
Overview
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 Experienced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Short Bowel Syndrome, Malnutrition, Thrombophlebitis, Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.
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Locations
3459 5th Avenue, Montefiore, 7 South, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Melanie C. Ongchin, MD, FACS, is a surgical oncologist and specializes in the treatment of recurrent malignancies and peritoneal carcinomatosis. Dr. Ongchin is board-certified in general surgery and complex surgical oncology. She received her medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School in Newark, N.J. Dr. Ongchin completed a research fellowship at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y. She also completed a residency at the State University of New York, University at Buffalo in N.Y., followed by a fellowship in surgical oncology at UPMC. Dr. Ongchin is a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology and the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Ongchin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. Her top areas of expertise are Melanoma, Pseudomyxoma Peritonei, Colorectal Cancer, Hernia Surgery, and Small Bowel Resection.
Trauma And General Surgery, UPMC Presbyterian
Jason Sperry, MD, specializes in general surgery and trauma surgery and is certified in surgical critical care and surgery by the American Board of Surgery. He practices at UPMC Division of General and Trauma Surgery and is affiliated with UPMC McKeesport, UPMC Mercy, UPMC Williamsport, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, UPMC East, and UPMC St. Margaret. He completed his fellowship at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, residency at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and medical degree at Case Western Reserve University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. Dr. Sperry is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Low Blood Pressure, Delirium, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Hernia Surgery, and Colostomy.
Allegheny Clinic
James Mccormick is a Colorectal Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Mccormick is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Crohn's Disease, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Hernia Surgery, and Ileostomy.
Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- Bile Duct StrictureDr. Ganoza isAdvanced. Learn about Bile Duct Stricture.
- Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection
- Kidney TransplantDr. Ganoza isAdvanced. Learn about Kidney Transplant.
- MalnutritionDr. Ganoza isAdvanced. Learn about Malnutrition.
- Short Bowel SyndromeDr. Ganoza isAdvanced. Learn about Short Bowel Syndrome.
- Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant
- Experienced
- Congenital Generalized FibromatosisDr. Ganoza isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Generalized Fibromatosis.
- Desmoid TumorDr. Ganoza isExperienced. Learn about Desmoid Tumor.
- End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)Dr. Ganoza isExperienced. Learn about End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).
- EndoscopyDr. Ganoza isExperienced. Learn about Endoscopy.
- Gastrointestinal FistulaDr. Ganoza isExperienced. Learn about Gastrointestinal Fistula.
- Hernia SurgeryDr. Ganoza isExperienced. Learn about Hernia Surgery.


