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Office
4401 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224Phone+1 412-692-7291- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- University of Missouri-Kansas City School of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Surgery, 1994 - 1996
- University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Surgery, 1987 - 1994
- Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1987
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1989 - Present
- PA State Medical License 2005 - 2024
- WV State Medical License 2008 - 2018
- OH State Medical License 2008 - 2015
- NY State Medical License 1996 - 2001
- NJ State Medical License 1998 - 1999
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Surgery Pediatric Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2007-2014
- Pittsburgh Magazine Castle Connolly, 2006-2011
- Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2006
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Interventions for Pancreatitis-New Approaches, Knowledge Gaps, and Research Opportunities: Summary of a National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease...Anna Evans Phillips, Steven J Hughes, Dana K Andersen, Adam Bell, Randall Brand, Gregory A Coté, Adriana Cowdin, Nancy Diazgranados, Vikas Dudeja, Sinead N Duggan, Eva...> ;Pancreas. 2024 Apr 1
- Intra-Amniotic Sildenafil and Rosiglitazone Late in Gestation Ameliorate the Pulmonary Hypertension Phenotype in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.Yoshida, S., Eichelberger, O., Ulis, M., Kreger, A., Gittes, G., Church, J.> ;Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2024 Jan 23
- 3 citationsBiliary atresia is associated with polygenic susceptibility in ciliogenesis and planar polarity effector genes.Joseph T Glessner, Mylarappa B Ningappa, Kim A Ngo, Maliha Zahid, Juhoon So, Brandon W Higgs, Patrick M A Sleiman, Tejaswini Narayanan, Sarangarajan Ranganathan, Micha...> ;Journal of Hepatology. 2023 Dec 1
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Lectures
- Long-term Immunologically Unrecognized Reprogrammed Beta Cells as a Promising Cure for Autoimmune DiabetesPittsburgh, PA - 6/15/2014
- Exposure to Exendin-4 In Utero Results in DiabetesPittsburgh, PA - 6/15/2014
- Exendin-4 Enhances Endocrine Differentiation and Redirects Acinar Progenitors to an Endocrine FatePittsburgh, PA - 6/15/2014
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Press Mentions
- Taking Gene Therapy to the Masses with Innovations in Diabetes, Alzheimer's and MoreMarch 30th, 2021
- Vivek Ramaswamy’s Brother, Shankar, Spins Out on His Own, Launching Audacious Gene Therapy PlayMay 12th, 2020
- Genprex : Lead Researcher Behind Genprex's Diabetes Gene Therapy Featured in New Video InterviewMarch 5th, 2020
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Grant Support
- SMAD Regulation Of Pancreatic Islet FormationNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2009–2011
- Activin VS BMP Signaling In Pancreatic Lineage SelectionNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2005–2008
- Activin VS BMP Signaling In Pancreatic Lineage SelectionNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2004
- Tfg-Beta Isoform Signaling In Pancreatic DevelopmentNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2002–2004
- Selection And Ex Vivo Culture Of Islet Stem CellsNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2001–2002
- Beta-Cell Differentiation: Role Of The SMAD NetworkNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2001–2002
- Mesenchymal Inducers Of Beta Cell DifferentiationNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases1999–2000
- Mesenchymal Inducers Of Beta Cell DifferentiationNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases1999
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
Other Languages
- Spanish
Hospital Affiliations
- UPMC Children's Hospital of PittsburghPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- UPMC Magee-Womens HospitalPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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