Mumtaz A. Alvi, MD, FACS, a General Surgeon with UPMC McKeesport Hospital
Jul 1, 2021
Get to know General Surgeon Dr. Mumtaz A. Alvi, who serves patients in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
New York City, New York Jun 30, 2021 (Issuewire.com) - Dr. Alvi is an award-winning general surgeon with over four decades of experience. He can be found on staff at UPMC McKeesport Hospital.
UPMC has ushered in a new era of health care excellence throughout Pennsylvania, regionally in New York and Maryland, and in locations around the world. A $23 billion health care provider and insurer, Pittsburgh-based UPMC is inventing new models of patient-centered, cost-effective, accountable care. The largest nongovernmental employer in Pennsylvania, UPMC integrates more than 92,000 employees, 40 hospitals, 800 doctors' offices and outpatient sites, and more than 4-million-member Insurance Services Division, the largest medical insurer in western Pennsylvania.
Alongside his position at UPMC, Dr. Alvi has medical privileges at Jefferson Hospital, West Penn Hospital, Monongahela Valley Hospital, and Forbes Hospital.
Academically, he earned his medical degree from King Edward Medical University in Pakistan. After relocating to the United States, he completed his residency in general surgery at the UPMC McKeesport Hospital, and a further residency with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), the doctor is board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery (ABS). The ABS is an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge.
General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland. A general surgeon performs a wide range of abdominal surgeries for many forms of intestinal and abdominal wall neoplasms, gallbladder disease, gastric and pancreatic disease. They follow the patient through critical care and surgical recovery all the way to outpatient care.
On a more personal note, Dr. Alvi speaks English and Urdu.
Learn More about Dr. Mumtaz A. Alvi:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/3630509-Mumtaz-Alvi-Doctor or through UPMC, https://providers.upmc.com/provider/Mumtaz+A.+Alvi/1326769
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