Thirty-one Department Surgeons Recognized in Pittsburgh Magazine’s 2021 “Top Doctors” List
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.
Congratulations to Jon D. Piganelli, PhD, who will receive funding from JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) International for his research project “Examining the Role of CVB in the Generation of Beta Cell Neoantigens and Targeted Approaches at Therapeutic Intervention.”
On May 8th, 2019, we held our 17th Annual Research Day and Richard L. Simmons Lecture in Surgical Science. Attendees enjoyed a phenomenal presentation from our guest lecturer, Dr. George Miller from the Department of Surgery at the New York University School of Medicine. His talk was entitled “New Approaches to Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy.”
Congratulations to the award winners selected from over 80 abstracts submitted for the scientific program. Each awardee will receive a certificate and a cash prize.
Oral Presentation Award Winners
Congratulations to Drs. Louis Alarcon, Kelly Austin, David Bartlett, Timothy Billiar, Geoff Bond, Sally Carty, Rabih Chaer, Luis De la Torre, 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, Douglas Potoka, Joshua Rubin, Harry Sell, Rakesh Sindhi, Michael J.
Team research led by George K. Gittes, MD has pioneered a novel procedure to possibly cure diabetes that is being described as “groundbreaking” and “history in the making.” The work was featured on KDKA Pittsburgh and TheDiabetesSite.com:
Congratulations to our following faculty members who received new research awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) this fall: