Plastic Surgery

Associate Director, Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine


Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
3705 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-692-8650
412-692-8614 Fax
kodi.azari@chp.edu
Patient Appointment Information

Medical School:

1997 East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC

Residency:

2000 General Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2003 Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Fellowship:

2001 Research Fellowship, Bone Tissue Engineering Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• American College of Surgeons

• American Board of Plastic Surgery; Certificate of Added Qualification in the Surgery of the Hand

• 2006 Young Members Leadership Program, American Society for Surgery of the Hand
• 2006 Faculty Teaching Award, University of Pittsburgh Division of Plastic Surgery

View Dr. Azari's full list of publications from PubMed.

Kodi Azari, MD, is an assistant professor of plastic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and is the associate director of the hand and upper extremity fellowship in the Division of Plastic Surgery. He came to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh after completing a hand and microsurgery fellowship and services as a clinical instructor in orthopaedic surgery and plastic surgery at the UCLA Medical Center. Prior to that, Dr. Azari completed a residency in general surgery and plastic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and a tissue engineering fellowship at Carnegie Mellon University.

Dr. Azari earned his medical degree from East Carolina University School of Medicine in Greenville, N.C., after graduating from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor's degree in biological sciences. His research work includes published papers on bone regeneration, tissue engineering and muscular, skeletal and neuronal reconstruction.