Quoc-Dien Trinh, M.D., M.B.A., is chair of the Department of Urology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC.
Dr. Trinh, a globally recognized urological surgeon-scientist, leads a premier urology program at UPMC and Pitt focused on enhancing groundbreaking research that will result in improved clinical outcomes for urologic patients. His personal research centers on disparities and outcomes in cancer care delivery with a particular focus on improving access to prostate cancer care for vulnerable populations.
Dr. Trinh joined UPMC and Pitt in 2024, coming from Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital where he served as section chief of urology and co-director of the prostate cancer program as well as associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Trinh has authored more than 600 peer-reviewed articles, editorials and book chapters. He received the 2021 Outstanding Citizenship Award from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the 2022 American Urological Association Young Urologist of the Year Award for New England and recognition as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor.
A native of Montreal, Dr. Trinh earned his medical degree at Université de Montréal, where he also completed his urology residency. He then completed a fellowship in minimally invasive urologic oncology at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, where he was recognized with the Roger F. Smith, M.D., Award for Outstanding Fellow. Trinh also holds an Executive M.B.A. from HEC Paris, where he was awarded for the Best Capstone Memoir from the HEC Foundation.
