James Squires, MD, MS

Biography

Dr. Squires earned his medical degree from the University of Texas and went on to complete his training in general pediatrics at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC). Following residency, he completed fellowships in both pediatric gastroenterology and pediatric advanced/transplant hepatology at CCHMC and completed a Masters in clinical and translational at the University of Cincinnati. Following completion of his training, Dr. Squires joined the faculty at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in 2015 where he is currently an associate professor in pediatrics, the director of the pediatric advanced/transplant hepatology fellowship, and associate medical director of Hepatology.
Dr. Squires remains active in both clinical and research pursuits, including as co-Investigator and site PI on several NIH funded consortiums focused on pediatric cholestatic liver diseases and acute liver failure. He is the Clinical Lead for the Starzl Network for Excellence in Liver Transplantation, a novel learning health network of leading pediatric transplant institutions committed to continuous improvement until every child can achieve a long and healthy life and has received funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to advance this work. Other current interests include metabolic liver disease, acute liver failure, and liver transplant.