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Clinical Director of the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
Chief, Division of Transplantation in the Department of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA
Dr. Abhinav Humar is the Clinical Director of the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute and the Chief, Division of Transplantation in the Department of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is also a Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and a Staff Physician at the Pittsburgh VA Medical Healthcare System.
Dr. Humar received his medical degree from the University of Ottawa, from which he graduated magna cum laude and was the silver medalist of his class. He earned a research and clinical fellowship in transplant surgery at the University of Minnesota in 1996.
Dr. Humar’s clinical interests include:
• Adult and pediatric abdominal transplants (kidney, liver, pancreas, and bowel)
• Living-related and split liver transplants
• Hepatopancreaticobiliary surgery
His research interests are:
• Partial liver transplants and studies of hepatic regeneration
• Clinical outcomes both short and long term in donors and recipients of living donor liver transplants
• Clinical studies and trials to promote tolerance after transplant