Grateful for the mentorship, guidance, and trust of Dr. Samer Tohme, as well as the support of Hamza Yazdani, Chris Kaltenmeier, Dr. Richard Simmons, and all colleagues at Pitt Surgery and Tohme Lab for fostering an inquisitive, innovative, and enjoyable environment for research!

Can't forget to thank the amazing Tohme lab team Celine Tohme, Ruiqi Yang, and taylor for being supportive during all the lows and highs of the research journey💪

On this day of gratitude, we extend heartfelt thanks to our dedicated team, brilliant collaborators, and everyone contributing to the pursuit of excellence in patient care, research, and education. Your commitment shapes our success! #HappyThanksgiving #Thanksgiving

Congratulations to the team on the latest publication demonstrating acceptable safety and survival outcomes of combined HR+ablation in multiple CRLM! Great effort lead by star fellow Mike Wach MD!

Ruiqi Yang presents her findings on exercise protection from liver pre-metastatic niche at the Exercise Biology Keystone Symposia 2024. Keystone Symposia Pitt Surgery

Remarkable address by an extraordinary mentor and leader as Society of University Surgeons (SUS) LTAA - Dr Billiar highlighting the incredible environment of academic surgery at University of Pittsburgh and UPMC that has kept him in the “flow” of academic excellence for 25+ years #ASC2024

Big (30+) family dinner celebrating an incredible year for Pitt Surgery at Society of University Surgeons (SUS) Assoc4AcademicSurgery #ASC2024 with numerous trainee presentations, Tim Billiar’s LTAA, and Danny Chu’s nomination as President-Elect Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department. Proud to be part of the University of Pittsburgh UPMC family

Turns out I won't be moving far in a couple of months... Beyond excited to join my dream General Surgery residency program at UPMC Pitt Surgery! So proud yet humbled by the opportunity to make a huge impact on patients' lives! #Match2024 #GenSurgMatch #IMG #SurgeonScientist

Congratulations to our two lab 🌟 matching into residency training programs today! We couldn't be any prouder!!

What an exceptional #SurgeryResearchDay we experienced! The array of posters, presentations, and outstanding #SimmonsLecture by Yeh Lab made it truly remarkable #MedicalScience #Innovation UNC Lineberger UNC Surgery UNC School of Medicine American College of Surgeons UPMC University of Pittsburgh Pitt Critical Care Medicine @PittCTSI

Yet another great Surgery Research Day showcasting an enlightening Simmons Lecture by Dr. Yeh Lab and exceptional research Pitt Surgery under the support of Dr. Simmons and Dr. Billiar! Extremely proud of the oral presentation and 4 posters presented by our lab members!

Congratulations to all the award winners🏆 for their outstanding presentations at the 22nd Annual Richard L. Simmons Lecture and Department of Surgery Research Day! Your contributions are invaluable to advancing surgical knowledge and innovation American College of Surgeons UPMC University of Pittsburgh

ZLN005, a PGC-1α Activator, Protects the Liver against Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury and the Progression of Hepatic Metastases mdpi.com/2932866 #mdpicells via Cells MDPI I’m glad to share my first manuscript with Tohme Lab - Department of Surgery - University of Pittsburgh

Increasing hepatocyte mitochondrial content by donor exercise offers therapeutic avenues to reduce post-reperfusion inflammation and improve #transplant outcomes. Samer Tohme, Pitt Surgery, Tohme Lab, Pitt Health Sciences,PittResearch #TXPforAll tinyurl.com/5efwkckd

Congratulations to Jordan Warunek for winning the 2024 Brian N. Seidel Award!! Dr. Juliana Powell won 2nd Best Poster & Celine Tohme won 3rd Best Poster! Congrats to everyone! Thank you to our speaker, Dr. Peter Heeger, & our hosts, Drs. Camila Macedo Both & Chethan Puttarajappa

Excited to have attended today the Richard Johnson Scientific Retreat! Inspiring talks and great science all around. Proud to highlight a fantastic talk by our very own Samer Tohme and two stellar poster presentations by Zhengyi He and Celine Tohme. Starzl Transplantation Institute

Amazing and Insightful day. Amazing talk by #AnitaCourcoulas. Tohme lab participated with 5 poster presentations and 1 oral presentation. Great job for everyone #SurgeryResearchDay2025 #pittsurgery

What a successful #SurgeryResearchDay2025! Fantastic Guest Lecture and incredible energy seeing all the research posters, presentations, and active engagement. Huge thanks to the organizing committee lead by #ChristineLeeper and everyone who participated! University of Pittsburgh PittResearch

We've launched UPMC General Surgery Residency - a new space created by some of the voices you loved Pitt Surgery. New focus 🎯 with the same spirit . Here is what to expect 📣:

Hot off the press our recent publication: Surgery-Induced Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Promote Tumor Metastasis by Reprogramming Cancer Cell Lipid Metabolism aacrjournals.org/cancerres/arti…