Dr. Obaid S. Shaikh
Overview
Obaid Shaikh, 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 Presbyterian, and UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. Dr. Shaikh received his medical degree from Dow Medical College and completed his residency at Whiston Hospital, followed by a fellowship at California Hospital Medical Center - University of Southern California.
Dr. Shaikh is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Cirrhosis, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, and Liver Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 52 peer reviewed articles and participating in 4 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 11 articles in the study of Liver Transplant.
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- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- EPO
- HMO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
300 Halket Street, Level Zero Suite 0820, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Shaikh has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
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
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 Liver Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.
Stefan Schneeberger is a Transplant Surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Schneeberger is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Liver Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Pancreas Transplant.
Starzl Transplantation Institute - UPMC Transplant Services
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 rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Liver Transplant, and Liver Embolization.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- HepatitisDr. Shaikh isDistinguished. Learn about Hepatitis.
- Hepatitis CDr. Shaikh isDistinguished. Learn about Hepatitis C.
- Advanced
- Alcoholic CirrhosisDr. Shaikh isAdvanced. Learn about Alcoholic Cirrhosis.
- Autoimmune HepatitisDr. Shaikh isAdvanced. Learn about Autoimmune Hepatitis.
- CirrhosisDr. Shaikh isAdvanced. Learn about Cirrhosis.
- Enlarged LiverDr. Shaikh isAdvanced. Learn about Enlarged Liver.
- Primary Biliary CholangitisDr. Shaikh isAdvanced. Learn about Primary Biliary Cholangitis.
- Reynolds SyndromeDr. Shaikh isAdvanced. Learn about Reynolds Syndrome.
- Experienced
- AscitesDr. Shaikh isExperienced. Learn about Ascites.
- Banti's SyndromeDr. Shaikh isExperienced. Learn about Banti's Syndrome.
- Budd-Chiari SyndromeDr. Shaikh isExperienced. Learn about Budd-Chiari Syndrome.
- CholangitisDr. Shaikh isExperienced. Learn about Cholangitis.
- Esophageal VaricesDr. Shaikh isExperienced. Learn about Esophageal Varices.
- Hepatitis BDr. Shaikh isExperienced. Learn about Hepatitis B.