Transplant Pathology Environment
The clinical base of the fellowship is the internationally recognized transplant program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). UPMC sponsors the largest solid organ transplant program in the world. Each year approximately 200 liver, 200 kidney, 50 lung, 50 heart, 40 pancreas, and 30 small intestine transplant procedures are performed. These generate about 8000 surgical specimens for evaluation in state-of-the art laboratories equipped with all modern investigative tools. Numerous teaching, clinical and research conferences are held weekly. Quality assurance conferences held weekly facilitate review of all interesting cases by faculty, fellows, residents and visiting physicians. Members of the Division have extensive research collaborations with numerous local Centers and Departments (e.g. The Thomas E Starzl Transplantation Institute, The Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, and the Divisions of Molecular Diagnostics, & Cellular/Molecular Biology.
