UPMC Medical Education Program A Surgical Critical Care

Fellowship · Pittsburgh, PA

Sponsored by UPMC Medical Education · Director Kelly Austin

Kelly Austin, MD, MS
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program
Surgeon, Associate Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
Hirschsprung's disease; Hirschsprung's enterocolitis; pediatric intestinal diseases; ischemia/reperfusion
Kevin Mollen, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Surgeon, Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
pediatric inflammatory bowel disease
Carolina Pinzon-Guzman, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery
Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
Molecular mechanisms of foregut congenital anomalies (EA/TEF and CDH), Esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula, Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, Fetal diagnosis and treatment
Devin Halleran, MD
Assistant Professor
Surgeon, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Colorectal including Hirschsprung disease, anorectal malformations, cloaca, and functional constipation
Dorothy Rocourt, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Surgical Critical Care fellow, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Elizabeth Novak, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgeon, Research Assistant Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
Mitochondrial dysfunction and metabolic reprogramming of the intestinal epithelium during IBD, Mitochondrial supercomplex assembly in intestinal inflammation, PGC1-alpha and intestinal epithelial health
Farzad Esni, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Endocrinologist, Associate Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
Pancreas, Pancreatic Regeneration, Pancreatic Cancer, Beta-Cell Generation
Geoffrey Bond, MD
Assistant Professor in Pediatric Surgery
Surgeon, Assistant Professor in Pediatric Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
pediatric intestinal failure; adult and pediatric transplantation; short bowel syndrome
George Gittes, MD
Endowed Professor of Surgery
Pediatric medicine physician, Endowed Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
Pancreatic Disease, Gynecomastia, Diabetes gene therapy
Indranil Sau, MBBS, MD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgery / pediatric surgery physician, Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
necrotizing enterocolitis; intestinal failure in children
Jianmin Tian, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Surgeon, Research Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
transcriptional regulations in liver cancer
Krishna Prasadan, MD, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Surgery
Endocrinologist, Research Associate Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
role of notch-signaling pathway during pancreatic beta cell differentiation; intra-endocrine regulation of beta cell differentiation during pancreas development, Intra-endocrine regulation of beta cell differentiation during pancreas development
Marcus Malek, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Surgeon, Associate Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
Michael Morowitz, MD
Professor of Surgery
Pediatric surgery physician, Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
pathogenicity of intestinal microbes in milk-fed and formula-fed premature infants, For an overview of Dr. Morowitz's research interests, please see his, Diet, the microbiome, and intestinal inflammation
Paul Waltz, MD
Assistant Professor
Surgeon, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Shawn Safford, MD, MBA
Professor
Pediatric surgery physician, Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Stefan Scholz, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Pediatric surgery physician, Assistant Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
robotics and sonography in pediatric surgery; minimally invasive pediatric and neonatal surgery; pediatric chest wall deformities; pediatric HPB surgery
Ward Richardson, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
congenital and acquired, benign and malignant, and open and minimally invasive pediatric surgery and trauma, Treatment and prevention of pediatric trauma
Xiangwei Xiao, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Endocrinologist, Assistant Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
Insulin cell function and preservation, molecular therapy for diabetes, PDAC, and autoimmune disease, My third focus is to protect beta-cell identity and prevent functional loss of beta-cells during disease-associated stress or aging., My fourth focus is on the crosstalk talk between beta cells and other cell types like endothelial cells, duct cells and inflammatory cells.

Kelly Austin, MD, MS
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program
Surgeon, Associate Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
Hirschsprung's disease; Hirschsprung's enterocolitis; pediatric intestinal diseases; ischemia/reperfusion
Kevin Mollen, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Surgeon, Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
pediatric inflammatory bowel disease
Carolina Pinzon-Guzman, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery
Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
Molecular mechanisms of foregut congenital anomalies (EA/TEF and CDH), Esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula, Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, Fetal diagnosis and treatment
Devin Halleran, MD
Assistant Professor
Surgeon, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Colorectal including Hirschsprung disease, anorectal malformations, cloaca, and functional constipation
Dorothy Rocourt, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Surgical Critical Care fellow, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Elizabeth Novak, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgeon, Research Assistant Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
Mitochondrial dysfunction and metabolic reprogramming of the intestinal epithelium during IBD, Mitochondrial supercomplex assembly in intestinal inflammation, PGC1-alpha and intestinal epithelial health
Farzad Esni, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Endocrinologist, Associate Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
Pancreas, Pancreatic Regeneration, Pancreatic Cancer, Beta-Cell Generation
Geoffrey Bond, MD
Assistant Professor in Pediatric Surgery
Surgeon, Assistant Professor in Pediatric Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
pediatric intestinal failure; adult and pediatric transplantation; short bowel syndrome
George Gittes, MD
Endowed Professor of Surgery
Pediatric medicine physician, Endowed Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
Pancreatic Disease, Gynecomastia, Diabetes gene therapy
Indranil Sau, MBBS, MD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgery / pediatric surgery physician, Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
necrotizing enterocolitis; intestinal failure in children
Jianmin Tian, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Surgeon, Research Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
transcriptional regulations in liver cancer
Krishna Prasadan, MD, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Surgery
Endocrinologist, Research Associate Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
role of notch-signaling pathway during pancreatic beta cell differentiation; intra-endocrine regulation of beta cell differentiation during pancreas development, Intra-endocrine regulation of beta cell differentiation during pancreas development
Marcus Malek, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Surgeon, Associate Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
Michael Morowitz, MD
Professor of Surgery
Pediatric surgery physician, Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
pathogenicity of intestinal microbes in milk-fed and formula-fed premature infants, For an overview of Dr. Morowitz's research interests, please see his, Diet, the microbiome, and intestinal inflammation
Paul Waltz, MD
Assistant Professor
Surgeon, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Shawn Safford, MD, MBA
Professor
Pediatric surgery physician, Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Stefan Scholz, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Pediatric surgery physician, Assistant Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
robotics and sonography in pediatric surgery; minimally invasive pediatric and neonatal surgery; pediatric chest wall deformities; pediatric HPB surgery
Ward Richardson, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
congenital and acquired, benign and malignant, and open and minimally invasive pediatric surgery and trauma, Treatment and prevention of pediatric trauma
Xiangwei Xiao, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Endocrinologist, Assistant Professor of Surgery at UPMC Medical Education
Insulin cell function and preservation, molecular therapy for diabetes, PDAC, and autoimmune disease, My third focus is to protect beta-cell identity and prevent functional loss of beta-cells during disease-associated stress or aging., My fourth focus is on the crosstalk talk between beta cells and other cell types like endothelial cells, duct cells and inflammatory cells.