ChristopherBlakeHughesMD
General Surgery • Pittsburgh, PATransplantation
Associate Professor, Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Office
3459 5th Ave
# Sti
Pittsburgh, PA 15213Phone+1 412-692-4184
Summary
- Dr. Christopher Hughes is a transplant surgeon in Pittsburgh, PA and is Surgical Director, Liver Transplantation, at UPMC and Clinical Vice-Chief, Starzl Transplantation Institute. He received his medical degree from The University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis and has been in practice 22 years. He specializes in liver transplantation and living-donor liver transplantation and is experienced in transplant surgery, general/gastrointestinal surgery, and hepatopancreatobiliary surgery.
Education & Training
University of TennesseeResidency, Surgery, 1991 - 1997
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of MedicineClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2011 - 2024
MD State Medical License 2014 - 2016
FL State Medical License 1999 - 2012
GA State Medical License 2008 - 2012
MN State Medical License 1997 - 2002
American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- POCS in Liver Transplantation Patients Start of enrollment: 2018 Jan 25
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Future of U.S. living donor liver transplant: Donor and recipient criteria, transplant indications, transplant oncology, liver paired exchange, and non-directed donor ...Kiran Bambha, Scott W Biggins, Christopher Hughes, Abhi Humar, Swaytha Ganesh
Liver Transplantation. 2025-01-01 - Survival benefit associated with liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma based on tumor burden scores at listing.Hao Liu, Wei Zhang, Mengyang Di, Hang Lee, Liuhua Shi
Hepatology Communications. 2025-01-01 - Exercise Preconditioning of the Donor Liver Decreases Cold Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in a Mouse Model.Hamza O Yazdani, Ruiqi Yang, Tony Haykal, Celine Tohme, Christof Kaltenmeier
Transplantation. 2025-01-01
Press Mentions
New Study Highlights Advantages of Living-Donor Liver Transplant over Deceased DonorJuly 12th, 2019
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