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
Indranil Sau, MBBS, MS, MRCS, FRCS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-692-7292
Interests
necrotizing enterocolitis; intestinal failure in children
Moh'd Akram Sbeih, MD, FACS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
814-678-4810
Interests
minimally invasive surgery
Stefan Scholz, MD, PhD, FACS, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-692-8447
Interests
robotics and sonography in pediatric surgery; minimally invasive pediatric and neonatal surgery; pediatric chest wall deformities; pediatric HPB surgery
Vaishali D. Schuchert, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine
412-692-2850
Interests
education and mentorship in surgery and surgical critical care
Khalid M. Shalaby, MD, PhD, FRCS, FACS
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
412-672-3422
Interests
teaching of nurses, medical students, residents; clinical and educational research
Susan M. Shea, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering
412-624-1416
Interests
coagulopathy in trauma; microfluidic models of hemostasis/thrombosis; blood product hemostatic efficacy
Diana A. Shellmer, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-692-8150
Interests
psychosocial functioning and outcomes in solid organ pediatric transplantation
Richard L. Simmons, MD
Distinguished Service Professor of Surgery
412-889-3210
Interests
cytokine networks in inflammation
Rakesh Sindhi, MD
Raizman Haney Chair and Professor of Surgery
412-692-7849
Interests
disease pathway and biomarker discovery for transplant rejection and end-stage disease; clinical outcome analysis
Michael J. Singh, MD, FACS, RPVI
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-802-3333
Interests
aortic dissection, aneurysms, and trauma; biomechanics of aortic endografting; vessel wall compliance mismatches; acute and chronic venous disease; outcome analysis; quality of life
Kyle A. Soltys, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-692-6110
Interests
I/R injury in fatty liver models; preservation injury; PTLD; hepatocyte transplantation; antibody-mediated rejection
Atilla Soran, MD, MPH, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery
412-641-4274
Interests
metastatic breast cancer surgery; lymphedema; optical biopsy for breast lesions; early breast cancer biomarkers; nomograms; prediction model for neo-adjuvant chemotherapy
Natalie Sridharan, MD
Assistant Professor
Interests
clinical outcomes research; carotid disease; peripheral vascular disease and limb salvage
Jennifer A. Steel, PhD
Professor of Surgery, Psychiatry, and Psychology
Interests
collaborative care interventions to manage cancer-related symptoms and improve quality of life for cancer patients
Jennifer G. Steiman, MD
Assistant Professor
412-641-4274
Interests
radioactive seed localized breast surgery; breast cancer treatment in ages > 70; secondary arm lymphedema; surgical education research
Amit D. Tevar, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
412-647-5734
Interests
role of B cells in the progression of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis liver disease
Angus W. Thomson, PhD, DSc
Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Immunology
412-624-1116
Interests
roles of dendritic cells and T cells in immune regulation and the promotion of transplant tolerance
Jianmin Tian, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
412-692-7456
Interests
transcriptional regulations in liver cancer
Samer T. Tohme, MD
John J. Fung/Astellas Pharma US, Inc. Assistant Professor in Transplant Surgery
412-692-2001
Interests
cancer research; disparities and access to care in HPB surgery; clinical outcomes in surgical oncology and HPB surgery
Neill J. Turner, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-624-5272
Interests
role of decellularized extracellular matrix in limb and muscle regeneration
Hēth Turnquist, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Immunology
412-624-6695
Interests
cytokine and regulatory cell networks in transplantation
Edith Tzeng, MD
UPMC Professor of Surgery
412-802-3025
Interests
angiogenesis; vascular injury; wound healing; aortic aneurysm formation; post-stenting restenosis
Yoram Vodovotz, PhD
Professor of Surgery, Immunology, Bioengineering, Computational Biology, Clinical and Translational Science, and Communication Science and Disorders
412-648-3758
Interests
biology of acute inflammation in shock states; chronic inflammatory diseases; wound healing; malaria; restenosis
Qingde Wang, MD, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Surgery
412-864-0978
Interests
the function of ADAR1 in surgical pathology
Gregory A. Watson, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery & Critical Care Medicine
412-647-3065
Interests
medical education; combat surgery; prolonged field care
Andrew R. Watson, MD, M Litt, FACS
Professor of Surgery
877-684-7189
Interests
telemedicine and telehealth
Sean P. Whelan, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
412-782-2400
Interests
general surgery outcomes; global surgery
Martin N. Wijkstrom, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-647-5738
Interests
clinical translation of xenotransplantation
Norman Wolmark, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Professor of Surgery
Interests
surgical and adjuvant early breast cancer and colon cancer treatment; immunotherapy in cancer treatment; genetic approaches to breast and colon cancer treatment
Xiangwei Xiao, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-692-9210
Interests
molecular therapy for diabetes, PDAC, and autoimmune disease
Hamza Yazdani, MD
Research Assistant Professor
412-624-4861
Interests
liver transplant; surgical stress; exercise training in surgical stress and metastasis; exercise in training innate and adaptive immunity
Sang-Ho Ye, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-624-5334
Interests
biomaterials; blood biocompatibility
Theodore H. Yuo, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
412-623-8438
Interests
outcomes in end-stage renal disease