Dr. Timothy Billiar, executive vice president and chief scientific officer, UPMC, recently received the prestigious Society of University Surgeons (SUS) Lifetime Achievement Award at the 19th… Read more
Category: surgery
University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Name New Chair of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Succeeding the Late Freddie H. Fu, M.D.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC have selected MaCalus V. Hogan, M.D., MBA as the new David Silver Professor and Chair of… Read more
Pro-Male Bias and Gender Stereotypes May Influence Surgical Performance of Both Men and Women
Surgery is well-documented as a male-dominated field – less than 10% of full professors in academic surgery departments in the U.S. and Canada are women.… Read more
Robotic Surgery Continues its Expansion at UPMC
Beginning in September, a helping hand will guide Dr. Sean Whelan and change the way he does certain surgeries at UPMC St. Margaret. That change… Read more
UPMC, Pitt Research Aims to Eliminate Need for Immunosuppressants in Transplantation
Researchers at UPMC and the Starzl Transplantation Institute at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have embarked on a bold new approach to eliminate… Read more