Dr. Peter Lawrence Abt MD
Surgeon
601 Elmwood Ave Box Surg Rochester NY, 14642Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Abt specializes in transplant surgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine where he is Associate Professor of Surgery. His interest lies in the improvement of the organ transplant ...
Education and Training
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth 1994
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Analysis of thymectomy for myasthenia gravis in older patients: a 20-year single institution experience.
- Anti-interferon antibody inhibits natural killer cell activity in HSV-2 genital infection in C57BL/6J mice.
- The cumulative effects of cold ischemic time and older donor age on liver graft survival.
- Kidney transplantation in patients with a prior heart transplant.
- Comparative analysis of outcome in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma exceeding the milan criteria treated with liver transplantation versus partial hepatectomy.
- Estimated supply of organ donors after circulatory determination of death: a population-based cohort study.
- Increased early graft failure in right-sided living donor nephrectomy.
- Donation after cardiac death in pediatric organ transplantation.
- The Right Organ for the Right Recipient: the Ninth Annual American Society of Transplant Surgeons' State-of-the-Art Winter Symposium.
- Treatment options and strategies for antibody mediated rejection after renal transplantation.
- Underutilization of A2 ABO incompatible kidney transplantation.
- The influence of induction therapy for kidney transplantation after a non-renal transplant.
- Inferior allograft outcomes in adolescent recipients of renal transplants from ideal deceased donors.
- Incidence and distribution of transplantable organs from donors after circulatory determination of death in U.S. intensive care units.
Treatments
- Hernia Surgery, Kidney Transplant, Laparoscopic Surgery And More
- Diabetes
- Liver Cancer
- Hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Hepatitis C
- Vascular Disease
Professional Memberships
- Member International Liver Transplantation Society
- Member International Pancreas & Islet Transplant Association
- Member International Pediatric Transplant Association
- Member The Transplantation Society
- Member American Association for The Study of Liver Diseases
- Member National Kidney Registry , Surgery Committee
- Member Society of University Surgeons
- Member Surgical Outcomes Club
- Member The Renal Network , Organ Procurement & Transplant Committee
Fellowships
- Fellow, Solid Organ Transplantation - Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Peter Lawrence Abt MD's Practice location
Practice At 3400 Spruce Street 4 Silverstein
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