Department of Surgery


The UPMC Department of Surgery is one of the leading surgical programs in the country, offering innovative surgical procedures, state-of-the-art technology, and high-quality patient care. Working closely with the Department’s academic partner, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, the department’s surgeons pioneer and refine surgical procedures to provide leading-edge, compassionate care to patients who require surgical services in a wide range of specialties. The department is composed of eight divisions.

Through the UPMC Department of Surgery, patients have access to advanced procedures and technological innovations, from specialized care for liver cancer and a ground-breaking method of delivering chemotherapy at UPMC Passavant to a new state-of-the-art operating room with integrated imaging technology at UPMC Presbyterian. UPMC’s breadth of surgical capabilities ensures that patients receive world-class care whether they are cared for at the flagship hospitals in Oakland and Shadyside or at one of UPMC’s community hospitals or surgery centers. Encompassing six University of Pittsburgh health science schools and a host of affiliated hospitals, clinical facilities, and specialized centers, UPMC has developed cutting-edge medical programs and has recruited some of the nation’s most talented surgeons. At the UPMC Department of Surgery, surgical leaders of today train the surgical leaders of tomorrow with exceptional research and training opportunities in every area of clinical surgery.

 

UPMC Surgeon Performs Nation’s First Beating Heart Transplant

Protected by its own nutrients and blood supply, a beating heart supported by an investigational organ preservation device was successfully transplanted into a 47-year-old man with congestive heart failure and pulmonary hypertension on April 8, 2007. The surgery was performed at UPMC by Kenneth R. McCurry, MD, assistant professor of surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and director of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation at UPMC’s Heart, Lung, and Esophageal Surgery Institute.

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