Faculty
Timothy R. Billiar, MD
George Vance Foster Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
412-647-1749
Interests
mechanisms involved in acute cellular and organ injury in inflammatory states such as shock, trauma, and sepsis
Faculty
Steven Evans, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery
412-681-4989
Interests
breast cancer: current treatments and protocols
Mohamed B. Ezzelarab, MB, CHB
Research Associate Professor of Surgery
412-383-5933
Interests
tolerogenic cell therapy in allo- and xeno-transplantation
Jie Fan, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery and Immunology
412-360-6204
Interests
acute lung injury; inflammatory signaling; innate immune cell interaction; cell death; cell priming; hemorrhagic shock; trauma
Raquel M. Forsythe, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine
412-647-3065
Interests
Ira J. Fox, MD
Professor of Surgery
412-692-6693
Interests
cell transplantation; clinical research; liver research; xenotransplantation
Barbara A. Gaines, MD
Professor of Surgery
412-692-8288
Interests
pediatric and adolescent trauma; pancreatitis and traumatic brain injury; pediatric abdominal sonogram
Andrea Gambotto, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-383-6151
Interests
vaccines and vaccine development; cancer immunotherapy; ChTCR genetic engineering of T-Cells
Armando Ganoza, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-647-5800
Interests
intestinal failure; pediatric liver transplantation; kidney, pancreas, and intestinal transplantation in adults and children; autologous islet-cell transplantation for children with acute recurrent or chronic pancreatitis
Kevin O. Garrett, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery
412-367-5010
Interests
resident and student education in general surgery and robotic techniques
Jörg C. Gerlach, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering
412-383-7150
Interests
regenerative medicine
Alyssa Gregory, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Surgery
Interests
Eric S. Hager, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-623-8438
Interests
limb salvage; distal bypass; surgical education; dialysis access; varicose vein treatment; carotid disease; endovascular interventions
Daniel E. Hall, MD, MDiv, MHSc, FACS
Professor of Surgery and Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
412-647-0421
Interests
optimizing perioperative care by measuring and mitigating the impact of frailty on patient-centered outcomes
Robert Handzel, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Interests
clinical informatics; machine learning; interoperability
Matthew P. Holtzman, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-692-2852
Interests
melanoma; sarcoma; regional therapies; single incision and robotic treatments for GI malignancies
Gina Howell, MD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-647-0635
Interests
trauma and surgical critical care
Christopher B. Hughes, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-864-2601
Interests
transplantation in the HIV-positive population; clinical outcomes and infectious diseases in liver transplantation; organ donation and allocation policy; organ preservation
Ronald R. Johnson, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-641-4274
Interests
management of benign and malignant conditions of the breast
Marina V. Kameneva, PhD
Research Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering
412-624-5281
Interests
hemorheology; microhemodynamics; blood trauma in artificial organs; blood-soluble drag-reducing polymers/clinical applications
Udai S. Kammula, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
412-623-7712
Interests
cancer immunotherapy; adoptive T cell transfer; tumor infiltrating lymphocytes; gene therapy
Upendra K. Kar, PhD, MBA
Research Assistant Professor
412-647-0421
Interests
trauma immunology; cancer vaccines; molecular diagnostics & biomarkers; regenerative medicine; drug discovery; inflammation; education; leadership
Ajai Khanna, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, FRCS
Professor
412-692-7133
Interests
multivisceral, live donor liver, and pediatric transplantation; intestinal rehabilitation surgery; domino liver transplantation
Fadi G. Lakkis, MD
Scientific Director, Starzl Transplantation Institute, UPMC
412-383-5774
Interests
allorecognition in the innate immune system; biology of memory T cells in organ transplantation; characterization of monocyte and T cell subsets in healthy human subjects and renal transplant recipients
Christine M. Leeper, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine
Interests
Steven A. Leers, MD, RVT, RPVI, FSVU
Professor of Surgery
412-623-1108
Interests
limb salvage surgery; dialysis access surgery
Nathan L. Liang, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-802-3333
Interests
surgical and endovascular treatment of aortic pathology; peripheral, visceral, and carotid arterial disease; clinical outcomes research; statistical methods and machine learning
Eliza Beth Littleton, PhD
Research Associate Professor
412-647-0315
Interests
reporting what learners actually do to learn so that teachers may design education that efficiently supports it
Jason Lohmueller, PhD
Assistant Professor
603-819-9492
Interests
synthetic biology; cancer immunotherapy, adoptive T cell therapy; CAR T cells; gene therapy
Michael T. Lotze, MD
Professor of Surgery, Immunology, and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
412-623-6790
Interests
DAMPs and their receptors, specifically focusing on HMGB1 and RAGE
Patricia A. Loughran, PhD
Research Associate Professor
412-958-1326
Interests
protein subcellular localization and protein binding partners in models of inflammation, infection, and hypoxia
Kristin M. Lupinacci, MS, DO, FACOS, FACS
Assistant Professor
Interests
Evaluation, management, and surgical treatment of benign and malignant breast disease