Dr. Ron Shapiro MD
Transplant Surgeon
3459 5th Ave 7 South Muh Pittsburgh PA, 15213About
Dr. Ron Shapiro is a transplant surgeon practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Shapiro specializes in organ transplants, and may perform surgeries involved with the transplant of organs such as the kidneys, liver, pancreas, intestines, heart, lungs, tracheal tissue and more. As a transplant surgeon, Dr. Shapiro performs long, complex surgeries that might take many hours to complete. Transplant surgeons remove the organ from the donor as well as transplant the organ in the recipient. Dr. Shapiro works with transplant physicians, nurses and surgical residents, and is responsible for and complications which may arise during or after surgery.
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