Department of Surgery

People

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
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Clinical Fellows

William Hope, MD
Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery Fellow
Saba Kurtom, MD
Surgical Oncology Fellow
Christopher Le, MD
Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery Fellow
Winifred Lo, MD
Surgical Oncology Fellow
Amelia Lucisano, MD
Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery Fellow
Eleftherios Makris, MD
Surgical Oncology Fellow
Jessica Mayor, MD
Vascular Surgery Fellow
Katrina Morgan, MD
General Surgery Resident (PGY-4) / Pediatric Surgical CCM Fellow
Geoffrey Nunns, MD
Surgical Oncology Fellow
Tong Qu, MD
Surgical Oncology Fellow
Shaun Siow, MD
Vascular Surgery Fellow
Michael Wach, MD
Surgical Oncology Fellow
Jessica B. Walters, PhD
Transplant Surgery Fellow

Research Fellows

Bashar Al Matour
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Scott Lab
Nijmeh Alsaadi, MD
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Scott Lab / Neal Lab
Jennifer Darby, MD
Research Resident, Billiar Lab
Lara Hoteit, MD
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Neal Lab
Celine Tohme
Research Associate

Staff

Lauren Abunuwar
Post Award Administrator
412-647-9244
Michelle Ardolino
Financial Administrator, LITES Program
Ana Lucia Arita, MS
Assistant Director of Research Programs, Central ACTIVE Research Labs, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Surgery
(412)-647-5597
Taylor Austin
Lab Manager
Joseph Barnhart
Financial Administrator
Karen Barry
Operations Manager & Administrative Assistant to Russell Meyers and Matthew Neal, MD
412-647-4643
Phyllis Baska
Physician Educator
412-647-2508
Ryan J. Benik
Project Manager, Physician Contracting
Yvonne Brewster Way, MPM, CRA
Director, Finance & Academic Operations
412-647-9278
Dawn Cziczin
Assistant Director – Grants & Contracts
412-647-0507
Hehua Dai, MD
Research Scientist
412-648-1491
Interests
improving long-term survival of grafted organs; understand immunological mechanisms underlying graft rejection
Michelle Dubovecky
Manager, Federal Contracts & OTAs
Debra Galvin, CRA
Pre-Award Administrator
412-647-3886
Desirae J. Gutierrez Waring
HR & Communications Business Partner
412-647-1135
Shannon Haldeman
Research Specialist III, Neal Lab
412-962-2436
Nicole Hays
Research Operations Manager, STI
412-648-1474
Kathleen Herbstritt
Administrative Assistant, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Surgery
(412)-864-0778
Guiying Hong
Research Specialist, Tzeng Lab
Teresa Illinicki
Administrative Assistant, General Surgery Residency Program
412-647-1355
Joan Jackson
Financial Administrator, LITES
Karen M. Janosko, RN, MSN, MBA
Administrator, Division of Vascular Surgery
Cierra Jenkins
Financial Administrator