Umamaheswar Duvvuri, MD, PhD, is an associate professor of otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He specializes in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery.

Dr. Duvvuri is board-certified in otolaryngology. He received an undergraduate degree and completed a medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Duvvuri completed an otolaryngology residency at UPMC and a head and neck surgery fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

In addition to Dr. Duvvuri’ s extensive surgical experience, he has authored or co-authored more than 128 peer-reviewed publications and more than 10 book chapters/reviews focusing on outcomes of head and neck cancers and robotic and minimally invasive head and neck surgery. Dr. Duvvuri is a member of professional organizations, including the American Head & Neck Society, American Academy of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, American Association for Cancer Research, and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, as an NCI Investigator. Dr. Duvvuri has trained and mentored surgeons nationally and internationally in robotic surgery. He also directs a federally funded research laboratory that integrates translational science with cellular signaling to develop better therapies for patients with head and neck cancer.

Dr. Duvvuri is principle investigator on several clinical trials at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.