News From Our Department

MINC Team Treats Landmark Case

Four-year-old Virginia girl becomes 1000th patient treated using minimally invasive Expanded Endonasal Approach procedure to remove brain tumor through the nose. (more).

Bernard George to Speak on Vertebral Artery Surgery

Noted expert and chief of neurosurgery at Hospital Lariboisière in Paris, France, presenting two lectures, May 28, as part of Visiting Professor Lecture Series. (more)

Department Neurosurgeons Cited Among Best

Drs. Adelson, Kassam, Lunsford and Pollack named among this area's top doctors in the field of neurosurgery in national survey published locally by Pittsburgh Magazine. (more)

Neurovascular Emergent Care Course Set For June 14

Special one-day conference at UPMC Shadyside will cover cutting edge technologies and applications on interventional neuroradiology in emergency medicine. (more)

Lunsford Receives Prestigious National Award

Castle Connolly Ltd. honors internationally acclaimed expert in stereotactic radiosurgery with Physician of the Year Award in Clinical Excellence at special event in New York. (more)

Major Brain Tumor Study Awarded NIH Renewal

Research on novel strategies for brain tumor therapy, under direction of Ian Pollack, MD, awarded $6.2 million grant from National Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke. (info)

Kassam/EEA Spotlighted in UPMC Minute

Neurosurgery chair featured in UPMC commercial discussing minimally invasive endonasal procedure.
(view commercial • other EEA/UPMC minute videos)

Adelson Featured on WTAE-TV News

Health reporter Marilyn Brooks reports on pediatric neurosurgeon's use of advanced brain mapping to help treat epilepsy in children. (more)

New Aneurysm Care Combines Onyx Liquid, Coiling

Innovative use of new Onyx embolic liquid with platinum coiling offers a more stable, permanent solution in treatment of intracranial aneurysms. (more)

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