Dr. James F. Pingpank

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 Advanced provider by MediFind in Reconstructive Urology Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Short Bowel Syndrome, Malnutrition, Thrombophlebitis, Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.

Patrick Wagner is a General Surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Wagner is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Reconstructive Urology Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Familial Colorectal Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Colostomy, and Ileostomy.

Devin R. Halleran, MD, is a pediatric surgeon in the Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery at UPMC Children’s Hospital. He is board-certified in general surgery and pediatric surgery. Dr. Halleran is also an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, followed by medical school and general surgery residency at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. Dr. Halleran then completed a pediatric colorectal research fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio followed by pediatric surgery fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Halleran is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Reconstructive Urology Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Bowel Incontinence, Hirschsprung Disease, Pilonidal Sinus Disease, Colostomy, and Bladder Reconstruction.