Jurgis Alvikas

Bio

Dr. Jurgis Alvikas was born in Lithuania and moved to Chicago as a teenager. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign with a degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology and earned his M.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, where he was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha. He then completed his General Surgery residency and a fellowship in Complex General Surgical Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

He is passionate about caring for patients with hepato-biliary and gastrointestinal malignancies and about mentoring surgical trainees. Outside of medicine, he enjoys running, reading, and spending time with his family.

Clinical Focus

• Surgical Oncology

Academic Appointments

• Clinical Assistant Professor, Surgery - General Surgery

Honors & Awards

• Inspiration Award, Hopper-Belmont Foundation (2024)
• Western PA Research Grant, National Pancreas Foundation (2024)
• Research Seed Grant, Sky Foundation (2024)
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) (Parent F32), National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (2020)
• Research Investigator Fellowship, Shock Society (2016)
• Outstanding Peer Educator Award, University of Illinois at Chicago (2012)
• Highest Distinction Award, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2011)
• Magna Cum Laude, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2011)
• Edmund J. James Scholar Award, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2011)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

• Member, Society of Surgical Oncology (2022 - Present)
• Member, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society (2013 - Present)
• Associate Fellow, American College of Surgeons (2015 - Present)

Professional Education

• Fellowship: UPMC Surgical Oncology Fellowships (2025) PA
• Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery (2023)
• Residency: UPMC Dept of General Surgery (2023) PA
• Medical Education: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine (2015) IL
• Surgical Oncology Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (2025)
• General Surgery Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (2023)
• MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine (2015)
• BS, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Molecular and Cellular Biology (2011)