatitis C.



