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Henkie Tan, MD, General Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA

HenkiePTanMDPhD, FACS, FAST

General Surgery Pittsburgh, PA

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas, Transplantation, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Surgical Director, Kidney Transplantation, VAPHS; Director of Pancreas Transplantation UPMC to 2012 Director of Living Donor Kidney Transplantation UPMC to 2010

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  • Office

    3459 5th Ave
    # N725
    Pittsburgh, PA 15213
    Phone+1 412-647-5730

Summary

  • Dr. Henkie Tan is a multiorgan transplant surgeon in Pittsburgh, PA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UPMC Presbyterian and Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System. He received his MD and PhD Medical Scientist Training Program from Loma Linda University School of Medicine and has been in practice 23 years. He did his multiorgan transplant surgery fellowship at Hohn Hopkins. He specializes in hepatobiliary surgery, transplantation, and minimally invasive surgery and is experienced in rejection, minimally invasive surgery, kidney transplantation, transplant surgery, and hepatopancreatobiliary surgery. He wrote the first living donor transplantation textbook in 1986. He was previously chair of American Society of Transplantation Kidney/Pancreas and Organ Donation Committees including multiple American Society of Transplant Surgeons Committees. He is currently VA Transplant Centers Chair of Transplant Surgery Advisory Board, VISN4 Surgery ICC lead, etc

Education & Training

  • Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, 1999 - 2001
  • Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium
    Loma Linda University Health Education ConsortiumResidency, Surgery, 1994 - 1999
  • Loma Linda University School of Medicine
    Loma Linda University School of MedicineClass of 1994
  • Loma Linda University School of Medicine
    Loma Linda University School of MedicinePhD (MD/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program), Microbiology/Immunology , 1988 - 1992

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1995 - Present
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2002 - 2024
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 1999 - 2001
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery
  • American Society of Transplant SurgeonMultiorgan Transplant Surgeon

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow American Society of Transplantation (FAST) American Society of Transplantion, 2015
  • Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

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