Dr. Timothy Billiar Appointed Associate Senior Vice Chancellor For Clinical Academics
Posted on July 23, 2021
General/Trauma Surgery News
Dr. Timothy Billiar Appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of UPMC
Posted on May 11, 2021
Thirty-one Department Surgeons Recognized in Pittsburgh Magazine’s 2021 “Top Doctors” List
Posted on April 21, 2021
Dr. Kelly McCoy Assumes VAPHS VP of Surgery Role
Posted on February 16, 2021
Congratulations to Kelly L. McCoy, MD, FACS, who assumed the role of VP of Surgery at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) on November 8, 2020. Dr. McCoy has 16 years of government service and has worked at VAPHS since 2015. Dr. McCoy has 16 years of government service and has worked at VAPHS since 2015. She is also an Associate Professor of Surgery and member of the Endocrine Surgery Division at the University of Pittsburgh.
NHLBI to Award New Grant to Drs. Juan Puyana and Pratap Kumar
Posted on July 7, 2020
Congratulations to Juan C.
Dr. Dominick Motto Named One of PAMED’s “Top 40 Under 40”
Posted on May 5, 2020
Thirty-eight Department Surgeons Recognized in Pittsburgh Magazine’s 2020 “Best Doctors” List
Posted on April 27, 2020
Congratulations to Drs. Louis Alarcon, Kelly Austin, Timothy Billiar, Geoff Bond, Sally Carty, Rabih Chaer, Randall Draper, Barbara Gaines, Kevin Garrett, David Geller, George Gittes, Giselle Hamad, Matthew Holtzman, Christopher Hughes, Abhinav Humar, Ronald Johnson, Donald Keenan, Kenneth Lee, Steven Leers, Michel Makaroun, Marcus Malek, George Mazariegos, David Medich, Kevin Mollen, Andrew Peitzman, Joshua Rubin, Harry Sell, Rakesh Sindhi, Michael J.
Department Grand Rounds Perseveres Virtually During COVID-19 Crisis
Posted on April 8, 2020
During the current era of COVID-19 and social distancing, our Grand Rounds lecture series has adapted by temporarily transitioning to a virtual format. On April 8, 2020, we hosted our first virtual lecture via Microsoft Teams, the Master Surgeon Lecture “Peritoneal Surgery: The Evolution of a New Surgical Subspecialty” presented by David L. Bartlett, MD.
Dr. Juan Puyana Wins Medical Student Research Mentoring Merit Award
Posted on March 23, 2020
Congratulations to Juan C. Puyana, MD, who was selected to receive the Medical Student Research Mentoring Merit Award from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. This prestigious award is initiated by medical student recommendations and is presented to a Longitudinal Research Project mentor of a graduating Pitt medical student in recognition for outstanding mentoring over the course of the project.
NIAID Awards Funding to Dr. Meihong Deng to Study Sepsis Therapy
Posted on February 25, 2020
Congratulations to Meihong Deng, MD, who received a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for her project “Role of Toll-like Receptor 9 in Fibroblastic Reticular Cell-based Therapy for Intraabdominal Sepsis.”