George Vincent Mazariegos, M.D.
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Titles:
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director & Chief Pediatric Transplant Surgery

Contact:
Email: George.Mazariegos@chp.edu

Degrees:

POST GRADUATE EDUCATION
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE YEAR FIELD
Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL MD 1986 Medicine

Major Honors/Awards:

1980                             Meredith Benjamin Award
1980-1982                     National Medical Fellowship Award Honors Program in                                    Medical Education
1992                             University of Pittsburgh Multidisciplinary Critical Care                                    Training Program - Critical Care Fellow of the Year
1999                             Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Service Star Award
2006                            Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Outstanding                                    Achievement in Patient Care
2006                            Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Outstanding Surgeon in                                    Critical Care Services

Publications:

  • Strauss K, Hartman T, Mazariegos G.  Reply to: “Elective liver transplantation for the treatment of classical Maple Syrup Urine Disease.”  Am J Transplant 2006 Aug;6(8):1983
  • Khera N, Janosky J, Zeevi A, Mazariegos GV, Marcos A, Sindhi R.  Persistent donor-specific alloreactivity may portend delayed liver rejection during drug minimization in children.  Frontiers in Bioscience, 2007; 12:660-663.
  • Lau AH, Turnquist HR, Tokita D, Zeevi A, Mazariegos GV, Thompson AW.  “Tolerance” assays: the physician’s guide to safe weaning of immunosuppression?  Transplantation Reviews 2006;20(4):209-221.
  • Mazariegos G.  Tolerogenic immunosuppression in pediatric abdominal transplantation. Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation 2006;11(5):537-542.
  • Mazariegos GV, Sindhi R, Thomson AW, Marcos A.  Clinical tolerance following liver transplantation:  Long term results and future prospects.  Transplant Immunology  2007;17:114-119.