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Peter L. Abt, MD

Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  • Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Director, Penn Transplant Institute Multiorgan Abdominal Transplant Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Surgical Director, Liver Transplant, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Department: Surgery


Contact Information

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation
3400 Spruce Street, 2 Ravdin Courtyard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-2094
Fax: 215-615-4900
Email: peter.l.abt@uphs.upenn.edu


I3H Keywords

  • Transplantation Immunity

Education

  • B.A. (History, Biology)
    Brandeis University, Waltham, MA , 1990
  • M.D.
    Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, 1994

Post-Graduate Training

  • Resident in General Surgery
    University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1994 - 1996
  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Division of Transplant Surgery
    University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1996 - 1998
  • Resident in General Surgery
    University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1998 - 2001
  • Fellow in Solid Organ Transplantation, Division of Transplant Surgery
    University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2001 - 2004

Certifications

  • American Board of Surgery , 2002
  • American Board of Surgery (Recertification), 2010
  • American Board of Surgery (Recertification), 2023

Description of ITMAT Expertise

Health services as related to solid organ transplantation.

Kidney injury in the setting of liver disease.