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Comprehensive Cerebrovascular Care
Our department offers one of the most comprehensive cerebrovascular care centers in the country, treating all forms of vascular disorders of the brain and spine in a multispecialty environment.... Learn more >
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Leading Minimally Invasive Spine Treatments
The University of Pittsburgh Spine Services Division has advanced a number of innovative spine procedures featuring less trauma and offering patients reduced hospital stays and quicker recovery times... Learn more >
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Endoscopic Endonasal Approach
EEA minimally invasive neurosurgery was pioneered at the University of Pittsburgh. The procedure allows neurosurgeons to reach deep-seated tumors and allows patients to quickly return to normal life.... Learn more >
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Deep Brain Stimulation
Our department is the only one in Pennsylvania offering both awake, frame-based DBS and asleep, interventional-MRI based DBS to treat Parkinson’s Disease and other movement disorders.... Learn more >
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High-Definition Fiber Tracking
Innovative HDFT technology has been implemented at the University of Pittsburgh allowing for accurate studies of structural brain connectivity in patients and in research activities ... Learn more >
Gamma Knife
Gamma Knife
Our Gamma Knife program is one of the leading stereotactic radiosurgery programs in the world, having performed over 12,000 procedures and serving as a leading international training site.... Learn more >

News

Pollack Selected to Head Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics Editorial Board
Walter Dandy Professor and chief of pediatric neurosurgery selected as chairman of prestigious medical journal editorial board. Read more>
Tyler-Kabara Featured in U.S. News & World Report Article
Health Day section article reports on mind-controlled robotic arm study presented at this year's AANS meeting. Read more>
Richardson Helps Bring DBS Procedure to Poland
Brain stimulation program director assists in first two interventional-MRI deep brain stimulation (DBS) cases in Poland, establishing the center as only the second such facility in Europe to perform this procedure. Read more>
Friedlander Discusses ALS Research in Post-Gazette
Chairman talks about results of a new study on ALS symptoms in mice that researchers hope may hold promise for the understanding and treatment of the disease. Read more>
Pitt Neurosurgeons Named Top Docs
Several University of Pittsburgh neurosurgeons were named among this area’s top doctors in their field in a national survey published locally in Pittsburgh Magazine. Read more>
Gerszten Installed as Sheptak Professor
Peter C. Gerszten, MD, MPH, professor of neurological surgery and radiation oncology and director of the department's percutaneous spine service, formally installed as the Peter E. Sheptak Professor of Neurological Surgery, April 18. Read more>

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